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Job Title:       Chief, Child Protection
Organization: United Nations
Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Job Number: 503628
Reports to: Deputy
Representative
Grade: P-5
About US:
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is mandated by the UN
general assembly to advocate for the protection of children’s rights, to help
meet their basic needs and expand their opportunities to reach their full
potential. Together with our partners, we work in 190 countries and territories
to translate that commitment into practical action, focusing special effort on
reaching the most vulnerable and excluded children, to the benefit of all
children, everywhere.
Job Summary: The Chief,
Child Protection is primarily responsible for managing and leading all stages
of child protection programs/projects from strategic planning and formulation
to achieve concrete and sustainable contributions to national and international
efforts to create a protective environment for children against all harm and to
protect their rights to survival, development and well being as established
under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, international
treaties/framework and UN intergovernmental bodies. The Chief is responsible
for leading, managing and establishing the plans of action to ensure the
achievement of concrete and sustainable programs/projects results according to
plans, allocation, results based-management approaches and methodology (RBM)
and UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, standards of performance and accountability
framework.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  
  • Tasked with the provision of managerial
    leadership
  • Tasked with program development and
    planning
  • Program management, monitoring and quality
    control of results
  • Provide advisory services and technical
    support
  • Responsible for advocacy, networking and
    partnership building
  • Tasked with the innovation, knowledge
    management and capacity building
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
  • The ideal candidate for the United Nations
    UNICEF Chief, Child Protection career opportunity should hold an advanced
    university degree (Master’s or higher) in international development, human
    rights, psychology, sociology, international law or other social science
    field is required.
  • At least ten (10) years of progressively
    responsible professional work experience in social development planning
    and management in child protection and/other related areas at the
    international level in a developing country is required.
  • Significant exposure and experience in
    child protection and related areas, program/project development and
    management in a UN system agency or organization is an asset.
  • Previous experience in both development
    and humanitarian contexts is essential.
  • Developing country work experience and/or
    familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
  • Fluency in English (written and verbal) is
    required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese,
    French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
Personal Competencies:
  • Core Values (Required):
    Commitment; Diversity and Inclusion; Integrity
  • Core Competencies (Required):
    Communication; Drive for Result; Working with People
  • Functional Competencies (Required):
    Leading and Supervising; Formulating Strategies and Concepts; Analyzing; Relating
    and Networking; Deciding and Initiating Action, Persuading and Influencing
NB: UNICEF is committed
to gender equality in its mandate and its staff; qualified female candidates
are strongly encouraged to apply. UNICEF is a smoke free environment.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested Ugandan Nationals who wish to
join the United Nations UNICEF in the aforementioned capacity are encouraged to
apply online at the link below.
Deadline: 6th April
2017
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