UNICEF
Social Policy Officer, NO-2, Fixed Term Position, Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi, #00137610 (Open to Malawian Nationals Only)
- Duty station
- 🇲🇼 Malawi
- Country / area
- Malawi
- Region
- Africa
- UN system
- Fund/Programme
- Title
- Social Policy Officer, NO-2, Fixed Term Position, Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi, #00137610 (Open to Malawian Nationals Only)
- Organization
- UNICEF
- Location
- Malawi
- Deadline
- 29 Jul 2026 11:55 PM
- Closes
- 7/29/2026, 9:55:00 PM
About this role
UNICEF Malawi seeks a Social Policy Officer (NO-2) to provide technical, operational, and coordination support to the Government of Malawi. The role focuses on strengthening public financial management, including planning, financing, budgeting, expenditure management, and accountability for public resources. Key responsibilities include supporting budget analysis, social sector financing, decentralization, and oversight of public finances at national and sub-national levels. The Officer will generate and utilize evidence on social sector financing, child poverty, and child-focused services to inform policy dialogue, programming, resource mobilization, and donor reporting. The position requires engaging with government counterparts, development partners, and contractors to advance country programme results for children and vulnerable populations. This is a fixed-term position located in Lilongwe, Malawi, open exclusively to Malawian nationals.
Key requirements
- Open to Malawian Nationals Only
Nice to have
Requirements at a glance
- Min. experience
- No specific years of experience stated.
UNICEF Malawi’s Country Programme seeks to ensure that all children and adolescents survive, grow, learn and are protected,with particular attention to the most vulnerable and those at risk of being left behind. Under the guidance of the Social PolicySpecialist, the Social Policy Officer will provide technical, operational and coordination support to strengthen the Governmentof Malawi’s planning, financing, budgeting, expenditure management and accountability for public resources, contributing toimproved outcomes for children and vulnerable populations. The role will support public financial management, budgetanalysis, social sector financing and decentralization, including transparency, accountability and oversight of public finances atnational and sub-national levels. The Officer will also generate and use evidence on social sector financing, child poverty, andchild-focused services to inform policy dialogue, programming, resource mobilization and donor reporting, while engaging withgovernment counterparts, development partners and contractors to advance country programme results. Location: Malawi Deadline: 29 Jul 2026 11:55 PM
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