Junior Officer

Contract

This is a UNV International Youth contract. This kind of contract is known as International UN Volunteer. It is normally internationally recruited only. More about UNV International Youth contracts.

Stretching from Mongolia in the North to Tonga in the South, the East Asia & Pacific office , based in Bangkok Thailand , covers one of the most diverse and dynamic areas in world. Each year around 30 million children are born and UNICEF is there to help protect and promote their rights. The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC),as the most ratified human rights instrument in history, as well as the Convention for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women ( CEDAW) and the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities ( CRPD) represent the backbone of UNICEF’s engagement across all its functional areas of work and a key tool to hold state authorities accountable to their obligation of leaving none behind. EAPR Regional Office , in cooperation with other relevant international partners is committed to utilize to the maximum potential the human rights mechanisms ensure that access to human rights and related services will be a reality for every child.

Under the direct supervision of Child Protection Specialist the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks: • Provide support to the development and maintenance of a tracking system of out-standing recommendations and concluding observations on child rights for countries in the EAP region, with a focus on children who may be in particularly vulnerable situations, such as children in the context of migration; • Analyze patterns of outstanding recommendations and concluding observations among human rights treaty bodies and mechanisms for the purpose of developing tar-geted regional initiatives; • Identify linkages and suitable openings for the streamlining of human rights treaty bodies and mechanisms recommendations with ASEAN and AICHR in the field of human rights law and humanitarian law; • Provide support to the development of innovative modalities for the inclusion of children and youth in the reporting process of the CRC, including children who may find themselves in particularly vulnerable situations, such as children in the context of migration • Provide support to the development of a regional approach for the ratification of the third additional protocol to the CRC • Support rollout at country-level of regional child rights frameworks, such as the ASEAN Regional Plan of Action for the implementation of the ASEAN Declaration on the Rights of Children in the Context of Migration • Support the regular review of implementation of key regional child rights frame-works, such as the ASEAN Regional Plan of Action for the implementation of the ASEAN Declaration on the Rights of Children in the Context of Migration

☒ Adaptability and Flexibility ☒ Commitment and Motivation ☒ Communication ☒ Creativity ☒ Knowledge Sharing ☒ Planning and Organizing ☒ Respect for Diversity ☒ Technological Awareness ☒ Vision ☒ Working in Teams

(up to three years) and/or demonstrated interest in Human Rights, preferably on Child Rights reporting mechanisms
• Previous experience as a volunteer and/or experience of another culture, (i.e. studies, volunteer work, internship) would be highly regarded;

Thailand is bordered by Malaysia to the south, Myanmar to the west, Cambodia to the east and Laos to the north and northeast. Located in the geographic heart of Southeast Asia, Thailand plays an important role in the commercial and political life of the region. The country is divided into four natural regions: the mountainous north, where temperatures are cool enough for the cultivation of lychees and strawberries; the north-east, a rolling semi-arid plateau bounded on the north and east by the Mekong River; the isthmus of the south with its hilly rubber plantations, fruit orchards, coves and bays; and the central region, the basin of the Chao Phya River and the most fertile rice-growing area. This region has become the administrative, political and commercial centre of the country, and is where the capital city, Bangkok is located. The population of Thailand is approximately 64 million, although given that many people move seasonally from the countryside to the capital, accurate estimates are impossible. Around 11-13 million people live in and around Bangkok. Bangkok has a tropical monsoonal climate with high humidity, but it is located outside the typhoon belt. Most of the country experiences three seasons, the cool season from November to February, the hot season from March to May and the rainy season from May to October. The annual mean temperature is 28 degrees Celsius, ranging from a night minimum of 20 degrees Celsius in the cool season to a maximum day temperature of 39 degrees Celsius in the summer.