Child Protection- Adolescent Girl Programming Officer

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This is a UNV International Youth contract. This kind of contract is known as International UN Volunteer. It is normally internationally recruited only. More about UNV International Youth contracts.

The UN Volunteer will be placed within the Child Protection Section of the UNICEF Ghana Office. The position is Accra-based, with travel to the field (including Field Office in Tamale) to gain learning and exposure in terms of direct field programme implementation, monitoring, data collection, documentation of best practices.

The focus of the position is in support of Adolescent Girl programming within the Child Protection Programme. Within this context, the UN Volunteer will be exposed to planning, implementation and monitoring of two inter-agency and three cross-sectoral programmes: 1) The UN-FPA-UNICEF Global Programme to Accelerate Actions to End Child Marriage (2020-2023), the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Adolescent Girls Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (2018-2022), sponsored by the Government of Canada and 3) the follow up actions emanating from some the interventions of the ‘Better Life for Girls Project (2017-2020)’ sponsored by the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA),

Across these three Programmes, the UN Volunteer will gain reach experience in working cross-sectorally with other UNICEF Programmes, with sister UN Agencies, as well as a wide variety of Government and Civil Society partners.

Under the direct supervision of the Chief of Child Protection, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks: •Participate in programme meetings and monitoring field visits with Government and Civil Society Partners, assessing progress and documenting gaps and recommen-dations to strengthen programming in model interventions •Assist in development of specific resources and tools for engagement with adoles-cent girls on life skills, financial skills and employability, adolescent sexual repro-ductive health and rights, sexual and gender based violence and girls’ empower-ment and participation •Support in the design and development of measurement and monitoring tools to cap-ture overtime changes in knowledge, attitudes and behaviours experienced by ado-lescent girls and community members as a direct result of programmatic interven-tions supported by UNICEF and partners •Support research, data analysis and documentation to gain a greater understanding of adolescent girls’ specific needs, vulnerabilities and protection concerns – to be widely used for public advocacy and programming purposes •Support development and writing of various reports (including donor reports), pro-posals, advocacy and other communication materials

Accountability Adaptability and Flexibility Building Trust Commitment and Motivation Commitment to Continuous Learning Communication Empowering Others Ethics and Values Integrity Knowledge Sharing Planning and Organizing Professionalism Respect for Diversity Self-Management Technological Awareness Working in Teams

or demonstrated interest (up to two years) in Gender, child protection, adolescent programming/empowerment, human rights, laws, •Proficient user of Microsoft Office (MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook) •Have affinity with or interest in volunteerism as a mechanism for durable development, and the UN System

Location of the work place Distance from downtown to safe residential areas for expats (by average): -2.4 km (6 mins) -3 km (8 mins) -6.8 km (20 mins) -5.4 km (12 mins) Mode of transportation (by averages stated above): -Private vehicle -Ride-hailing service (Uber, Bolt) Housing One can always get a one/two/three-bedroom serviced apartment/house depending on the person’s taste and capability with an average monthly rent of $350 to 1500

Cost of Living An average of $15 to 35 for feeding, transport and other logistics daily.

Added 2 years ago - Updated 2 years ago - Source: unv.org