Child Protection Officer (MHPSS), NO-2, Beirut Lebanon, PN 126058, for 364 days

Contract

This is a NO-2 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-2 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, protection

UNICEF Lebanon has been a major actor in the MHPSS thematic area since 2013, including providing strategic and capacity building support to the National Mental Health Department at MoPH. UNICEF has also been actively working with the government and its partners to reinforce levels 1-4 of the MHPSS pyramid across sectors. Much of this work involved integrating MHPSS into child protection prevention and response work, e.g., through case management, gender- based violence (GBV) specific programming, and community based psychosocial support mechanisms and referrals to specialized services (particularly in the humanitarian context); as well as support to strengthening mental health provisions at primary healthcare centers (PHCs). In addition, UNICEF’s Education programme has been supporting the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE) to promote the psychosocial wellbeing of children in schools, while the Adolescent and Youth programme has supported out of school adolescents with the Adolescent Kits for Expression and Innovation which is an online PSS and positive engagement platform. The UNICEF Health and Nutrition programme is strategically supporting capacity building of eMHPSS staff in relation to MHPSS.

Following the Executive Director’s 2021 identified priorities, the office main objective is to strengthen and expand current UNICEF cross-sectoral MHPSS interventions and to provide a new innovative and holistic MHPSS approach.

In line with the office objectives listed above, the incumbent’s specific role will be to:

• Ensure cross-sectoral coordination of MHPSS efforts, including programme management, monitoring and implementation of results;
• Provide technical and operational support to cross-sectoral programme implementation;
• Ensure networking and partnership building with relevant governmental, non- governmental and UN agencies’ stakeholders involved into the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of MHPSS activities;
• Monitor and report on the cross-sectoral programme implementation and use of financial resources;
• Actively participate in multi-agency technical discussions.

How can you make a difference?

The Child Protection Officer reports to the Child Protection Specialist for supervision. The Child Protection Officer provides cross-sectoral professional technical, operational and administrative assistance in the area of Mental Health Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) throughout the programming process for child protection, adolescent development, health and education programmes/projects, within the Country Programme from development planning to delivery of results. H/She prepares, executes, manages, and implements a variety of technical and administrative programme tasks to facilitate MHPSS programme development, implementation, programme progress monitoring, evaluating and reporting.

Main responsibilities:

1. Support to MHPSS programme development and planning
2. Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results
3. Technical and operational support to programme implementation
4. Coordination and partnership with relevant stakeholders
5. Support the development and implementation of the National MHPSS Sub-strategy for children, caregivers and youth
6. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

To view the detailed list of responsibilities, please open the attached document: NOB, Child Protection Officer (MHPSS), TA, PN #126058, ToR.docx

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 2 years of relevant professional experience in social development planning and management in MHPSS related areas is required.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Relevant experience in programme development in child protection related areas in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset.
• Experience in both development and humanitarian contexts is an added advantage.
• Fluency in English and Arabic is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.

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…

• Nurtures, Leads and Manages People (1)
• 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)
• Drives to achieve impactful results (2)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (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 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.

Remarks:

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

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.

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

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