If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about
making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights
organization would like to hear from you.
Position Title: Child Protection Specialist, P-3, Ndjemena, Chad
Vacancy No: E-VN-2014-000522
Duty Station: Ndjemena
Country: Chad
Region: WCARO
Job Level: P-3
Position#: 00062949
Application Close: 18-Mar-14
Contract Type: Long-term Staff (FT)
Background Information:
For 60 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and
territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The
world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports
child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education
for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence,
exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary
contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.
Purpose of the Position
Accountable for formulation, design, planning, implementing, monitoring and
evaluation of Child Protection programme (s) to ensure overall efficiency and
effectiveness of the programme management, delivery and accomplishment of programme
goals and objectives.
Promotes intersectoral partnerships
leading to responsive child protection systems
build on the strengths of issue-specific programming; and which
addresses specific forms of vulnerability.
Key Expected Results
1. Timely sectoral analysis, input, support and collaboration to the
Situation Analysis and its periodic update made for effective programme
planning, development and management. Partnership with knowledge and academic
institutions expanded for collection and analysis of relevant data to further
understanding of social norms and harmful practices to children, particularly
girls.
2. UNICEF`s global goals effectively promoted through advocacy and policy
dialogue with the sectors responsible for Child Protection, partnering in
particular Social Welfare/Protection and Justice to facilitate understanding of
the importance of child protection by all stakeholders, and its inclusion in
national governance and reforms mechanisms, development planning and investment
frameworks.
3. Knowledge management effectively promoted through drafting/finalizing
key Child Protection sectoral programme documents and reports, sharing good
practice, lessons learned, and knowledge/information exchange with all
partners, harnessing knowledge institutions resources and partnerships.
4. Quality of rights-based Child Protection programmes effectively
promoted. Coherence and synergy gained by collaborating with key partners,
addressing the multiple aspects of the protective environment, and value added
to programme management process through results-based management. Gender/sex
disaggregated data and inputs relevant to the Child Protection programme
provided.
5. Sectoral work plan and activities formulated, implemented and monitored,
ensuring alignment with the defined programme strategies and approaches,
partnering with community-based child protection networks that monitor child
rights and child exploitation.
6. Programme delivery, evaluation and reporting carried out efficiently,
rigorously and transparently in compliance with the established guidelines and
procedures.
7. Proper and timely UNICEF, Government and all implementing partners
accountability ensured regarding supply and non-supply assistance as well as
disbursement of programme funds for the Child Protection sector.
8. Effective communication and
networking achieved through partnership and collaboration;coordination amongst
child protection system actors strengthened, with specific attention to
Children`s life skills, knowledge and participation, as actors in their own
protection;engagement of media and civil society to supporting positive
practices and involvement of children and families; ensured dialogue with
private sector expanded, to emphasize good practices and corporate social responsibility.
Qualifications of Successful Candidate
- Advanced university degree, preferably in the social sciences, law or
other relevant field.*
- Five years of relevant work experience at national and international
levels in child protection area.
- Background/familiarity with Emergency.
- Fluency in English and French required
*A first level university degree with a relevant combination of academic
qualifications and experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced
university degree.
Competencies of Successful Candidate
- Able to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment.
- Sets high standards for quality of work and consistently achieves project
goals.
- Has good leadership and supervisory skills; co-ordinates group
activities, ensuring that roles within the team are clear.
- Translates strategic direction into plans and objectives.
- Analyzes and integrates diverse and complex quantitative and qualitative
data from a wide range of sources.
- Quickly builds rapport with individuals and groups; maintains an
effective network of individuals across
organizational departments.
- Identifies urgent and potentially difficult decisions and acts on them
promptly; initiates and generates team- and department-wide activities.
- Demonstrates, applies and shares expert technical knowledge across the
organization.
UNICEF is committed to diversity and
inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male
candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including
persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our
organisation.
How to Apply:
If you are qualified and interested in discussing this engagement in more
detail,
please submit your resume in confidence to the website on the link below:
https://careers.unicef.org/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/hrrcf_a_posting_apply?PARAM=cG9zdF9pbnN0X2d1aWQ9NTMxMjIwOTk4Q0M3MTgyQkUxMDAwMDAwOUU3MTBGMEYmY2FuZF90eXBlPUVYVA%3d%3d&sap-client=100&sap-language=EN&sap-accessibility=X
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