Child Protection Specialist
hace 2 semanas
How can you make a difference?Join our team as a Child Protection Specialst VaC in the Regional Office and contribute in supporting UNICEF to end violence against children (VaC) in the region including armed violence, sexual violence and corporal punishment.
You will work under the guidance of the Regional Child Protection Advisor and your responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following:Provide technical assistance and advice to colleagues in the Section on all aspects of programming and implementation to enable colleagues to achieve programme, performance objectives, including violence against children.
Plan and/or provide technical assistance and operational support to the preparation, design, conduct and update of situation analysis to ensure that current comprehensive and evidence- based data on child protection issues are available to guide UNICEF strategic policy advocacy, intervention and development efforts on child rights and protection and to set programme priorities, strategies, design and implementation plans, including on violence against children in the Region.
Plan and/or collaborate with monitoring and evaluation initiatives to establish benchmarks, performance indicators and other UNICEF/UN system indicators, to assess/strengthen performance accountability, coherence and delivery of concrete and sustainable results in child protection programmes, including on violence against children.
Provide technical advice to key government officials, NGO, UN system and country offices on policies, strategies, best practices and approaches on child protection, including violence against children, and other related issues to support programme development planning, implementation and delivery of results.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have...An Advanced University degree (Master's degree or higher) in international developmentpsychology, sociology, social work, child and youth worker, family or criminal law, social policy or other similar social science field is required.
A minimum of 8 years of professional experience in social development planning and management in child protection and other related areas at the international level is required.
Relevant experience in child protection and related areas, with significant experience programming around violence against children Programme, project development and management in the UN/UNICEF is an asset.
Experience in both development and humanitarian contexts is an added advantage;Professional experience within and outside the LAC region would be an assetExperience working with partner organizations and coordination groupsExperience providing technical assistance to peers and to partners in the area of child protection an assetExperience analysing child protection evidenceFluency in English and Spanish is required.
Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian) and/or Portuguese is an asset.To learn more about a P4 level Child Protection Specialist role in UNICEF, click here For every Child, you demonstrate...UNICEF's Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it.
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UNICEF competencies required for this post are...(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others.
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