Child Protection Specialist (Sub Cluster Coordinator), Fixed Term, P-3, Khartoum, Sudan

Looking for a CP Sub-cluster Coordinator to provide leadership and facilitate the processes that will ensure a well-coordinated, coherent, strategic, and effective CP response in Sudan

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, www.unicef.org/sudan

Sudan is a huge country, more than four times the size of Sweden and the third largest in Africa—even after South Sudan was carved out in 2011. Sudan has a lot of land and resources, a population of 40 million and a history that predates the Nubian kingdoms established along the Nile River around 4,000 BC.

Sudan’s children make up half of the total population, and the past two decades have seen their lives improve. Fewer boys and girls are dying before their fifth birthday. Primary school attendance is increasing. Immunization coverage is high and the country remains polio free.

Still, millions of children continue to suffer from chronic conflict, from seasonal natural disasters and disease outbreaks, from under-investment in basic social services. Sudan ranks as one of the worst in the world for malnutrition, and three million of its school aged children are not in the classroom.

How can you make a difference?

On behalf of the IASC Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan and UNICEF (as the lead agency for the IASC CP sub-cluster coordination), and in collaboration with national and sub-national Authorities, the main purpose of the CP Sub-cluster Coordinator post is to provide leadership and facilitate the processes that will ensure a well-coordinated, coherent, strategic, and effective CP response in Sudan. The incumbent is to assists the Government of Sudan and sub-national authorities in CP cluster visioning, strategy formulation and the articulation of a 'Road Map' to provide adequate CP responses to emergency-affected populations and across the Humanitarian Development and Peace Nexus (HDPN).

KEY END-RESULTS

1. Inclusion of key sectoral humanitarian, durable solutions and development partners

1. • Ensure inclusion of key CP humanitarian and development partners in a way that respects their mandates and programme priorities including OIC, ICRC, UN, INGOs, LNGOs, Government, Civil society.

   • Act as focal point for inquiries on the CP cluster's response plans and operations.

2. Establishment and maintenance of appropriate coordination mechanisms at National and at Subnational level and across the humanitarian development peace nexus:

1. • Ensure appropriate coordination between all CP partners (national and international NGOs, the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement, etc), through establishment/maintenance of appropriate CP cluster/sector coordination mechanisms, including working groups at the National, and State levels
   • Promote CP emergency response actions while at the same time considering CP within recovery and development planning through close interaction with the CP Section. Ensure inter-cluster and programme response planning with other Clusters/sector groups specifically in the areas of WASH, education, health, nutrition, and other key sectors as appropriate.

   • Represent the interests of the CP Cluster/sector in discussions with the Humanitarian Coordinator, OCHA, Inter Sector Working Group, and other stakeholders on prioritization, resource mobilization and advocacy

3. Coordination with national/local authorities, State institutions, local civil society and other actors

1. • Ensure that CP responses build on existing local capacities, and in strengthening these local capacities (localization)
   • Ensure appropriate links with national and local authorities, State institutions, local civil society and other relevant actors (e.g. peacekeeping forces) and ensure appropriate coordination and information exchange with them

   • Strengthen Government Capacity to support and co-chair sector coordination mechanisms in the Khartoum and national and subnational Level.

4. Attention to priority cross-cutting issues

1. • Ensure integration of agreed priority cross-cutting issues in CP assessments, analysis, planning, monitoring and response (e.g. age, diversity, environment, gender, HIV/AIDS and human rights)

   • Ensure effective and coherent CP assessment and analysis, involving all relevant partners.

5. Planning and strategy development

1. • Developing/updating agreed CP response strategies and action plans and ensuring that these are adequately reflected in the overall country strategies, such as the HPC, HNO and SRP, Contingency plans, and in the broader UNDAF as appropriate.
   • Drawing lessons learned from past CP activities, revising strategies and action plans accordingly

   • Developing an exit, or transition, strategy for the CP interventions and key cluster/sector partners.

6. Application of standards

1. • Keep constant communication with regional and global supporting bodies on the latest developments for the sector
   • Ensure that CP cluster/sector participants at national and subnational levels are aware of relevant policy guidelines, technical standards and relevant commitments that the Government/concerned authorities have undertaken under international human rights law
   • Ensure that CP responses are in line with existing policy guidance, technical standards, and relevant Government human rights legal obligations.

   • Ensure all agreed upon guidelines at country level are followed and adhered to in all CP response.

7. Monitoring and reporting

1. • Supervise and ensure quality control of the sector information management activities
   • Maintain an updated monitoring of the situation, partner implementation and results for the cluster/sector and ensure that implementation and results monitoring are people centered
   • Ensure adequate monitoring mechanisms are in place (with OCHA, UNHCR and RCO support) to review impact of CP interventions and progress against implementation plans including monitoring indicators (quantity, quality, coverage, continuity and cost.  Target population data including desegregation by sex, age etc. of service delivery
   • Ensure adequate CP impact reporting and effective information sharing (with OCHA, UNHCR and RCO support) to demonstrate the closing of gaps
   • Ensure the cluster adapts verification, monitoring, reporting and evaluation tools with innovations as appropriate such as mobile technology, third party monitoring, pictures, etc.

   • Ensure that the cluster evaluates own performance on a regular basis and ensure corrective actions hence improved cluster coordination and response.

8. Advocacy and resource mobilization

1. • Identify core advocacy concerns related to children, including resource requirements, and contribute key messages to broader advocacy initiatives of the RC/HC, OCHA, UNHCR, UNICEF, Government, and other actors
   • Work closely with the external communication experts for the cluster/sector highlighting the key issues, concerns and achievements within the cluster/sector to the outside world
   • Advocate for donors to fund CP actors to carry out priority CP activities in the sector concerned, while at the same time encouraging actors to mobilize resources for their activities through their usual channels.

   • Produce and publish a quarterly CP cluster bulletin and other regular reports as tools to show onward progress on the cluster response in relation to the workplan/response plan.

9. Training and capacity building

1. • Promote and support training of CP humanitarian personnel in areas such as Minimum Standards for Emergency CP and capacity building of partners with a focus on national partners (localization), based on the mapping and understanding of available capacity
   • Support efforts to strengthen the CP capacity of the national/local authorities and civil society

   • Build capacity of the cluster/sector partners in CP in Emergencies, cluster coordination, transformative agenda in order to effectively understand the cluster roles and responsibilities as well as be able to fully support cluster functions

10. Accountability to Affected Populations

1. • Ensuring that mechanisms, agreed upon by cluster partners are in place to consult and involve affected populations in decision-making about programme implementation

   • Ensure that there is a system for community/beneficiary complaints and a proper investigation mechanism is in place and actions drawn in a transparent manner.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in one of the following fields: social sciences, public administration, international law, public healthy, nutrition, international relations, business administration or other related disciplines. Preferably a combination of management, administration and relevant/technical fields
• A minimum of five years of relevant professional experience in the UN or other international development organization, national government or the private sector. Field work experience. Background/familiarity with Emergency (preparedness and response) and the IASC Cluster approach.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of Arabic language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

The technical competencies required for this post are….

View our competency framework at

http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

Remarks:

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.