Vacancy Announcement – Child Protection Officer, NOB , FT, Abuja , Nigeria #00123436

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

Throughout 190 international locations and territories, we work for each youngster, all over the place, day by day, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means hand over.

For each youngster, a safety

In Nigeria, UNICEF works in a fancy humanitarian and growth setting to satisfy and defend youngsters’s rights in partnership with authorities, civil society, youngsters, and households.  UNICEF Nigeria is without doubt one of the largest UNICEF Nation Workplaces globally – click on the hyperlink to be taught extra about UNICEF in Nigeria: https://www.unicef.org/nigeria/.

Organizational Context and Objective for the job

The basic mission of UNICEF is to advertise the rights of each youngster, all over the place, in every thing the group does — in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. The fairness technique, emphasizing probably the most deprived and excluded youngsters and households, interprets this dedication to youngsters’s rights into motion. For UNICEF, fairness signifies that all youngsters have a possibility to outlive, develop and attain their full potential, with out discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the diploma that any youngster has an unequal probability in life — in its social, political, financial, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There’s rising proof that investing within the well being, training and safety of a society’s most deprived residents — addressing inequity — not solely will give all youngsters the chance to satisfy their potential but additionally will result in sustained progress and stability of nations. For this reason the give attention to fairness is so important. It accelerates progress in direction of realizing the human rights of all youngsters, which is the common mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Conference on the Rights of the Little one, whereas additionally supporting the equitable growth of countries.

How will you make a distinction?

The Little one Safety Officer reviews to the Chief, Little one Safety or Little one Safety Specialist for supervision. The Little one Safety Officer gives skilled technical, operational and administrative help all through the programming course of for youngster safety programmes/initiatives inside the Nation Programme from growth planning to supply of outcomes. H/She prepares, executes, manages, and implements a wide range of technical and administrative programme duties to facilitate programme growth, implementation, programme progress monitoring, evaluating and reporting.

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Key obligations:

Abstract of key features/accountabilities:

1. Assist to programme growth and planning
2. Programme administration, monitoring and supply of outcomes
3. Technical and operational assist to programme implementation
4. Networking and partnership constructing
5. Innovation, information administration and capability constructing

 

1. Assist to programme growth and planning

• Conduct and replace the state of affairs evaluation for the event, design and administration of kid protection-related programmes/initiatives. Analysis and report on growth developments (e.g. financial, social, well being) and knowledge to be used in programme growth, administration, monitoring, analysis and supply of outcomes.
• Contribute to the event and institution of sectoral programme objectives, goals, methods, and results-based planning by way of analysis, evaluation and reporting of kid safety and different associated data for growth planning and precedence and objective setting.
• Present technical and operational assist all through all levels of programming processes by executing and administering a wide range of technical, programme, operational, and administrative transactions, making ready associated supplies and documentation, and complying with organizational processes and administration methods to assist programme planning, results-based planning (RBM) and monitoring and evaluating of outcomes.
• Put together required programme documentation, supplies and knowledge to facilitate the programme evaluation and approval course of.

2. Programme administration, monitoring and supply of outcomes

•  Work carefully and collaboratively with colleagues and companions to debate implementation points, present options, and suggestions and/or to alert applicable officers and stakeholders for higher-level interventions and/or choices. Maintain information of reviews and assessments for straightforward reference and/or to seize and institutionalize classes discovered.
• Take part in monitoring and analysis workout routines, programme evaluations and annual sectoral evaluations with authorities and different counterparts to evaluate programmes/initiatives, and to report on required motion/interventions on the increased degree of programme administration.
• Monitor and report on using sectoral programme assets (monetary, administrative and different belongings), verifying compliance with accepted allocations, organizational guidelines, rules, procedures and donor commitments, requirements of accountability and integrity. Report on vital points and findings to make sure well timed decision by administration and stakeholders. Comply with up on unresolved points to make sure decision.
• Put together common and mandated sectoral programme/challenge reviews for administration, donors and companions to maintain them knowledgeable of programme progress.

3. Technical and operational assist to programme implementation

• Conduct common programme area visits and surveys and change data with companions/stakeholders to evaluate progress and supply technical assist. Take applicable motion to resolve points and/or consult with related officers for decision. Report on vital points, bottlenecks and potential issues for well timed motion to realize outcomes.
• Present technical and operational assist to authorities counterparts, NGO companions, UN system companions and different nation workplace companions/donors on the appliance and understanding of UNICEF insurance policies, methods, processes and greatest practices in youngster safety to assist programme implementation.

4. Networking and partnership constructing

• Construct and maintain shut working partnerships with authorities counterparts and nationwide stakeholders by way of energetic sharing of knowledge and information to facilitate programme implementation and construct the capability of stakeholders to realize and maintain outcomes on youngster safety.
• Take part in inter-agency conferences/occasions on programming to collaborate with inter-agency companions/colleagues on UNDAF operational planning and preparation of kid safety programmes/initiatives and to combine and harmonize UNICEF’s place and techniques with UNDAF growth and planning processes.
• Analysis data on potential donors and put together useful resource mobilization supplies and briefs for fundraising and partnership growth functions.
• Draft communication and data supplies for CO programme advocacy to advertise consciousness, set up partnerships/alliances and assist fundraising for youngster safety programmes.

5.  Innovation, information administration and capability constructing

• Determine, seize, synthesize, and share classes discovered for information growth and to construct the capability of stakeholders.
• Apply progressive approaches and promote good practices to assist the implementation and supply of concrete and sustainable programme outcomes.
• Analysis and report on greatest and cutting-edge practices for growth planning of information merchandise and methods.
• Take part as a useful resource particular person in capacity-building initiatives to boost the competencies of purchasers and stakeholders.

 

To qualify as an advocate for each youngster you’ll have…

Schooling:

A college diploma in one of many following fields is required: worldwide growth, human rights, psychology, sociology, worldwide regulation, or one other related social science area.

Expertise:

• A minimal of two years {of professional} expertise in social growth planning and administration in youngster protection-related areas is required.
• Expertise working in a creating nation is taken into account as an asset.
• Related expertise in programme growth in youngster protection-related areas in a UN system company or group is taken into account as an asset.
• Expertise in each growth and humanitarian contexts is an added benefit.

Language Necessities:

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

For each Little one, you display…

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief, and Accountability (CRITA). 

• The UNICEF competencies required for this publish are…
• Builds and maintains partnerships (II)
• Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness (II)
• Drive to realize outcomes (II)
• Innovates and embraces change (II)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (II)
• Thinks and acts strategically (II)
• Works collaboratively with others (II)
• Nurtures, Leads and Manages Individuals (II)

To view our competency framework, please go to here.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, non secular and ethnic backgrounds, together with individuals residing with disabilities, to use to develop into part of the group.

We provide a wide range of benefits to our staff, together with paid parental depart, breastfeeding breaks and cheap lodging for individuals with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages using versatile working preparations.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and goals of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF additionally adheres to strict youngster safeguarding ideas. All chosen candidates will probably be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas and can due to this fact bear rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will embody the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to offer extra data to conduct a background examine.

Remarks:

UNICEF’s energetic dedication in direction of variety and inclusion is vital to ship one of the best outcomes for kids. For this place, eligible and appropriate feminine candidates are inspired to use.

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

Solely shortlisted candidates will probably be contacted and advance to the subsequent