Child Protection Information Management Officer

Volunteering Admin IT & Telecom

Overview

Support monitoring and documentation of child protection reports

You have:

• A minimum of 3 years of Information Management and the monitoring of child protection and child right issues, relevant professional experience, preferably in child protection and/or other humanitarian contexts.
• Experience in multiple information management software and development of visualization tools.
• Familiarity and professional experience with the UN and/or NGO, experience in humanitarian Child Protection IM work is a strong asset.
• Relevant experience and knowledge of Cluster/Sector coordination and understanding of the context in Myanmar would be a strong advantage.
• Proficiency in English and Burmese languages is required.

Contract

This is a UNV National Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as National UN Volunteer. It is normally only for nationals. More about UNV National Specialist contracts.

Non-Family Duty Station

Under the direct supervision of the Child Protection Officer, the national UN Volunteer will carry out the following tasks: • Support in the monitoring and documentation of reports of child protection and child right issues. • Support to ensure the quality, completeness, and accuracy of reports of child protec-tion and child right issues and all information is documented in the information man-agement system and other relevant records in a timely manner. • Ensure the information management system is updated and information is reviewed and followed up on case by case basis. • Provide capacity building and technical support on the information management sys-tem for partners/users. • Support in the consolidation of trend analysis and draft inputs for the UN reporting re-quirements. • Support the documentation and information management of the capacity-building of partners and maintain an updated partner mapping. • Support to ensure that the children in need are provided with immediate sup-port/services or referred to relevant service providers. Alert supervisor of any required advocacy. • Provide information management support and trend analysis of the child protection and child right issues and the monitoring capacity for donor briefings, reports, and concept notes as necessary. • Support the overall work of child protection team as per request.

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

• A minimum of 3 years of Information Management and the monitoring of child protec-tion and child right issues, relevant professional experience, preferably in child protec-tion and/or other humanitarian contexts. • Experience in multiple information management software and development of visuali-zation tools. • Familiarity and professional experience with the UN and/or NGO, experience in hu-manitarian Child Protection IM work is a strong asset. • Relevant experience and knowledge of Cluster/Sector coordination and understanding of the context in Myanmar would be a strong advantage. • Proficiency in English and Burmese languages is required.

Myanmar is second largest country in terms of land area after Indonesia in the South East Asia Region. It has population of over 54 million living across seven States and Seven Regions plus Union Territory, where all central government departments are located. On 1 February 2021, following the Myanmar Military took over a state of emergency was declared. Following the takeover, the security situation in the country worsened, leading to a “Level 2” emergency designation and in keeping with the relevant protocols triggering the activation of cluster system to respond to the worsening humanitarian situation. Increased security measures due to the deteriorating security situation, has led to many-fold increase in internally displaced persons (IDP) to more than 1,703,900 from 328,000 before February 2021.

The country has since experienced a protracted humanitarian situation characterised by sub-optimal access to health services, increasing malnutrition due to deteriorating food security situation and worsening protection risks including risks to mine and other explosive remnants of war injuries. Apart from this, education services access has deteriorated, and the COVID-19 pandemic induced restrictions led to an almost continuous nationwide school closure from March 2020. The closures left over 12 million school aged children in Myanmar with limited access to materials for their learning and overall well-being, including education, mental health and psycho-social support and Covid-19 prevention materials. Following the military takeover in February 2021 the humanitarian crisis further worsened, and other dynamics such as an increasingly difficult economic situation continue, high inflation leading to reduced purchasing power of the local currency and access to markets. Generally, this disproportionately affected children and other vulnerable persons’ access to health, nutritious foods, protection, and education services. In this context, the humanitarian wide support needs to be strengthened and this includes information management functions to monitor the situation, evaluate response progress as per the humanitarian response plans targets and activities, promote advocacy and evidence-based program response.

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