Child Protection Cluster Coordinator, P3 (FT), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Contract

This is a P-3 contract. This kind of contract is known as Professional and Director staff. It is normally internationally recruited only. It's a staff contract. It usually requires 5 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 101,224 USD and 132,545 USD.

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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, a hope!

The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programs, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias, or favoritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life — in its social, political, economic, civic, and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education, and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens — addressing inequity — not only will give all children the opportunity to fulfill their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries. This is why the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations.

For every Child, a champion!

The Child Protection Cluster Coordinator reports to the Chief Child Protection for guidance and general supervision. He/She will work in collaboration with the protection cluster, the inter cluster coordination group (ICCG) and another humanitarian sectors in Burkina Faso. The child Protection Cluster Coordinator will be accountable for providing leadership and facilitating the processes that will ensure a well-coordinated, strategic, adequate, coherent, and effective child protection humanitarian response through a mobilized, adequately resourced group of agencies, organizations, NGOs etc. The purpose is also to assist government authorities and NGO partners in strategy formulation, design, and implementation of standards, etc.

The child protection cluster coordinator is expected to develop strong working relationship with the protection sector, the GBV area of responsibility and the Inter Cluster Coordination mechanisms to ensure child protection is integrated in all parts of the development of the humanitarian response in Burkina Faso.

The coordinator contributes to the achievement of results according to plans, allocation, results based-management approaches and methodology (RBM), and UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, standards of performance and accountability framework.

Summary of key functions/accountabilities

Maintain effective child protection coordination mechanisms at national and sub-national level.

• Regular updating of Mapping of child protection actors in Burkina Faso and related sectors of interventions/capacities (5Ws and local partners including Community Based Child Protection Networks and Community Based Organizations).
• Ensure two-way communication with Sub-national CPAoR in the field and respond to their requests
• In a participatory manner, support implementation of the Child Protection Area of responsibility Work Plan for 2022 and draft the work plan for the subsector.
• Ensure all Child Protection (CP) relevant actors are engaged as CPAoR’s members and adhere to the Principles of Partnership
• Produce sectoral reports and analysis (e.g., quarterly sectoral reports, Burkina Faso Humanitarian Fund (SSHF) reports etc.)

Guarantee effective child protection preparedness and response in emergencies

• Facilitate child protection needs assessments and contingency planning, lead and participate in inter-agency child protection assessments to identify priority child protection issues and advocate for delivery of appropriate response.
• Coordinate the mapping and prioritization of emergency child protection concerns, identify response gaps, and promote the CPAoR members’ response (including activation of provider of last resort).
• Develop and regularly update a CP Cluster strategy including objectives and indicators for CP response that are aligned with and support realization of the strategic priorities set out by the Resident/Humanitarian Coordinator for the overarching humanitarian response, the Child Protection Minimum Standards, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child

• Coordinate relevant child protection inputs to the Humanitarian Action Plan and the mobilization of resources through humanitarian funding mechanisms in Burkina Faso, including CERF, etc.

  Ensure that Child Protection standards are promoted among CPAoR members and capacities built

• Disseminate Child Protection upcoming tools (assessments, guidelines, technical documents etc.) in coordination with the Global Child Protection area of responsibility in Geneva and ensure responses are in line with existing policy standards and technical guidelines.

• Support identification of capacity building needs for the members of the child protection area of responsibility and support capacity strengthening of CPAoR members and sub-national CPAoR focal points.
• Map capacity building needs of CPAoR members and develop an inte-agency Child Protection in Emergency (CPiE) capacity building plan that identifies and prioritizes inter-agency training and capacity building needs of CP staff and partners (international, national, and local) to enhance CP coordination and program implementation. Support especially the rollout of the inter-agency Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action by all CP actors and Burkina Faso, Introduction and roll out of CPIMS+, Inter-Agency Case Management Guidelines.
• Ensure a functioning platform for information sharing and Child Protection library / resources gateway.
• Promote the collection of Child Protection data-indicators and relevant analysis at Child Protection area of responsibility level and possibly with MoG (advocacy for Government data collection system).

Ensure that child protection concerns, and standards are appropriately reflected in inter-sectoral humanitarian coordination fora

• Collaborate with the Protection Cluster leads and OCHA to ensure that key child protection concerns are reflected in all documents and humanitarian initiatives, including response plans and related budgets.
• Participate in Inter Cluster Coordination Mechanisms and provide Child Protection inputs to the Humanitarian Country Team plans and meetings.
• Ensure with Protection Cluster that Child Protection issues are included in multi-sectoral assessments and initiatives.
• Coordinate and collaborate with other Clusters such as the Gender-based Violence (GBV) area of responsibility to ensure that CP and GBV actors work together to meet the comprehensive GBV-related needs of children and the Education Cluster to ensure that CP and emergency education actors work together to meet the psychosocial needs of children affected by emergencies.
• Develop an advocacy strategy for issues related to child protection that require sensitization of local authorities or donors and contribute to the development of key messages for broader humanitarian advocacy/messaging initiatives of the protection cluster or the office of the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator.

• Advocate for donors to fund humanitarian actors to carry out priority child protection activities, and support CPAoR members to mobilize resources to support the same.

  To be qualified as a champion for every Child, you must….

• Have an advanced university degree is required in one of the following fields: Psychology, Social Work, social sciences, law or other relevant field.

• Have a minimum of five years of professional work experience in national and international levels in child protection, including firsthand experiences in child protection cluster coordination, psychosocial support (PSS) and Family Tracing and Reunification (FTR) programs and projects for most vulnerable children including international work experience. Background/familiarity with Emergency.
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of humanitarian reform and the Cluster approach.
• Proven track record in humanitarian programme design and management, monitoring and/or evaluation.
• Have an excellent understanding of organizational change management theories and practices.
• Proven experience working with a range of humanitarian partners, UN, NGOs and donors.
• Have knowledge of global humanitarian issues, specifically relating to children and women, and the current UNICEF position and approaches.
• Have knowledge of the latest developments and trends in emergency preparedness and response management related fields.
• Know UNICEF policies and strategy to address on national and international emergency issues, particularly relating to conflicts, natural disasters, and recovery.

• Be fluent in French and good working knowledge in English. Knowledge of a local language is an asset.

  For every Child, you demonstrate…

  Core Values

• Care

• Respect
• Integrity
• Trust

• Accountability

  Core Competencies

• Nurtures, Leads and Manages People (1)

• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (2)
• Works Collaboratively with others (2)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (2)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (2)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (2)
• Drive to achieve impactful results (2)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (2)

Functional competencies

• Analyzing (2)
• Deciding and Initiating action (2)
• Applying technical expertise (2)
• Formulating strategies and concepts (2)
• Learning and researching (2)
• Planning and organizing (2)

View our competency framework at

http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

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 to become a part of the organization.

Female candidates are strongly encouraged 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, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

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