Child Protection Officer ( in Emergencies)- Program Quality

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.

UNICEF KCO works very closely with government and non-governmental partners to raise awareness and build the capacity of relevant actors in these areas. The specific needs of adolescents in general and the adolescent girl in particular represent a strategic area of focus to build collective impact across the child protection, health and education sectors to address the Triple Threat of adolescent vulnerability to HIV/ AIDS, teenage pregnancies and GBV.

Social and behaviour change strategies leveraging behavioural insights along with community mobilisation approaches are key change strategies of the current country programme. UNICEF strives to mobilise SBC strategies at scale in a way that better understands belief and value systems, milestone behaviour shifts, leverages local experience knowledge and amplifies local voices and agency.

Overall, this position will contribute towards the implementation of UNICEF’s core commitments for children in emergencies. The position will provide the National UNV with a unique opportunity to gain experience in child protection in emergencies and at the same time work on longer-term child protection systems strengthening initiatives.

Under the direct supervision of the Child Protection Specialist (Humanitarian Situations & MHPSS), the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

Support programme planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting:

· Contribute to the planning of child protection programmes including emergency programming, GBV, MHPSS, and Public Health emergencies components. · Formulate, design, and prepare programme/project proposals, ensuring alignment with UNICEF’s overall Strategic Plans and the Country Programme, as well as coherence and integration with the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF), regional strategies, and national priorities, plans, and competencies. · Monitor programmes/projects through field visits and exchange of information with partners to assess progress, identify bottlenecks, potential problems, and child protection risks. Make recommendations accordingly to resolve issues and/or refer to relevant officials for timely resolution. · Collaborate with inter-agency partners and UNICEF zonal offices on planning and implementation of activities. Ensure organizational priorities are fully considered and integrated in development planning and agenda setting. · Monitor and verify the optimal and appropriate use of programme resources (financial, administrative, and other assets) in compliance with organizational rules, regulations, procedures, donor commitments, as well as standards of accountability and integrity. Ensure timely reporting and liquidation of funds advanced to implementing partners. · Support the implementation of the Child Protection Section annual work plan and the office Annual Management Plan. This will also entail mobilizing funding in support of planned activities, promoting visibility and advocacy for the protection and well-being of children in a humanitarian context. · Contribute to integrating Child protection in emergencies with other sectors such as Health, Nutrition, WASH, Education and Social Policy and protection including cross-cutting issues i.e. gender, communication for development, PSEA, advocacy as well as enhancing cross-sectoral coordination and collaboration

Provide technical and operational support for programme implementation:

· Provide technical guidance and operational support to government counterparts, NGO partners, UN system partners on child protection in emergencies and the understanding of UNICEF policies, strategies, processes, best practices, and approaches on child protection, GBV, MHPSS, and related issues to support delivery of results for children. · Seek opportunities to bridge humanitarian and development work by linking UNICEF’s long-term child protection systems strengthening work with child protection in emergencies in order to promote more sustainable interventions and risk-informed programmes. · Participate in child protection programme meetings, including programme development and contingency planning discussions on emergency preparedness in the country counties, to provide technical and operational information, advice, and support. · Coordinate monitoring, evaluation, and reporting on programme results for the section and develop harmonized tools for data collection, consolidation, manipulation, and visualization. Collect and consolidate data for humanitarian and donor proposals and reports and internal bi-annual reporting exercises. · Work with the Child Protection Specialist in strengthening national and county-level child protection in emergencies working groups for effective coordination and leveraging of resources. · Support the Child Protection Specialist in strengthening UNICEF’s resilience-building initiatives in order to achieve sustainable and resilient child protection systems including child-friendly communities through continuous engagement with county governments.

Support child protection capacity building including in emergencies

· Facilitate the designing of evidence-based, integrated programmes that enable UNICEF to be more community responsive at scale. · Work with UNICEF staff, government counterparts, and partners to coordinate and develop projects and identify opportunities within UNICEF for cross-sectoral information sharing, programming, and technical support · Support capacity building of relevant stakeholders and service providers on CP, GBV, and MHPSS by developing and/or contextualizing training materials and implement relevant training sessions. Support implementation of procedures to prevent sexual abuse and exploitation (PSEA) · Support the mainstreaming of Children Rights into the county governments DRR strategies and response plans · Keep abreast, research, benchmark, and implement best practices in child protection management and information systems. Assess, institutionalize, and share best practices and knowledge learned.

· CreativityAccountability · Creativity · CreativityAdaptability and Flexibility · Planning and Organizing · Professionalism · Respect for Diversity

one or more of the following areas is required: social work, child protection, GBV, mental health and psychosocial support, adolescent programming, public health emergencies programming, climate change programming, development and/or humanitarian work, programme planning, and management or any other related field.

Prior experience in child protection, GBV, community development, or social work in a developing country is an advantage.

· Experience in child protection, GBV, social work programming (or other areas mentioned above) · Good understanding of the humanitarian response especially in displacement/refugee contexts · Demonstrated experience of program management including program quality, results tracking, program documentation, and knowledge management. · Good analytical skills and understanding and experience in manipulating data, generating visual tools, and analyzing information. · Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. · Good communication skills (written, oral) in English. Knowledge of Swahili and other languages spoken in Kenya welcome

The Republic of Kenya is an equatorial nation on the coast of East Africa, neighboring Somalia, Ethi-opia, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, and the Indian Ocean. Kenya has two levels of Government; Na-tional Government and 47 sub-national Governments called Counties. Counties are further divided into sub-counties. Kenya is a multi-party state with Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches. Kenya’s population of more than 40 million is growing at an annual rate of 2.2%. The country’s GNP per capita estimated at purchasing power parity (PPP) is $975, and the GNP is growing at an average rate of 0.1% annually. More than 26% of Kenya’s people live below the international poverty line of $1 per day. Kenya’s main food crops are “maize, wheat, pulses, roots and tubers.” (FAO). Nairobi is a modern metropolitan city where most basic goods and services, health facilities, public transport, telecommunication and banking services and educational facilities are readily available. The city is widely connected through its main airport, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and the smaller Wilson Airport. Air transport is also available to many up-country destinations. The city is home to some 3,000 UN personnel mainly attributed to the fact that it serves as the headquarters for both the UN HABITAT and UNEP. The socio-economic and cultural background of the immediate society the UNV would be living and working in is diverse and prevailing security conditions at the place of assignment is modest. The topographic and climatic features of the assignment location is highland cool and warm tropical climate. Inclusivity statement: United Nations Volunteers is an equal opportunity programme that welcomes applications from qualified professionals. We are committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, care protected characteristics. As part of their adherence to the values of UNV, all UN Volunteers commit themselves to combat any form of discrimination, and to promoting respect for human rights and individual dignity, without distinction of a person’s race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.