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• Offer support in the preparation/design and
  conduct/update of situation analysis for the child protection in emergency
  programs/projects and/or sector to ensure that current comprehensive and
  evidence based data on child protection issues are available to guide
  UNICEF’s strategic policy advocacy, intervention and development efforts
  on child rights and protection and to set program priorities, strategies,
  design and implementation plans. Keep abreast of development trends to
  enhance program management, efficiency and delivery in the emergency response
• Actively participate in strategic program
  discussion on the planning of child protection programs/projects.
  Formulate, design and prepare programs/projects proposal for the sector,
  ensuring alignment with the overall UNICEF’s Strategic Plans and Country
  Program emergency response plans and coherence/integration with REHOPE
  strategy.
• Work in liaison with and collaborate with
  internal and external colleagues and partners, OPM, UNHCR to discuss
  strategies and methodologies and to determine field level priorities to
  ensure the achievement of concrete and sustainable results for children in
  emergency.

• Actively participate in monitoring and
  evaluation exercises, program reviews/ annual reviews with government,
  OPM, UNHCR and other counterparts to assess progress and to determine
  required action/interventions to achieve results in emergency.
• Prepare weekly, bi weekly and monthly
  reports to identify gaps, strengths/weaknesses in program, identify
  lessons learned and use knowledge gained for development planning and
  timely intervention to achieve results for children.
• Actively monitor PCAs through field
  visits, Program Quality Assurance checks to assess progress, identify
  bottlenecks and potential problems and take timely decisions to resolve
  issues /or refer to relevant officials for timely resolution.
• Prepare Site briefs and support donor
  missions to refugee settlements and host communities

• Actively participate in child protection
  program meetings, CPWG meetings at field and country office level,
  including program development and contingency planning discussions on
  emergency preparedness in the country or other locations designated to
  provide technical and operational information, advice and support.
• Draft policy papers, briefs and other
  strategic program materials for management use, information and/or
  consideration.

• Build and sustain effective close working
  partnerships with relevant government counterparts, national stakeholders
  through active networking, advocacy and effective communication around
  CPiE.
• The incumbent will also prepare
  communication and information materials for CO program advocacy to promote
  awareness, establish partnership/alliances and support fund raising for
  child protection programs and emergency interventions.
• Actively participate and/or represent
  UNICEF in appropriate inter-agency discussions and planning on child
  protection in emergency, ensuring organizational position, interests and
  priorities are fully considered and integrated in the UNHCR briefs and
  reports on the response.

• Stay abreast, research, benchmark and
  implement best practices in child protection in emergency management and
  information systems. Assess, institutionalize and share best practices and
  knowledge learned.
• Organize and implement capacity building
  initiatives to enhance the competencies of clients/stakeholders to promote
  sustainable results in child protection in emergency
• Ensure the functionality of CPIMS at field
  level

• Provide technical leadership to the
  development and implementation of the child protection in emergency (CPiE)
  interventions for South Sudanese refugee children
• Program management, monitoring and
  delivery of results on CPiE against the programme targets and indicators.
  Report weekly and monthly on the CPiE activities and results to both GZO
  Chief and the Chief of Child Protection
• Contribute actively to the development of
  Programme documents for enhancing the partnership between UNICEF and CSOs
• Networking and partnership building and
  co-chair the Child protection working group with UNHCR in the districts
  where the south Sudanese refugees are settled
• Innovation, knowledge management and
  capacity building

• The applicant for the United Nations
  UNICEF Child Protection Specialist career placement should hold an
  Advanced University degree in international development, human rights,
  psychology, sociology, international law and other social science field is
  required.
• At least five years of professional
  experience in Child Protection planning, reporting and management which
  includes relevant experience in Child Protection in Emergency in UNICEF or
  in UNHCR is required.
• Working experience as a chair or co-chair
  of a Child Protection in Emergency working group or cluster is an asset
• Fluency in English is required.  Knowledge of another official UN language
  or a local language is an asset

• Core Values: Commitment,
  Diversity and Inclusion, Integrity
• Core Competencies:
  Communication, Drive for Results, Working with People
• Functional Competencies:
  Leading and supervising (I), Formulating strategies and concepts (II),
  Analyzing (III), Relating and networking (II), Deciding and initiating
  action (II), Applying technical expertise (III)

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