Child Protection Support Officer

Volunteering Legal Security

Overview

Support implementation of child protection systems in the region

You have:

• Degree in Social Work, Political Science, Law, Gender Studies, Psychology, or other relevant areas.
• Experience in Child Protection programming or related areas.
• Knowledge of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
• Ability to create communication materials for advocacy and information dissemination.
• Capacity to collaborate with regional organizations and stakeholders.

Contract

This is a UNV National Youth contract. This kind of contract is known as National UN Volunteer. It is normally only for nationals. More about UNV National Youth contracts.

The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programs, in advocacy, and operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. The UNV will be working with the Child Protection section in ESARO. The IUNV will support the regional Child protection section to contribute to the realization of the SDGs, in particular Goals 5.2 (Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls), 16.3 (SDG 16.3-Promote the rule of law at the national and international levels and ensure equal access to justice for all), and 16.9 (¬By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration; Preventing family-child separation, ending institutionalisation of children and strengthening family-based alternative care).

Contributing to the Child Protection Systems Strengthening (CPSS) pillar of the ESARO Child Protection Section will expose the young professional to fundamental components of UNICEF’s Child Protection Strategy, such as social service workforce strengthening, strengthening civil registration and vital statistics systems, and advocacy and programming on justice for children. This will set a solid base for career growth in the Child Protection sector.

In the ESARO region, 11 out of the 21 countries are only at the level of system enhancement when it comes to developing a mature child protection system (9 are at the level of system integration, and only 1 country has reached system maturity). Only 3 countries in the region have a specialized justice for children system. Further, the region has the lowest birth registration coverage in the world at only 40 per cent. With reference to UNICEF’s Strategic Plan 2022-25, the UNICEF Child Protection Strategy, the Regional Office Management Plan and Collaboration for Children, UNICEF is committed to further strengthening child protection programming throughout the region.

The UNV will specifically support UNICEF Regional Office (RO) in implementation of programmes for strengthening Child Protection systems, with a focus on social service workforce strengthening, care reform, birth registration, justice, migration, and child rights in the ESA region. Further, the UNV will serve as overall Knowledge Management focal point. The UNV will also have regular interactions with UNICEF Country Offices (CO’s), UNFPA ESARO, and regional partners.

The UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

Documentation & knowledge management: Serve as the Section Knowledge management focal point. Develop periodic regional newsletter on updates/good practices in the thematic area of Child Protection systems strengthening (CPSS), compile updates from countries and relevant research in the area of CPSS, develop and manage UNICEF SharePoint as a knowledge hub for relevant resources. Data Analysis: Support in analysing existing regional and global data and research to inform country-specific programming and policy advocacy efforts. Coordination: Support in regular coordination across different sectors at RO, CO’s CPSS efforts. Support the Regional CP Specialist in coordination with regional organizations/institutions/ partners to align efforts and strategies on CPSS. Communication materials: Create content for regional meetings/webinars (meeting save the date, invites, agenda), advocacy, and information dissemination. Furthermore, UN Volunteers are required to: • Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day); • Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country; • Reflect on the type and quality of voluntary action that they are undertaking, including participation in ongoing reflection activities; • Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publica-tions/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.; • Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly-arrived UN Volunteers; • Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering, or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible. Results/Expected Outputs • Enhanced capacity of UNICEF ESARO and country offices in documentation, data analysis, and knowledge management related to CPSS. • Improved coordination and collaboration with regional organizations and partners. • High-quality communication materials and webinar content developed and disseminated.

i) Core Values (Required)  Care  Respect  Integrity  Trust  Accountability  Sustainability

ii) Core Competencies (Required)  Builds and maintains partnerships (1)  Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (1)  Drive to achieve results for impact (1)  Innovates and embraces change (1)  Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)  Thinks and acts strategically (1)  Works collaboratively with others(1)

Social Work, Political Science, Law, Gender Studies, Psychology, or other relevant areas.

Nairobi is now one of the most prominent cities in Africa politically and financially. Home to thousands of Kenyan businesses and over 100 major international companies and organizations, including the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the main coordinating and headquarters for the UN in Africa & Middle East, the United Nations Office in Nairobi (UNON), Nairobi is an established hub for business and culture. The Security Level in Nairobi is classified as Moderate (Level 3) as per the UN security management system in Kenya. Terrorism is one of the security challenges to UN operations in Nairobi. Different types of long-term accommodation are available in Nairobi: standalone houses, houses in gated compounds, apartments. These could be furnished and/or fully serviced, or unfurnished.

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