Child Protection Officer (Justice for Children) NO-A, FT, Cairo, Egypt, Nationals Only

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.

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Under the general guidance of the supervisor, the Child Protection officer is accountable for providing professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the child protection programmes/projects in particularly legal aid and probation services to support the development and formulation of the Child Protection - with a special focus on justice for children.

Summary of key results:

Child Protection Officer “Justice for Children” will:

1.Provide Support to the programme development and planning

Researching and analyzing regional and national political, protection, social and economic development trends to facilitate Justice for Children Programme Component development.

Preparing technical reports as well as providing technical and administrative support throughout all stages of programming processes to facilitate the Programme review and approval process.

2.Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results.

Provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the justice for children programme to ensure overall efficiency and effectiveness of the programme delivery and accomplishment of programme goals and objectives through advocacy and the provision of technical support for legal reforms, policy development, networking and capacity building.

Contributes to development of plan and implementation of activities in the justice sector and build capacity of partners to create the justice for children component of the child protection system and establish the linkages between the Justice and the Social Welfare Systems.

Analyzing and sharing information on implementation issues. Submitting reports to alert appropriate officials and stakeholders for higher-level intervention and/or decisions.

Participating in Monitoring and evaluation exercises with the government and counterparts. Preparing minutes/reports on results for follow up action. Reporting on issues identified as well as following up on unresolved issues to ensure resolution.

3.****Provide Technical and operational support to the justice for children programme implementation

Undertaking field visits and sharing reports with partners and reporting on critical issues.

4.****Networking and partnership building

Build and sustain close working partnerships with government counterparts and national stakeholders. Participate in inter-agency meetings/events on programming to collaborate with inter-agency partners/colleagues

Research information on potential donors and prepare resource mobilization materials and briefs for fund raising and partnership development purposes.

Draft communication and information materials for CO programme advocacy to promote awareness, and support fund raising for child protection programmes.

5.Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

Promoting good practices to support the implementation and delivery of concrete and sustainable programme results. Act as a resource person in capacity building initiatives.

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

A university degree in one of the following fields is required on law or human rights.

A minimum of one year of professional experience in social development planning and management in child justice or related issues is required.

Experience working in a developing country is considered as an asset.

Fluency in English and Arabic is required. Knowledge of another official UN language or local language of the duty station is considered as an asset.

Selection Criteria:

Knowledge on child justice system in Egypt or related issues.

Experience in design and delivery of capacity building programs.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and 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…

Builds and maintains partnerships, Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness, Drive to achieve results for impact, Innovates and embraces change, Manages ambiguity and complexity, Thinks and acts strategically, Works collaboratively with others.

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.

UNICEF is committed to promoting the protection and safeguarding of all children.

Remarks:

This position has been assessed as an elevated risk role for Child Safeguarding purposes as it is either: a role with direct contact with children, works directly with child, is a safeguarding response role or has been assessed as an elevated risk role for child safeguarding. Additional vetting and assessment for elevated risk roles in child safeguarding (potentially including additional criminal background checks) applies.

UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable Males 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.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by UNICEF, 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.