Child Protection Specialist (Violence Against Children and Harmful Practices) , P-4 , Amman , Jordan,FT

  • Contract
  • Jordan
  • Posted 1 month ago

UNICEF works in a few of the world’s hardest locations, to achieve the world’s most deprived youngsters. To avoid wasting their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential.

Throughout 190 nations and territories, we work for each youngster, in every single place, day-after-day, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means hand over.

For each youngster, hope

How will you make a distinction?

The incumbent might be accountable for making certain multi-sectoral methods to finish VAGBW and dangerous practices are in keeping with sector requirements and greatest obtainable proof.  This might be finished by way of high-quality, options oriented technical help to nation workplaces and companions knowledgeable by knowledge and proof.  

The CP specialist might be accountable for codesigning sensible options and supporting advocacy underneath the management of involved nation workplaces/sectors.

1. Present technical recommendation to nation workplaces, governments, and key stakeholders on insurance policies, programmes, and interventions to forestall and reply to violence in opposition to ladies, boys, and ladies.

Set up systematic coverage dialogue and studying exchanges with governments and civil society on proof knowledgeable approaches and interventions to forestall/reply to VAGBW.

Improve nation workplaces capability in designing and implementing violence prevention and response programmes, constructing on youngster safety system strengthening and SBC approaches.

Help with the event of programmatic interventions at nation degree and supply technical steering to nation workplaces.

Establish sensible steps and methods to higher deal with the particular wants of girls and youngster survivors of home violence/ intimate associate violence at service degree (helplines, case administration, shelters)

Combine gender equality, inclusion of youngsters with incapacity and migrant/refugee youngsters in programme and coverage design. Present technical management on the kid on-line security agenda.

2. Present technical recommendation to nation workplaces, governments, and key stakeholders insurance policies, programmes, and interventions contributing to the elimination of FGM and ending youngster marriage. Set up systematic coverage dialogue and studying exchanges with governments and civil society on proof knowledgeable approaches and interventions to finish/abandon youngster marriage and FGM.

Seek the advice of and collaborate with colleagues and companions to supply technical and operational assist on programme planning, administration, and implementation, and to make sure integration, coherence, and harmonization of programmes/tasks with different UNICEF sectors all through all phases of programming processes.

Lead multi-sectoral planning and implementation to maximise outcomes for ladies at scale.

3. Develop partnerships and collaborations. Lead the coordination with UNFPA on the International Programme to Finish Youngster Marriage and the Joint Programme on the elimination of FGM. Lead the collaboration with the SRSG VAC and WHO on ending violence in opposition to youngsters.

Develop systematic collaboration with GBV stakeholder for higher companies integration (girls, youngsters) Lead the useful resource mobilization efforts and leverage of nationwide/native sources underneath areas of accountability.

Lead the regional advocacy agenda on VAGBW and dangerous practices.  Symbolize UNICEF’s management in VAGBW, youngster on-line security and dangerous practices at regional degree.

4. Develop an proof, M&E, and information technology agenda.

In collaboration with related sectors, develop analysis, analysis, and knowledge evaluation to tell coverage, programmes, and interventions.

Disseminate proof and information.

Contribute to and coordinate the place wanted, main monitoring and analysis workouts to evaluate progress regionally and to interact stakeholders to take required actions to attain outcomes; determine and doc classes discovered and facilitate strategic use of data gained.

Influence of Outcomes:

The dedication of governments to ending VAGBW, addressing youngster marriage and FGM translate into adequately resourced methods knowledgeable by proof.

SBC approaches are applied at scale and supported by sturdy monitoring and technology of proof on what works at scale.

Gender equality and inclusion (youngsters with incapacity, migrant and refugees) are totally built-in into insurance policies and practices within the MENA area.

Concrete fashions of multi-sectoral collaboration are applied.

To qualify as an advocate for each youngster you should have…

Training:

Superior college diploma in one of many following educational areas:  public well being, social work, behavioural sciences, public coverage, psychology, or associated fields.

Expertise:

Not less than 8 years of related nationwide and worldwide expertise in youngster safety with give attention to system strengthening, ending violence in opposition to youngsters and dangerous practices.

Sensible expertise integrating SBC, gender equality and multi-sectoral collaborations into youngster safety work is an asset.

Language Necessities:

Fluency in English is required.  Information of Arabic and or French or one other official UN language (Chinese language, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.

For each Youngster, you exhibit…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin every thing we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Constitution: UNICEF Values

 

UNICEF competencies required for this put up are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness (3) Drive to attain outcomes for impression (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others.

Throughout the recruitment course of, we check candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its totally different ranges: competency framework here.

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived youngsters and our international workforce should mirror the range of these youngsters. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or some other private attribute.
We provide a wide range of benefits to our staff, together with paid parental go away, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages using versatile working preparations.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and targets of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF is dedicated to advertise the safety and safeguarding of all youngsters. 

Remarks:

Mobility is a situation of worldwide skilled employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the worldwide civil service.

UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the responsibility station, which might be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments are additionally topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with in opposition to SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Do you have to be chosen for a place with UNICEF, you both have to be inoculated as required or obtain a medical exemption from the related division of the UN. In any other case, the choice might be cancelled.

All chosen candidates will endure rigorous reference and background checks and might be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules. Background checks will embody the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to supply further info to conduct a background test.

Authorities staff which might be thought of for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities earlier than taking on an project with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the correct to withdraw a proposal of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance shouldn’t be obtained, or needed inoculation necessities should not met, inside an affordable interval for any motive.

Solely shortlisted candidates might be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of.

Marketed: 17 Mar 2024 Jordan Normal Time
Deadline: 31 Mar 2024 Jordan Normal Time

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