Access to Justice for Children focusing on Birth Registration and TA to Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary Port Moresby, PNG (only nationals of PNG to apply)

Consultant Programme & Policy

Overview

Support the GoPNG in implementing child justice and birth registration interventions.

You have:

• Advance University Degree (Master or above) in Social Science, international development, human rights, psychology, sociology, international law, social work or another relevant field.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience in justice for children and CRVS, and/or child protection.
• Demonstrated technical expertise in justice for children and CRVS within UNICEF systems strengthening approach.
• Experience developing and adapting training materials and conducting trainings.
• Knowledge of PNG national laws, policies and protocols pertaining to justice for children, CRVS, particularly birth registration and child protection.
• Experiences in working with government counterparts.
• Interpersonal skills: cultural sensitivity, communication, facilitation.
• Professional experience in developing countries and working with government counterparts on national strategies and capacity building.
• Proficiency in English.

Contract

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UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child Protection

With over 850 indigenous languages and one of the most ethnically diverse populations, widespread poverty, and gender inequality make it hard for many children to realize their rights. In Papua New Guinea, UNICEF’s works effectively both ‘upstream’ (with governments) and ‘downstream’ (at the grassroots level) to carry out its mission through a programme of cooperation jointly developed with the government guides our work in the country.

How can you make a difference?

Securing access to justice for every child in PNG is central to the mandate of UNICEF and support to the Government of PNG to realize child rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly on just, peaceful and inclusive societies and its targets 16.3 (access to justice for all), 16.2 (violence against children) and 16.9 (legal identity for all); and the UNICEF Children Protection Strategy 2021-2030 and the ‘ Reimaging Justice for Children’. The PNG Country Office Child Protection Annual Workplan for 2023 is aligned to this framework and includes activities earmarked for children to access child friendly police services in partnership with Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC) and access to birth registration for children under the age of fives years of age, in partnership with Papua New Guinea Civil Identity Registry (PNGCIR).

To this end, the UNICEF PNG Country Office seeks to engage a national consultant -Access to Justice for Children to support the GoPNG in implementing the pending interventions under these two key activities, Child friendly police and Birth Registration.

Scope of activities

1. Child Friendly Police with RPNGC – (45%)

• Stock taking of previous activities: Initial meetings and agreement with RPNGC on pending activities required to finalise the Protocol on Child Victims and Witnesses of Crimes.
• Support in institutionalizing the child protection training for police into pre-service and in-service mandatory trainings focusing on the newly adopted Protocol on Child Victims and Witnesses of Crimes.
• Regional Consultations & Validation – support RPNGC in holding the pending regional consultations with justice and welfare actors in Government and CSOs and the validation workshop.
• Launch and dissemination: Prepare for the launch and dissemination of the Protocol on Child Victims and Witnesses of Crimes.
• Victim/survivor assistance: referrals pathways by the police to social welfare services, health, PSS, legal aid and justice, in collaboration with child protection network.

2. Capacity building of Birth Registration (45%)

• **Bottle neck analysis (BNA)****: Provide technical assistance to PNGCIR to conduct a bottle neck analysis on birth registration which will support evidence-based plan to response and prevention services in birth registration in view of the current low uptake on birth registration. This will include capacity building of the enumerators from PNGCIR staff and interns. The BNA will also focus on the interoperability between health and civil registration
• Training: Conduct/facilitate trainings for Implementing Partners (government and CSOs) on CRVS and birth registration in the context of child rights.
• Data management: support PNGCIR in collecting route birth registration including the linkages between the health and civil registry system in the context of CRVS

3. Coordination, planning, monitoring, and reporting (10%)

• Support PNGCIR to have a functional CRVS coordination mechanism with an updated action plan and holding of routine meetings

  Implementing Partners Technical support

• Training: Conduct/facilitate trainings for Implementing Partners (government and CSOs) child friendly justice and birth registration/CRVS

• Develop/adapt a training package for the Implementing Partners in birth registration and the broader CRVS
• Management of Direct Cash Transfers (DCTs) for both PNGCIR and RPNGC as well as any CSOs selected in the implementation of this programme.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Education

• Advance University Degree (Master or above) in Social Science, particular international development, human rights, psychology, sociology, international law, social work, or another relevant field.

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required:

• Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience, i.e. justice for children; and CRVS, and/or child protection.
• Demonstrated technical expertise in justice for children and CRVS within UNICEF systems strengthening approach
• Experience developing and adapting training materials and conducting trainings and development of procedures and protocols.
• Knowledge of PNG national laws, policies and protocols pertaining to justice for children, CRVS, particularly birth registration and child protection, is required.
• Experiences in working with government counterparts.
• Interpersonal skills”: cultural sensitivity communication, facilitation,
• professional experience in developing countries and working with government counterparts on national strategies and capacity building
• Proficiency in English

For every Child, you demonstrate… our core values of Commitment, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability and Sustainability.

This position is a short-term assignment and doesn’t give rise to a long-term permanent post with the organization.

Applicants are required to include in their applications a financial proposal which includes a lumpsum amount for consultancy fees, local transportation and other miscellaneous costs. Breakdown or details of the fee will be much appreciated.

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

UNICEF does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing, or orientation).

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

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