National Consultant: Humanitarian Child Protection Officer, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 11.5 months (For Ethiopian Nationals only)

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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, a hero

How can you make a difference?

Purpose for the job

Join our team to facilitate the achievement of concrete solutions and contributions to continental and international efforts to create protective environment for children against all harms, and to protect their rights to survival, development and wellbeing as established under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, international treaties/frameworks, and AU’s Africa Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, among other continental frameworks for child rights. In addition, you will ensure children and young people are at the core of the African Union (AU) humanitarian response and the Humanitarian Agency.

Key functions, accountabilities, and related duties/tasks

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

1. Lead the programme development and planning

2. Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results

3. Technical and operational support to programme implementation

4. Networking and partnership building

5. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

1. Support to programme development and planning

▪ Prepare, design and update the situation analysis of children affected by humanitarian crises in Africa to ensure that a current picture and comprehensive data on the situation is available to guide UNICEF’s strategic policy, advocacy, intervention and development of humanitarian programmes with the AU.

▪ Lead the UNICEF engagement with the African Union Humanitarian Agency (AUHA) by engaging with the AU, UNICEF Regional Offices and HQ, as well as other UN entities and CSO partners.

▪ Work closely and collaboratively with internal colleagues and partners to discuss humanitarian activities and strategies, and to determine AU priorities to ensure the achievement of concrete and sustainable results.

▪ Provide technical and operational support throughout all stages of humanitarian programming processes and to ensure integration, coherence and harmonization of programmes/projects with other UNICEF sectors and achievement of results as planned and allocated.

2. Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results

▪ Plan and collaborate with internal colleagues and external partners to establish monitoring benchmarks, performance indicators and other UNICEF/AU system indicators to assess/strengthen performance accountability, coherence and delivery of concrete and sustainable results for humanitarian action.

▪ Prepare and assess monitoring and evaluation reports to identify gaps, strengths and weaknesses in humanitarian programme management.

▪ Identify lessons learned and use knowledge gained for humanitarian action planning and timely intervention to achieve goals.

▪ Monitor and verify the optimum and appropriate use of sectoral programme resources (financial, administrative and other assets) confirming as required in compliance with organizational rules, regulations/procedures and donor commitments, standards of accountability and integrity, ensuring timely reporting and liquidation of resources.

▪ Prepare regular and mandated programme reports for management, donors and partners to keep them informed of the humanitarian programme progress.

3. Technical and operational support to programme implementation

▪ Provide technical guidance and operational support to AU counterparts, CSO partners, UN system partners and donors on interpretation, application and understanding of UNICEF policies, strategies, processes and best practices and approaches on humanitarian child protection related issues to support programme management, implementation and delivery of results.

▪ Coordinate with technical experts of Regional Offices/HQ to ensure timely and appropriate support throughout the programming process.

▪ Participate in humanitarian related programme meetings by the AU, including the operationalisation of AUHA, to provide technical and operational information, advice and support.

▪ Draft policy papers, briefs and other strategic programme materials for management use.

4. Networking and partnership building

• Build and sustain effective close working partnerships with relevant AU counterparts, CSO partners, global partners, donors, and academia through active networking advocacy and effective communication to build capacity, exchange knowledge/expertise and to reinforce cooperation to achieve sustainable and broad results on humanitarian related programmes.

• Prepare communication and information materials for UNICEF AUO programme advocacy to promote awareness, establish partnerships and support fund raising for humanitarian related programmes.

▪ Participate and/or represent UNICEF in appropriate inter-agency (UNLT) discussions on humanitarian related issues to collaborate with inter-agency partners/colleagues on RCP planning and preparation of programmes/projects ensuring organizational position, interests and priorities are fully considered and integrated in the RCP process in development planning and agenda setting.

5. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

▪ Apply and introduce innovative approaches and good practices to build the capacity of partners and stakeholders and to support the implementation and delivery of concrete and sustainable programme results.

• Keep abreast, research, benchmark, and implement best practices in humanitarian action related work management. Assess, institutionalize and share best practices and knowledge learned.

▪ Contribute to the development and implementation of policies and procedures to ensure optimum efficiency and efficacy of sustainable programmes and projects

• Organize and implement capacity building initiatives to enhance the competencies stakeholders to promote sustainable results on humanitarian action and related programmes/projects.

Tasks/Milestone:

Deliverables/Outputs:

Timeline

Please refer activities

outlined above

Continue to update the UNICEF engagement plan with the AUHA as it emerges

November 2022 – September 2023

Continue to update the landscape and roadmap mapping related to the AUHA

November 2022 – September 2023

Develop a strategy on how to incorporate the CCCs into the AUHA

January 2023

Engage with the AU Humanitarian Symposium and produce an outcome report

November- December 2022

Engage with the AU Heads of State Summit and produce an outcome report

Jan/February 2023

Organise bilateral meetings with relevant partners to ensure one UN approach as well as CSO engagement, and report on them

November 2022 – September 2023

Organise quarterly calls with UNICEF HQ and ROs, and report on them

November 2022 – September 2023

Write a final situation report of the status of UNICEF engagement with the AUHA

September 2023

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

  • Bachelors degree in development, peace and conflict, economics, psychology, sociology, or another relevant technical field
  • A minimum of Five [5] years of relevant professional experience in programme planning, management, and/or research in humanitarian action is required.
  • Work experience and/or familiarity with a continental organization is considered an additional advantage
  • Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset
  • Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
  • Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

Technical competencies must be demonstrated in the following areas:

• Understanding of the overall humanitarian and development context, including issues such as: conflict, forced migration, climate change and environmental issues, especially the Horn of Africa drought crisis, and their impact children and young people; and inter-sectoral approaches to address such issues in collaboration with other sectors (including Social Policy, Education, Nutrition, WASH, Health, and Communications within UNICEF).

• Knowledge of global developments with regards to humanitarian actions and international engagement strategies, including the application of the equity lens and human rights perspectives to programming.

• Ability to support policy dialogue: translation of analytical findings and evidence into development programme and policy discussions around equity and learning with partners, including government, development partners, CSOs and academia in relevant areas.

• Humanitarian action planning knowledge/ability, including knowledge of the functioning of the AU departments, entities and Regional Economic Communities (RECs)

• Humanitarian action and policy sector analysis capacity, including, including programme design, costing, monitoring and evaluation and reporting.

• Ability to support engagement with new and existing partners, especially the AU and its entities, CSOs, young people and UN organizations.

• Understanding of gender and inequity issues in relation to humanitarian action and development and the application of gender / equity analysis to policy and planning.

• Understanding of policies and strategies to address issues related to resilience, risk analysis and risk management, conflict situations, natural disasters, and recovery

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).

Core Competencies:

  • Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1)
  • Works Collaboratively with others (1)
  • Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)
  • Innovates and Embraces Change (1)
  • Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)
  • Drives to achieve impactful results (1)
  • Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)

To view our competency framework, please visit 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. Qualified female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.

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:

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. Please note that applications submitted without a fee rate will not be considered.

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.

DSA will not be paid while you are at Addis Ababa, if you travel for official business outside of Addis Ababa the ticket cost will be covered and applicable DSA will be paid based on UNICEF policy. Travel ticket costs during arrival to duty station and departure are not covered by UNICEF and associated costs should be included in the financial proposal. In addition, visa and related costs shall be covered by the consultant.

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.

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