Child Protection Officer

Eligibility criteria Minimum age: 22 years old. Applicants must be nationals of or legal residents in the country of assignment. Description of task

Under the direct supervision of Chief Child Protection section, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

1. Support to program development and planning

· Provide technical and operational support throughout all stages of programming processes by executing and administering a variety of technical, programme, operational, and administrative transactions, preparing related materials and documentations, and complying with organizational processes and management systems, to support programme planning, results-based planning and monitoring and evaluating of results.

· Conduct/update situation analysis for the program sector/s for design and implementation of child protection priority thematic areas. Report on development trends and (social, health etc) data for use in program development, monitoring, evaluation and delivery of results.

· Prepare required program documentations/materials/data to facilitate program review process.

2. Program management, monitoring and delivery of results.

· Work closely and collaboratively with colleagues and partners to discuss implementation issues, provide solutions, recommendations and/or to alert appropriate colleagues, partners and stakeholders for higher-level interventions and/or decisions. Keep records of meetings, reports and programmatic visits for easy reference and/or to capture and institutionalize lessons learned.

· Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises, program reviews and annual reviews with government and other counterparts to assess programs/projects and to report on required action/interventions.

· Monitor and report on the use of sectoral program resources (financial, administrative and other assets), verify compliance with approved allocation/goals, organizational rules, regulations/procedures and donor commitments, standards of accountability and integrity. Report on critical issues/findings to ensure timely resolution by management/stakeholders. Follow up on unresolved issues to ensure resolution.

· Support and monitor the development by partners of appropriate accountability frameworks that include programme beneficiary complaints mechanisms.

· Prepare regular/mandated sectoral program/project updates/reports to monitor program progress.

3. Technical and operational support to program implementation

· Conduct programme field visits and exchange information with partners/stakeholders to assess progress and provide technical support. Take appropriate action to resolve issues and/or refer to relevant partners and colleagues for resolution. Report on critical issues, bottlenecks and potential problems for timely action to achieve results.

· Provide technical and operational support to government counterparts, NGO partners, UN system partners and other country office partners/donors on the application and understanding of UNICEF policies, strategies, processes and best practices in child protection, to support programme implementation.

4. Networking and partnership building

· Build and sustain close working partnerships with government counterparts and national stakeholders through active sharing of information and knowledge to facilitate programme implementation and build capacity of stakeholders to achieve and sustain results on child protection.

· Contribute to development of communication and information materials for CO programme advocacy to promote awareness on the birth registration project.

· Participate in appropriate inter-agency meetings/events on programming to collaborate with inter-agency partners/colleagues on operational planning and to integrate and harmonize UNICEF position and strategies with UN and Government development and planning process.

· Prepare briefs and fact sheets for partnership development purposes and knowledge sharing.

5. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

· Identify, capture, synthesize, and share lessons learned for knowledge development and to build the capacity of stakeholders.

· Apply innovative approaches and promote good practices to support the implementation and delivery of concrete and sustainable programme results.

· Participate as a resource person in capacity building initiatives to enhance the competencies of partners and stakeholders.

· Research and report on best and cutting-edge practices for development planning of knowledge products and systems.

Qualifications/Requirements Required degree level Bachelor degree or equivalent Educational additional comments

A First University Degree (Bachelor) in international development, human rights, psychology, sociology, international law or other social science field is required.

Required Degree Level: Bachelor's degree

Education - Additional Comments: international development, human rights, psychology, social work, sociology or international law.

Required experience 24 Months Experience remark

A minimum of 2 years of professional experience in social development planning and management in child protection and/other related areas at the international and/or in a developing country is required. Relevant experience in child protection and related areas, program/project development and management in a UN system agency or organization is an asset.

Experience in both development and humanitarian contexts is an added advantage.

Language skills

• French(Mandatory), Level - Fluent
• English(Mandatory), Level - Working Knowledge

Area of expertise Social work, Development programme management Area of expertise details

social development planning and management in Child Protection are mandatory _not listed here

program/project development and management in a UN system agency or organization _ Not an asset

Driving license Competencies values Accountability, Adaptability and Flexibility, Building Trust, Commitment and Motivation, Commitment to Continuous Learning, Communication, Creativity, Empowering Others, Ethics and Values, Integrity, Knowledge Sharing, Planning and Organizing, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity, Technological Awareness, Working in Teams Application procedure * Not yet registered in the UNV Talent Pool? Please first register your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/signup. Important: After creating your account, complete all sections of your profile and submit it. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink. Lastly, select the special call to which you would like to apply. * Already registered in the UNV Talent Pool? Please first update your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/profile. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink to select the special call to which you would like to apply. Application deadline: DD MMM 2021 at 23:59hrs, Germany time This is a national UN Volunteer assignment, therefore only nationals of (the Programme Country) and legal residents in (the Programme Country or territory) with the status of refugee or with the status of being stateless are eligible to apply.