Child Protection Specialist
hace 7 días
**Job no**: 571711
**Contract type**: Fixed Term Appointment
**Duty Station**: Panama City
**Level**: P-4
**Location**: Panama
**Categories**: Child Protection
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
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**For every child, **_Protection_**
**How can you make a difference?**
**Purpose of the job**:
The UNICEF Safeguarding, PSEA and AAP Specialist in the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean will develop and support UNICEF’s work on Safeguarding, Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) and Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) to meet UNICEF institutional and programmatic commitments.
The post will serve as the key technical resource on Safeguarding, PSEA and AAP and will provide programme guidance and technical support to Country Offices in strengthening UNICEF’s ability to effectively fulfil our commitments in the areas.
The Safeguarding, PSEA and AAP specialist will: 1) Support the rollout and adoption of the Policy on Safeguarding in the regional office and country offices under its purview; 2) coordinate and support the rollout/implementation of the forthcoming Complaint Feedback and Redressal Mechanism (CFRM - UNICARE) procedure; 3) Provide ongoing technical support for country offices on the PSEA Portfolio; 4) Provide ongoing technical support for country offices on the AAP Portfolio.
The Specialist will report to the UNICEF Regional Director, in consultation with the Deputy Regional Director, the Regional Advisor for Child Protection, the Regional Chief of Programme and Planning, and the Human Resources Manager, when needed.
**Key functions, accountabilities and related duties/tasks**:
1. Support the rollout of the Policy on Safeguarding, which includes PSEA, in country offices
- In coordination with HQ Divisions, provide technical support to Country Offices for the roll out of the Policy on Safeguarding and its implementation guidance.
- Support UNICEF CO Risk Management, Planning; Safeguarding and PSEA Focal Points (FPs) and Specialists by organizing regular meetings, providing trainings, enhancing communication and information sharing.
- In coordination with HQ Divisions, support Country Offices to strengthen Safeguarding, including PSEA, in HR, partnerships and supply.
- Promote adherence to global Policies and procedures for Safeguarding and PSEA and strengthen understanding among UNICEF staff and partners on UNICEF policies and reporting procedures.
- Provide support in reporting, managing, and responding to safeguarding, SEA and AAP concerns and incidents in coordination with OIAI and other HQ divisions, as required.
- Explore methodology for regular tracking progress at country level (pulse survey; targeted surveys or similar)
2. Coordinate and support the rollout/implementation of the Complaint Feedback and Redressal Mechanism (CFRM) Procedure
- Strengthen COs capacities to develop and improve access to integrated, safe, gender and age-sensitive feedback, complaint, and redressal mechanisms, in line with the CFRM Procedure.
- Support COs in regularly analyzing and bringing feedback trends and insights to the senior management decision-making fora to foster improvement and adaptation of CO’s programmes, activities, operations and supply chain.
- Coordinate the establishment and operation of the Regional Office CFRM.
- Train RO staff, complementary staff and implementing partners staff on how to receive and handle the different types of feedback that might be disclosed to them.
- Support visibility and sensitization efforts to raise awareness about the CFRM among all stakeholders with whom UNICEF interacts.
- Act as the RO focal point for feedback issues that might be escalated from the different COs.
- Convene the RO Complaints and Feedback Management Committee (CFMC).
Ensure that feedback trends and insights from across the region are regularly analyzed and brought to the senior management decision-making fora within and beyond the RO (HQ Divisions), to foster improvement and adaptation of UNICEF’s programmes, activities, operations, and supply chain.
3. Provide ongoing technical support for country offices on the PSEA Portfolio
- Contribute to the implementation and roll out of global and regional guidance and strategies to improve efforts to address SEA including survivor ass
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