Child Protection in Emergency Specialist, P3, TA, 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 CPD 2018-2022 of the Burkina Faso CO was developed in 2017 and extended from year to year up to 2025. The nature and scope of strategies led to the current staffing structure of the CO and of the child protection section. However, since the start of the CPD in 2018, the situation has quite dramatically changed with the deterioration of the security situation reflected in a rapid increase of forced displacement of persons, often successive and pendulous, both within their own regions and in other parts of the country. While until 2019, only the Sahel and East regions were particularly affected, the security crisis continued to spread to other regions, particularly to the Boucle du Mouhoun, the Centre-East, the North, and the Centre-North with an increasing number of internally displaced people; the number raised, from 50,000 in December 2018 to 2,062,534 (58.50% of whom are children) and 36,791 refugees and asylum seekers (OCHA, 31 March 2023).

Under the guidance of the Chief of the Child Protection section, assists in the planning, implementation, coordination, monitoring, reporting, and evaluation of assigned project(s) for CPiE within the child protection section in Ouagadougou with frequent travel to the field.

How can you make a difference?

1. Assists national child protection authorities and provides technical advice, guidance and direction to government officials and other partners in the planning, implementation, coordination, monitoring, reporting and evaluation of assigned projects and activities within the child protection programme and sector at the national, regional, provincial and community levels.

2. Provides technical guidance and supports the CO to define the CPiE strategy and ensures the timely and quality CPiE response.

3. Provide oversight to child protection response activities in affected locations, ensuring linkages between the triple nexus humanitarian-development-peace.

4. Contributes to the programme management and evaluation through periodic meetings, programmatic visits, individually and with other sectoral team members.

5. Ensures information is exchanged and experience shared with other colleagues. Identifies new strategies and means of action to accelerate/improve service delivery and programme requirements and objectives achievement.

6. Provides technical assistance to the CPiE sub-group for the coordination of the sector’s response, continuous updating of stakeholder mapping as well as child protection data.

7. Assists Government authorities and Civil society partners at regional and local administration level to plan and organize training programmes for CPiE. Identifies training needs and objectives for capacity building, programme sustainability as well as promotion and advocacy.

8. Participates in the development of the section work plan for CPiE and ensures compliance with specific assigned objectives. Prepares project status reports for management Board, donors, budget review, programme analysis, annual reports, as well as for the monthly office SITREP, etc. Ensures the accurate and timely input of project information and the issuance of status reports for monitoring and evaluation purposes.

9. Undertakes field visits for programme monitoring and capacity reinforcement at the regional, community levels as well as conduct periodic programme reviews with government counterparts and other partners. Proposes and/or undertakes required action on operational procedures affecting project implementation and management.

To learn more about the job responsibilities refer to the attached Job Description :

TdRs Child Protection in Emergency Specialist P3 TA.doc

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

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Political Science, Social Sciences, International Cooperation, Law, Psychology, Humanitarian Assistance or other related fields, preferably with specialization in policy and development, Programme planning, monitoring and evaluation and/or CPiE. *A first University Degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree.
• A minimum of five years of progressively responsible professional work experience at the national or regional level in CPiE, child protection humanitarian-development-nexus, programme management, monitoring and evaluation in a related field. Experience with the UN system preferably UNICEF.
• Relevant experience in particular in organizing training, psychosocial support and child-friendly spaces, MRM, and Gender-based violence will be an asset.
• Fluency in French and good working knowledge of English required.
• Essential professional knowledge of Child Protection in emergency settings.
• Essential Technical Knowledge of theories, principles and methods in areas of Child protection, CPiE, and Social Sciences.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF competencies required for this post are...

(1) 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(7)Works collaboratively with others.

UNICEF competencies required for this post are :

• 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 (Level 2)
• Applying technical expertise (Level 2)
• Learning and researching (Level 2)
• Planning and organizing (Level 2)

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 including 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 promoting 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 are encouraged to apply.

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which UNICEF will facilitate, is required for IP positions. Appointments are also subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). 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.

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

Eligible UNICEF International Professional (IP) Staff Members on fixed-term, continuing or permanent contracts applying to a Temporary Appointment, which is dedicated to L3 (or L2) Response, may be able to retain a lien and their fixed-term entitlements. The conditions of the temporary assignment will vary depending on the status of their post and their current tour of duty, and relocation entitlements may be limited as per the relevant policies.