Child Protection Specialist in Emergencies, P3, Kyiv, Ukraine, Position

Contract

This is a P-3 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 5 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 102,418 USD and 134,109 USD.

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UNICEF Ukraine

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Significant escalation of the conflict in Ukraine has resulted in increased humanitarian needs and population displacement within and outside of the country. As the situation rapidly evolves, the conflict poses an immediate and growing threat to the lives and well-being of the country’s 7.5 million children. UNICEF is rapidly scaling up its multi-sectoral response to the increasing humanitarian needs in Ukraine.

In on-going humanitarian situations, monitoring and reporting on child rights violations and linking them to programming is essential to support effective response and advocacy. To ensure that effective monitoring and reporting of grave violations and that linkages to programme actions and advocacy are in place, UNICEF Ukraine Office (UCO) seeks support from an experienced professional in child rights monitoring and reporting and programmatic response in humanitarian contexts.

How can you make a difference?

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Child rights monitoring and reporting

• Map actors present in the country or region, that have a relevant mandate and are able and willing to contribute to the documentation of, or response to, grave child rights violations and children on the move.
• In collaboration with partners, provide support to the systems and processes necessary for effective monitoring, verification, documentation of violations of children’s rights.
• Organize and implement capacity-building initiatives for the relevant actors, including delivering trainings.
• Support the roll-out of the MRMIMS+ or other initial data management system.
• Prepare quality and timely analysis and reports on the situation of children affected by armed conflict.
• Supports UNICEF in its engagement with international human rights mechanisms such as the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), Treaty Bodies and Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council, as well as those under relevant international instruments of specialized agencies, including by supporting the dissemination and sharing of information, coordinating or facilitating UNICEF’s contributions and programmatic follow up to the recommendations of these bodies.

2. Program management, monitoring and delivery of results

• Support the integration of a human rights and results-based programming, especially for children on the move (COTM) in the humanitarian response and postcrisis recovery, including the provision of support to programme development and planning, technical and operational support to programme implementation, monitoring, assessments, reporting and delivery of results.
• Strengthen collaboration with other UNICEF sections, the UNCT and partners, including to link the monitoring and reporting of grave child rights violations to programmatic responses and advocacy initiatives.
• Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises, program reviews and annual reviews ad prepare/assess monitoring and evaluation reports to identify gaps, strengths/weaknesses in program and management, identify lessons learned and use the knowledge gained for development planning and timely intervention to achieve goals.
• Monitor and verify the optimum/appropriate use of sectoral program resources (financial, administrative and other assets) confirming compliance with organizational rules, regulations/procedures and donor commitments, standards of accountability and integrity and ensuring timely reporting and liquidation of resources.
• Prepare regular/mandated program/project reports for management, donors and partners to keep them informed of program progress.

3. Technical and operational support to program implementation

• Arrange/coordinate availability of technical experts with Regional Office/HQ to ensure timely/appropriate support throughout the programming/projects process.
• Provide technical and financial inputs to relevant proposals, reports, and other programmatic documents and draft policy papers, briefs and other strategic program materials for management use, information and/or consideration.
• Establish framework and mechanism for regularly consulting with and communicating updates to relevant child protection and other colleagues at Country Office level and regional level.
• Provide technical support to relevant colleagues and regional level on good practices and lessons learned as part of wider capacity building.

4. Networking and partnership building

• Build and sustain effective close working partnerships with relevant government counterparts, national stakeholders and global partners/allies/donors/academia through active networking, advocacy and effective communication to build capacity, exchange knowledge/expertise and to reinforce cooperation to achieve sustainable and broad results in child protection.
• Prepare communication and information materials for CO program advocacy to promote awareness, establish partnership/alliances and support fund raising for child protection programs and emergency interventions.
• Participate and/or represent UNICEF in appropriate inter-agency discussions and planning on child protection and related issues to collaborate with inter-agency partners/colleagues on planning and preparation of programs/projects ensuring organizational position, interests and priorities are fully considered and integrated in the process in development planning and agenda setting.

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

Education

• Advanced degree (Master’s or equivalent) in law, political sciences, international relations or other disciplines related to human rights. A combination of relevant academic qualifications and extensive work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience

• Minimum five years of progressively responsible experience in political affairs and human rights monitoring and documentation with a focus on children’s human rights and/or child protection.
• A minimum of five years of progressively responsible professional work experience at the national and international levels in Child Protection. Experience in CPiE is essential. Experience in interagency coordination would be an asset.
• Proven ability to conduct complex human rights monitoring, documenting and reporting on child rights violations during armed conflict.

Language requirements

• Fluency in English (verbal and written). Good written and spoken skills in Ukrainian will be an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, 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 (2)
• 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 women are encouraged to apply.

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

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.

Eligible UNICEF International Professional (IP) Staff Members on fixed-term, continuing or permanent contracts applying to a Temporary Appointment, which is dedicated to L3 (or L2) Response, may be able to retain a lien and their fixed-term entitlements. The conditions of the temporary assignment will vary depending on the status of their post and their current tour of duty, and relocation entitlements may be limited as per the relevant policies.