Field Coordinator

Vacancy Notice: FC_01_GR/25_14

Location: Athens, home-based (with occasional presence at UNICEF)

Type Of Contract: ICMC (Coordinator)

Starting Date: 10 June 2025

Closing Date For Applications: 30 May 2025

Contract Duration: Until 31 December 2025

About ICMC

The International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) is an international non-governmental organization, whose mission is to protect and serve children as well as uprooted people, including refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced people, victims of human trafficking, and migrants - regardless of faith, race, ethnicity, or nationality.                                                     

ICMC started a partnership with UNICEF in Greece in order to deploy a highly qualified affiliated workforce to assist UNICEF Greece Country Office. 

Scope of work

The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programme, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action.

UNICEF became operational in Greece in early 2016 as an outposted team from the Regional Office of Europe and Central Asia (ECARO) to respond to the significant influx of refugee and migrant children and their families at that time. Following several years of engagement with national stakeholders, UNICEF and the Government of Greece made a decision in January 2020 to formalize the agency’s presence in the country as a full-fledged Country Office. The office falls under the auspices of the UNICEF Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia located in Geneva, which reports in turn to global headquarters in New York. Within the framework of a mandate for all children in Greece, UNICEF and Greece are now working to address the needs of all vulnerable, marginalized and left-behind children in the country.

UNICEF Greece is currently implementing the Country Programme for the period 2022-2026. The Country Programme (CP) consists of the following four components: i) Social policy and child-rights monitoring; ii) Quality and inclusive education for all; iii) Child Protection and iv) Youth empowerment. The CP marks a shift of UNICEF from humanitarian to development programming and is the first full-fledged programme of cooperation between UNICEF and the Government of Greece.

Under the framework of the CP, UNICEF responded to the Ministry of Health request to develop a comprehensive program to address the issue of child overweight and obesity in the country. The program promotes the concept of integrated services both at prevention and response level with a blend of technical support and of innovative methodologies, from SBC science/strategies to digital solutions.  In this light, UNICEF signed a programmatic agreement with the Ministry of Health in order to implement the ‘National Action to combat Child Obesity’ financed under the Recovery and Resilience Fund, in close coordination with the General Secretariat of Public Health.

In addition, as part of its partnership with the Ministry of Health, UNICEF has designed a nation-wide innovative project, which will work towards an integrated model of services for the early detection of parental anxiety and/or depression, and of developmental disorders of children. 

The incumbent will be working towards the monitoring and support to management of the relevant programmatic activities in combatting childhood obesity, promotion of family and child health, as well as other initiatives of such as Environmental Justice and Programming with Roma communities. He/she will be supervised by the UNICEF Programme Office – Head of Programme Support Unit, will work closely with the UNICEF Programme Team in Greece and other support staff; and will deliver needed tasks in close coordination with relevant stakeholders and partners.

Responsibilities

The incumbent will be assigned contributory accountabilities for all or part of the following duties: 

• Carry out and/or support to Programmatic Visits that will monitor the progress of implementation of UNICEF partners’ programmatic activities against the agreed targets
• Facilitate and organize focus group discussions and key informant interviews in the context of the UNICEF Programme Documents
• Participate in UNICEF field missions in the context of rapid assessments, organization of events, meetings and conferences that are linked to the overall UNICEF programming.
• Draft reports and communication with key findings, gaps, challenges and key recommendations from field observations and coordination meeting with key stakeholders.
• Coordinate and provide technical inputs on project delivery, monitoring and reporting, based on the implementation plans of the relevant UNICEF programmes
• Contribute to the development of interventions that strengthen the prevention of child overweight and obesity and the promotion of physical activity, including at the school and community/municipal level, and the operation of a European Regional Centre on Child Obesity.
• Guide UNICEF partners in the development of the Programme Documents, Programme Document Amendments and other programmatic workplans or operational plans.
• Preparing viable recommendations on project implementation, alternative approaches to activity implementation, new initiatives and optimal utilization of resources that contribute effectively to the programme results. 
• Participate in and/or facilitate relevant coordination meetings to ensure program synergies with government counterparts, civil society and international stakeholders.
• Identify and disseminate best practices and lessons learned from UNICEF GCO programming on child obesity, family and child health and child protection.

Requirements

Education

A university degree in one of the following fields is required: Project Management, Social Sciences, International Relations, Government, Public Administration, Public Policy, Public Health, Nutrition, Social Policy, Social Development, Community Development, or another relevant technical field.

Experience

• A minimum of seven (7) years of relevant professional work experience in the planning, implementation and monitoring of programmes/projects in related fields is required.
• Experience in collaboration with counterparts and partners, including state, development and civil society actors is required. 
• Experience with the United Nations system, or other inter-governmental organizations and/or international civil society organizations is an asset. 
• Knowledge of/ experience in child rights, child-sensitive programming and/or child protection is an asset.

Language Requirements

Fluency in English and Greek is required.

Skills

• Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team environment with strong communication, facilitation and negotiation skills.
• Strong project management skills
• Strong analytical and report writing skills
• Capacity to work independently and take initiative.
• Demonstrated commitment to delivering timely and high-quality results.

How to apply

Interested candidates should submit a detailed CV of maximum four pages in English, a motivation letter and two professional references with full and up to date contact details via email, to:

Mr. Akis Papakonstantinou, ICMC HR Officer at .

The closing date for receipt of applications is 30/05/2025.

The Vacancy Notice number FC_01_GR/25_14 and the applicant’s full name must be quoted in the email subject line.

Applications will be evaluated upon reception.

Data Protection

By submitting an application, you agree that ICMC collects and manages the information that you provide. You also agree that your data may be shared with UNICEF. Your personal information will be used for recruitment purposes only. Your application will be treated with strict confidentiality.

Owing to the volume of applications, ICMC regrets that only applicants short-listed for an interview will be notified.

ICMC is committed to equal employment opportunities for all applicants. ICMC does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, color, national origin, religion, physical or mental ability, marital status and age. Applications will be treated with strict confidentiality.

ICMC is committed to a Zero-Tolerance Policy toward sexual exploitation, abuses and all forms of unlawful harassment, including but not limited to sexual harassment. Screening of applications includes the vetting for records of prior misconduct and reference checking. By submitting your application, you declare your consent for your former employer to disclose any details concerning criminal convictions or misconduct.  ICMC can take other necessary measures to ensure that people involved in substantiated cases of sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment are not recruited.