Child Protection- Adolescent Girl Programming Officer
Contract
This is a UNV International Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as International UN Volunteer. It is normally internationally recruited only. More about UNV International Specialist contracts.
Adolescent girls remain highly vulnerable group due to the multifaceted protection, education, health, nutrition, and WASH-related issues that prevent them from reaching their full potential. They are often underscored by gender discriminatory norms, including gendered stereotypes of femineity and masculinity, which reinforce the inequities and power differentials.
While child marriage is becoming less common in Ghana and has seen a steady decline from about 40 per cent in 1980s to 19.3 per cent in 2017/2018, one in five girls is still married or in informal union (cohabitation) before the age of 18 years. The high prevalence of adolescent pregnancy, mostly unplanned, remains a serious protection concern. The adolescent birth rate is 75 per 1,000 adolescent girls. Over 38 per cent of girls aged 15–19 years reported having experienced at least one act of sexual violence.
The UN Volunteer will be placed within the Child Protection Section of the UNICEF Ghana Country 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 and 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 multi-sectoral programmes: 1) The UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to Accelerate Actions to End Child Marriage (2024-2030); and 2) the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Adolescent Girls Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (2024-2030), supported by the Global Affairs Canada. Across these two Programmes, the UN Volunteer will gain rich experience in working with other UNICEF programme sections and cross-sectoral units, with sister UN Agencies, as well as a wide variety of Government and Civil Society partners.
Under the direct supervision of the Child Protection Specialist (Harmful practices, Gender and Adolescents), the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:
• Support planning, implementation and monitoring of key ongoing interventions for the empowerment of the most marginalized adolescent girls in partnership with civil society partners, including the programme called “Promoting Adolescents Safe Spaces (PASS)”
• Support the integration of a gender-transformative approach across programming, including through implementation of the Gender Transformative Accelerator Roadmap for Ending Child Marriage in Ghana
• Coordination support to the government and civil society partners to implement the National Strategic Framework for Ending Child Marriage 2017-2026
• Contribute to generation and use of evidence to inform policies and programmes in the areas of child marriage, gender and adolescents, including impact evaluation of Promoting Adolescents Safe Spaces (PASS)
• Participate in programme meetings and monitoring field visits with UNFPA, Government and Civil Society Partners, assessing progress and documenting gaps and recommendations to strengthen programming in model interventions
• Support development of donor reports, proposals, advocacy and other communication materials
• Support any other tasks assigned by the supervisor
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
child protection, adolescent programming, women empowerment, social work, human rights, gender and other relevant fields. • 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
Ghana is a very peaceful and beautiful country with an affable citizenry. The living condition in Accra, where the assignment is based, is a family duty station and relatively good. The UNV will be responsible for arranging his or her own housing and other living essentials such as food, water, electricity, etc. The UNICEF Ghana orientation package will be shared with the successful UN volunteer once confirmed.
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