Child Protection Cluster Coordinator, P4, PN, Beirut, Lebanon

Contract

This is a P-4 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 7 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 125,630 USD and 161,973 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, protection

UNICEF started to work in Lebanon in 1948 and established its office in 1950. For more than 70 years we’ve been working closely with the Government of Lebanon, other UN agencies, international and local NGOs, universities, and more than 100 partners to meet the needs of disadvantaged children in Lebanon. Responding to life-saving needs and ensuring equal access to quality public services, the impact of our work is felt in every aspect and every sphere of society. To learn more about our work, please refer to: https://www.unicef.org/lebanon/what-we-do

How can you make a difference?

The overall purpose of this assignment is to coordinate CPiEWG/CP sector at national and field level and collaborate closely with the Protection and SGBV Working Groups, the Government of Lebanon (MOSA) and with other coordination mechanisms at national and sub-national levels in their efforts to respond to the current crisis in Lebanon.

• Coordinate CPiEWG/CP sector and collaborate with the broader protection and other coordination mechanisms by ensuring and facilitating active participation from key actors, including, in particular the Government of Lebanon, specifically the Ministry of Social Affairs and at municipal level the child protection units within the Social Development Centers and children`s services;
• Lead the CPiEWG/CP sector and ensure sub-national level coordination and that issues related to children are closely coordinated.
• Support the Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA) to strengthen its capacity to play an increasingly active and leading role in the coordination of the Child Protection Sector;
• Ensure Child protection in emergencies working group is coordinated through demonstrated meetings (at least 1x a month), capacity building plan developed (including general CPiE, IDTR, PSS and CPRA, CPIMS) in line with commitments of the sector under the LCRP and subsequent response plans adopted;
• Ensure engagement of Core Group members on a monthly basis or as deemed necessary for discussing specific CP priority issues and for other technical or sensitive decisions and advocacy;
• Ensure participation and active support to PSS Committee and CMTF specially in regard to upkeeping tasks in sector annual workplan and also to support in the review, production and dissemination of technical tools, guidance and material;
• Carry an annual CP retreat to identify key sector priorities and develop a yearly action plan for the sector;
• Continue to issue CP Real Time Monitoring (RTM) reports (bi-monthly) that capture the situation on the ground as reported by CP sector partners and flag on gaps, accessibility issues and emerging CP trends and behaviors;
• Closely work with protection working groups and other Inter-Sector and Inter-Agency coordination meetings, as well as field-based coordination as needed; Child Protection sectoral planning documents maintained and updated regularly, including contingency planning, 4Ws, contingency planning for emergency in close collaboration with relevant partners;
• Support and train child protection focal points at sub-national levels who are coordinating the CPiEWG/CP sector;
• Support the implementation of any needs assessment to inform response by members of the CPiEWG/CP Sector in the targeted locations, and support the development of systems for monitoring the needs of children affected by the crisis;

• Via the CPiEWG (and supported by the UNICEF, and MOSA CP IMO), facilitate:

  • Completion of a 4Ws matrix, mapping out child protection interventions and gaps to inform response;
  • Development of a child protection strategy for the LCRP&ERP;
  • A strategic action/work plan and budget for the CPiEWG/CP sector for current work in line with sector and regional work plans: RRP, government plans;

• In close consultation with MOSA, Core Group members, CP colleagues and partners, develop a child protection advocacy strategy for the CPiEWG/CP sector and associated key messages taking into consideration the overall refugee protection strategy both at regional and national levels;

• Collaborate with the Protection, GBV and other relevant response areas to ensure holistic protection responses. Work with other sectors to mainstream child protection measures into their sector plans, assessments and activities and to ensure the application of Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) commitments through CP lens;
• Advance cross-sectoral work with, Education, Health, Livelihood, Food Security and other sectors as deemed necessary for advancing joint programing;
• Develop child protection tools (such as tools for monitoring cross-sectoral case management and checklists for field monitors to monitor child protection issues including service directories and SOP for referrals) in close collaboration with PSS Committee and CMTF and in consultation with other coordination working groups; this is key to standardize interventions (e.g. checklists on CFS, case management, BIDs);
• Facilitate and support training of sector members on tools developed;
• Facilitate the Child Protection Sector to develop and deliver projects that respond to overall child protection priorities in the context of the crisis and identified child protection issues including importantly refugee priorities and advocate for appropriate funding for the sector in line with global standards and best practices.
• Provide training to chairs of CPiEWG/CP sector on roles and responsibilities of CP coordinator with particular emphasis on immediate onset emergency/response so that chairs and members of CPiEWG/CP sector;
• Facilitate and lead in the development of contingency planning for the sector;
• Coordinate with other sub-regional coordinators UNICEF MENARO and UNHCR Regional Office in Amman on trends in abuse, violence and exploitation of Syrian refugee children, as well as the incidence and response for unaccompanied and separated children and children on the move, and other tasks as required;

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

• Education: An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in international development, human rights, psychology, sociology, international law or other social science field is required.
• A bachelor’s degree with extra 2 years of relevant professional experience can also be considered in lieu of an advanced university degree.
• Experience: A minimum of 8 years of relevant professional experience in social development planning and management in child protection and/other related areas at the international level is required, at least two of which field-based dealing with large-scale emergencies or displaced/refugee situations.
• Relevant experience in child protection and related areas, program/project development and management in a UN system agency or organization is required.
• Proven technical expertise in the area of Child Protection assessments including survey, program implementation, monitoring and coordination is required.
• Previous experience in Cluster approach as CPiE AoR Coordinator is a strong advantage.
• Knowledge and experience in application of international technical guidelines and standards in Child Protection is required.
• Demonstrated experiences in organizing and conducting training activities and information campaign on Child Protection related issues is an asset.

• Experience working in MENA region is considered an asset.

• Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language or local language of the duty station is considered as an asset.

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For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability (CRITA) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: https://uni.cf/UNICEFValues

UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically

During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework here.

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.

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 is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. 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.

Remarks

UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable female candidates from industrial countries are encouraged to apply.

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

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Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.