Child Protection Specialist (Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies), P4, Shire, Ethiopia

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This is a P-4 contract. This kind of contract is known as Professional and Director staff. It is normally internationally recruited only. It's a staff contract. It usually requires 7 years of experience, depending on education. More about P-4 contracts and their salaries.

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 from violence

In line with UNICEF’s global commitment to address GBV in Emergencies (GBViE) and as part of the organisation’s Gender Action Plan (GAP 2018-2021), UNICEF Ethiopia and the UNICEF Tigray Field Office is well positioned to work closely with the government, UNFPA as a lead on GBV AoR, other UN agencies and civil society organizations, including non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to initiatives and appropriate programs to reduce risks faced by children and women to gender-based violence while facilitating access for survivors to avail appropriate care. Through GBVIE specialized programming,

UNICEF has been working with the government and partners to strengthen GBVIE response services including referral for survivors.

How can you make a difference?

The Child Protection Specialist for Gender-based Violence in Emergencies (GBViE) will be responsible for providing the Shire Office with technical guidance and assistance on GBViE prevention, risk mitigation and response. This will include the development, implementation and management of the regional GBViE plan of action based on comprehensive needs assessments, and engaging UNICEF staff and partners to manage the effective implementation of the action plan. These efforts will include a focus on oversight over quality assurance and coherence with UNICEF’s global level GBViE Operational Guidance and Resource Pack, as well as other global standards and guidelines and the UNICEF SP and GAP. S/he will ensure that the GBViE components of UNICEF programming in his/her context will also be fully in line with the CCCs, and that significant progress will be made on the UNICEF GBViE commitments, including the specific ones on Call to Action. As a result, s/he will deliver results towards strengthening capacity at the Shire Office level addressing GBViE through solid and grounded technical expertise and tools, providing training to staff and partners, expanding the GBViE programmatic footprint across sectors in coordination with the ation, communication and information-sharing.

The Child Protection Specialist for GBViE will :

1. Provide strategic and technical support in Shire, Tigray (This will include deciding on and initiating over-arching support to inter-agency partners and implementing agencies on the planning, development and implementation stages of programmes and strategic plans, in close coordination with the Child Protection Area of Responsibility (led by UNICEF with the Bureau of Labour and Social Affairs) and Gender-based Violence Area of Responsibility (led by UNFPA and the Bureau of Women), the Protection Cluster (UNHCR), other partner agencies (primarily UNFPA and UNHCR and also UNWomen). These efforts will be in line with the CCCs (notably those pertaining to GBViE), the UNICEF GAP, the UNICEF GBViE Operational Guidance and humanitarian strategies) • Provide technical advice, guidance and oversight on the formulation, design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of integrated and or distinct GBViE programmes to ensure overall efficiency and effectiveness of programme management, delivery and accomplishment of programme goals and objectives.

• In line with the CCCs that pertain to GBViE under Child Protection and cross-sectoral commitments that pertain to all programme areas: ensure quality, coordinated, survivor-centred and age-appropriate response services are timely, available and used by survivors of GBV; ensure GBV prevention programmes are implemented and ensure child protection programmes implement actions that address and reduce risks of GBV.

• Concerning cross-sectoral efforts and commitments related to ending GBV, ensure GBV prevention and risk mitigation is included in all programmes. This includes programmes designed to prevent and mitigate the risks of GBV, establishing coordination with GBV actors to ensure that GBV is mainstreamed in all sectors and ensuring all sectors’ frontline workers and personnel are trained and equipped with information on available GBV response services and referral procedures to support GBV survivors.

• Advise on any GBViE-related issues that require immediate action and advocacy. Provide technical advice, guidance and oversight on the development of relevant UNICEF programming strategy documents, policy documents and advocacy to address GBViE. This should include ensuring that UNICEF has plans in place for supply distribution (e.g. Dignity kits).

• Provide updates and briefings on GBViE in the affected contexts for senior management at the Country Office (CO), Shire and Mekelle Office in Tigray, Section Chiefs, Regional Office (RO) and/or Headquarters (HQ)levels to ensure understanding and prioritization of programming to address GBVIE in this context.

2.Work with the Field Office (FO) and Country Office’s (CO) Child Protection (CP) team and across other UNICEF sectors and agencies (UNFPA and UNHCR in particular), as well as with regional and country CP and GBViE networks/working groups, to ensure GBViE prevention and response is adequately addressed and coordinated across sectors and across borders, by completing the following: • Provide technical advice, guidance and oversight to the Child Protection Team and the Field Office as they work with GBViE to ensure there is a comprehensive plan of action to better address GBViE across all humanitarian interventions in affected areas, including: o To develop and support implementation of GBViE interventions covering the three pillars approach as per the UNICEF GBViE Operational Guide: response, risk mitigation and prevention

o To develop or revise Standard Operating Procedures (integrated with child protection whenever appropriate) for prevention and response to GBViE concerns to ensure quality of care and safe and effective coordination and referral;

o To undertake capacity building initiatives to strengthen GBViE case management practices in line with minimum standards (integrated with child protection whenever appropriate);

o To advise on safe information sharing practices, including through interagency information management systems

• Liaise with UNICEF Child Protection Specialists, Officers , Standby Partners and othe equivalent in ther sections (such as WASH, Health, Nutrition, Learning and Development, Nutrition, Social Policy, and Communication for Development) and the Emergency Unit (noting its cross-cutting function) to ensure GBViE risk mitigation in Shire, Tigray is adequately addressed in line with the IASC GBV Guidelines.

• Support and guide collaboration of the Shire Office Child Protection team and Country Office’s CP team and partners (e.g. UNFPA, UNHCR), as well as regional mechanisms to engage in cross-border programming, to: address GBViE; ensure GBViE is addressed in programmes targeting the needs of separated and unaccompanied children; children associated with armed groups and forces, children in conflict with the law and address forms of GBViE which are exacerbated in emergencies but are less known and programmed for (such as trafficking for sex and child marriage).

3. Support programme knowledge acquisition and management through systematic collection of Field Office programme experience and the provision of GBVIE-related technical support. • Provide technical advice, support and oversight to the Shire Office, Field Office (in Tigray) and CO(s’) CP team(s) and partners on strengthening safe and ethical monitoring of conflict-related sexual violence against children, in particular through strengthened GBViE monitoring. This will include exploring and strengthening appropriate linkages between GBViE service providers (in particular UNICEF partners) and CPIMIS and GBViE IMS, as well as country learning exchanges and capacity development to promote consistency, quality, and safe and ethical practices.

• Manage the Shire Office’s CP team(s) capacity for the documentation of good practices, learning exchanges and forums, with a focus on conflict, disaster, IDP and refugee settings. This will also include ensuring representation at regional forums both internally and externally for appropriate decision making and ensuring linkages with the work being done at CO and RO level, and HQ if/as needed.

4. Support allocation and management of sufficient financial and human resource capacity is in place to effectively achieve the goals noted above. • Promote and facilitate the inclusion of GBViE into humanitarian appeal processes and documents including sitreps. As needed, support reporting and writing funding proposals.

• Prepare programme reports for management as required.

• Ensure continued capacity building for UNICEF staff on GBViE

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

  • Advanced university degree or equivalent in public health, the social sciences or other relevant field related to GBViE in emergency programming. *A first-level university degree with relevant combination of academic qualifications and an additional two years of relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
  • Minimum 8 years of progressive GBViE experience; at least 4 of which should be field-based and in emergency contexts, including conflict;

    Ability to collect, collate and analyse data in a scientific and effective manner;

    Analytical, methodical and precise style of writing;

    Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills;

    Communicates effectively to varied audiences, including during formal public speaking;

    Sets high standards for quality of work and consistently achieves project goals;

    Able to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment;

    Has good leadership and supervisory skills; coordinates group activities, ensuring that roles within the team are clear; Translates strategic direction into plans and objectives;

    Quickly builds rapport with individuals and groups; maintains an effective network of individuals across organizational departments;

    Identifies urgent and potentially difficult decisions and acts on them promptly; initiates and generates team- and departmentwide activities;

    Demonstrates, applies and shares expert technical knowledge across the organization;

    Availability to travel frequently in the region.

  • Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and

The UNICEF core competencies required for this post are...

  • Nurtures, Leads and Manages People (2)
  • Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (3)
  • Works Collaboratively with others (3)
  • Builds and Maintains Partnerships (3)
  • Innovates and Embraces Change (3)
  • Thinks and Acts Strategically (3)
  • Drives to achieve impactful results (3)

Manages ambiguity and complexity (3)

Functional Competencies

  • Analyzing (II)
  • Applying technical expertise (III)
  • Deciding and initiating action (II)
  • Planning and Organizing (II)
  • Persuading and Influencing (II)

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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 be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. 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:

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.

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