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Job
Title: Child Protection Specialist
Organisation: United
Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Title: Child Protection Specialist
Organisation: United
Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Duty
Station: Kampala, Uganda
Station: Kampala, Uganda
Grade Level: P-3
Reports
to: Child Protection
Specialist, NOD
to: Child Protection
Specialist, NOD
About
UNICEF:
UNICEF:
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. 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.
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. 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.
Job
Summary: The Child
Protection Specialist, NOD, accountable for the formulation, design, planning,
implementing, monitoring and evaluation of strategies and programme
interventions for creating an enabling environment for keeping children
safe in public and private spaces within the UNICEF Government of Uganda
Programme of Cooperation 2010- 2014.
Summary: The Child
Protection Specialist, NOD, accountable for the formulation, design, planning,
implementing, monitoring and evaluation of strategies and programme
interventions for creating an enabling environment for keeping children
safe in public and private spaces within the UNICEF Government of Uganda
Programme of Cooperation 2010- 2014.
Key
Duties and Responsibilities:
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Design,
Implement, monitor and report on interventions aiming to strengthen policy
and administrative frameworks as well as the results based monitoring and
accountability mechanisms that keep children safe in public and private
spaces that are in line with UNICEF Child Protection global and regional
strategies. - Ensure
that data and information on child protection indicators collected through
routine reports from police, health facilities, schools, other
institutions, U reports, Child Helpline, research etc. are analyzed and
used for programmatic interventions. - Timely
sectoral analysis, input, support and collaboration to the Situation
Analysis and its periodic update made for effective programme planning,
development and management. - Quality
of rights-based Child Protection programme component effectively promoted.
- Coherence,
synergy and value added to programme management process through
results-based management. - Sectoral
work plan and activities formulated, implemented and monitored, ensuring
alignment with the defined programme strategies and approaches. - Proper
and timely UNICEF and Government accountability ensured regarding supply
and non-supply assistance as well as disbursement of programme funds for the
Programme component on VAC. - Provide
support for the strengthening the Child Protection Systems in Uganda ,
through the mapping of Child Protection systems as well as
through the drafting of a Comprehensive Child Protection Strategy by the
Government of Uganda. - Monitor
and guide UNICEF`s support for prevention and response to Gender Based
Violence, and Psychosocial Support within GBV work, ensuring effective
partnerships with UNFPA and UNICEF`s accountability within GBV sub
cluster. - Provide
technical leadership and ensure effective coordination with strategic
partners on Child Protection, including UN agencies with whom UN Joint
Programmes are implemented, donors, parliamentarians in Uganda. Engage
with UNICEF regional and HQs offices as appropriate and necessary. - Professional
preparation of regular reports, and development of donor proposals for funding
of programme interventions for keeping children safe in Uganda as
necessary.
Qualifications,
Skills and Experience:
Skills and Experience:
- The
applicant should hold an advanced University Degree in Social Sciences
preferably in Anthropology, Social Development, Social Work or other
related field. - Five
years of related work experience in child protection, including
international work experience for IP or field work experience for NO
Background/familiarity with Emergency. - Fluency
in English and a second UN language. - The
job holder should possess a first level university degree with a relevant
combination of academic qualifications and experience may be accepted in
lieu of the advanced university degree. - The
incumbent must have a good understanding of the political situation, the
situation of children affected by violence and conflict and the nature and
complexity of the post- conflict in Uganda. In particular, s/he must have
a good understanding of child protection issues and the protection of
children in situations of post conflict (including release and
reintegration of CAAFGS, hazardous child labor and all aspects of child
abuse violence against children). The incumbent must exercise excellent
political judgment and diplomatic skills as s/he will be dealing with a
number of highly sensitive issues.
Personal
Competencies:
Competencies:
- Communicates
effectively to varied audiences, including during formal public speaking. - Able
to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment. - Sets
high standards for quality of work and consistently achieves project
goals. - The
Specialist should possess 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
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:
to Apply:
If interested in working
with UNICEF Uganda in the above portfolio, Please visit the web link below to
review job requirements and if satisfied Click Apply Now on this page
with UNICEF Uganda in the above portfolio, Please visit the web link below to
review job requirements and if satisfied Click Apply Now on this page
Deadline:
5th August, 2013
5th August, 2013
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