Child Protection Officer, NOB (TA, 364 days), Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Open to Cambodian nationals only)

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 started operation in Cambodia in 1952 and opened first country office in 1973 in Phnom Penh. More information on what we do in Cambodia is available at https://www.unicef.org/cambodia/.

How can you make a difference?

The incumbent will be part of Child Protection Team in Cambodia. She/he will be responsible to provide technical support and oversight to Government partners to operationalize and use systems and tools to generate data, and to spearhead new solutions to improve data for children. The incumbent will focus on building capacity of Government to analyze and use the data generated from the existing platforms and systems (e.g. Primero, and CPIMS) to further inform planning, policy making and advocacy, and to take stock of the progress made against the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), and other relevant human rights mechanisms recommendations. Internally, she/he will support the child protection section to improve the generation and use of data, by regularly analyzing trends in critical areas, including new and emerging issues (e.g. online sexual abuse and exploitation); and will provide technical guidance to monitor the Child Protection program against outcome and output indicators. Finally, she/he will support to evidence generation initiatives of the section, in collaboration with the research and evaluation manager, PME and other relevant colleagues.

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

• Provide technical support to relevant Government institutions to regularly generate data and evidence using existing digital systems, such as Primero and CPIMS with the view of informing programming and advocacy.
• Coordinate evidence generation initiatives for the child protection program
• Support the internal data monitoring and reporting processes for the section, including through coordination and quality assurance

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

• A university degree in one of the following fields is required: development studies; sociology; international relations and related fields,
• Relevant trainings in data science, and/or in qualitative and quantitative reach is an asset.
• A minimum of two years of professional experience in the area of child protection information/data management, advocacy, M&E is required.
• Experience working with digital case management system such as Primero or other systems of managing data through technology is an asset.
• Relevant experience in programme development in child protection related areas in a UN system agency or organization.
• Fluency in Khmer and English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

Please find the job description for this position in JD- Child Protection Officer_data_NOB (TA).pdf

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…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) 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.

Remarks:

This position has been assessed as an elevated risk role for Child Safeguarding purposes as it is: a role with direct contact with children, works directly with children, is a safeguarding response role. 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 female and males 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.