Child Protection Officer - Access to Justice NOA (TA) 12 months

Contract

This is a NO-1 contract. This kind of contract is known as National Professional Officers. It is normally only for nationals. It's a staff contract. More about NO-1 contracts.

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,

At UNICEF COLOMBIA we work to generate positive changes in the lives of children and adolescents. Our current work plan runs from 2021 to the end of 2024 and aims to ensure that children and adolescents enjoy their rights through equitable access to social services, improve their learning and live protected from all types of violence.

We work throughout Colombia, with special focus on the departments where children have fewer opportunities: Chocó, Cauca, Nariño, Antioquia, Córdoba, Amazonas, Putumayo, La Guajira, Caquetá, Atlántico, Arauca and Norte de Santander.

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Purpose of the Position

The Child Protection Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the child protection programmes/projects related to strengthening access to justice for children and adolescents, including those in conflict with the law, through the application of theoretical and technical skills in researching, collecting, analyzing, and presenting technical programme information while learning organizational rules, regulations and procedures to support the Child Protection Programme within the Country Programme.

The Child Protection Officer reports to the Child Protection Officer (Level 2) for close guidance and supervision. Level 1 is an entry professional level and should therefore be normally used as a trainee level for the purpose of acquiring organizational knowledge of rules, regulations and processes to supplement academic and theoretical knowledge of the profession for upward mobility to higher responsibilities. Incumbents at this level are not expected to remain for an extended period of time in the post.

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

1. Support programme development and planning on access to justice for children and adolescents at the national and local level. 2.
2. Monitoring and delivery of results on protection of children rights, and implementation of the “best interest of the child”, in their contact with the justice and protection systems.
3. Technical and operational support to programme implementation to protect children´s right in their contact with the justice and protection systems.
4. Networking and partnership building 5. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

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

• A university degree in one of the following fields is required: international development, human rights, psychology, sociology, international law, or another relevant social science field.
• A minimum of one year of professional experience in social development planning and management in child protection related areas is required.
• Experience working in a developing country is considered as an asset.
• Fluency in Spanish is required. Fluency in English is desirable. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, or Russian) is an asset

FIND THE COMPLETE JOB DESCRIPTION HERE:

Child Protection Officer Level 1_Job Descrtiption_Access to Justice ENG.pdf

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s core values are Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability & Sustainability

The Core competencies required for the post are:·

• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1)
• Works Collaboratively with others (1)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (1)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)
• Drive to achieve impactful results (1)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)

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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.

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.

Remarks:

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