Executive Associate; G Türkiye, ECAMENA RO

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The ECAMENA Regional Office leverages expertise and scale across a diverse and rapidly evolving region that is playing an increasingly important role in shaping global agendas on the realization of child rights, human capital, migration, climate, equity, and digital transformation. It supports the achievement of UNICEF’s Strategic Plan results in the context of rising needs and constrained resources. The region encompasses all country typologies, including high-income, middle-income, and low-income contexts, as well as fragile and conflict-affected settings, each with distinct development trajectories and policy drivers.

This requires differentiated approaches, agile business models, strategic partnerships, and strengthened risk management. The region is further shaped by ongoing challenges such as conflict, migration, economic volatility, and varying degrees of political openness and reform. At the same time, countries across the region are connected by shared challenges and opportunities, including investment in the early years, addressing learning gaps and equipping adolescents and young people with 21st-century skills, the need for resilient national systems, and the imperative to strengthen child rights governance.

In this context, the ECAMENA Regional Office acts in line with the organization’s value proposition for Regional Offices through: (i) strategic leadership and governance; (ii) regional and political representation and engagement; (iii) programme oversight, knowledge, and foresight; (iv) digital transformation and innovation; (v) people-centered management; (vi) financial and risk management; (vii) supply and logistics; (viii) emergency preparedness and response; (ix) communication and strategic advocacy;

and (x) partnerships and financing.

As an Executive Associate, under the supervision the Deputy Regional Director - Programmes (D-1), Istanbul, you will be accountable for procedural communications, operations and administrative support services, as well as specialized administrative functions, to enhance the smooth running of the supervisor’s day‑to‑day activities, as well as the front office. You will also represent the supervisor in initiating, following up on and resolving issues pertaining to administrative requests.

You will also coordinate closely with ECAMENA front office and SMT based in Regional Office in Amman as well as other outposts.

• Communications Support
• Administrative Support
• Operations Support
• Budget Monitoring Support
• Procurement Support

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here:
Job  Associate (GS-6).pdf

• Education: Completion of secondary education is required, preferably supplemented by technical or university courses related to the field of work.
  A Bachelor or equivalent (First Level…