Programme Specialist (PSEA), NO-3, Beirut Lebanon, PN 125372, Fixed Term Appointment

Contract

This is a NO-3 contract. This kind of contract is known as National Professional Officers. It is normally only for nationals. It's a staff contract. More about NO-3 contracts.

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, hope

In 2022, the Country Office established a PSEA committee and progressed with the preparation of PSEA SOPs and action plans. Due to the continued economic deterioration in Lebanon, an increase in cases of misconduct and abuse of power is expected given the escalating inequality, particularly for UN/UNICEF dealing with supply chains in USD.

In this context, the Office proposes the establishment of dedicated PSEA capacity to move forward with the development of PSEA standards, follow-up on SEA allegations, support to SEA victims and mainstream PSEA across LCP programmes

How can you make a difference?

The primary purpose of this post is to strengthen UNICEF, partner agencies and organisations working in Lebanon around the prevention and response to sexual exploitation and abuse, by providing dedicated technical assistance, including designing and implementing PSEA Action plan, integrating PSEA monitoring in Programme implementation, targeted capacity building activities for UNICEF staff and partners, engage communities for PSEA awareness raising, and strengthening inter-agency PSEA mechanisms.

The staff will report directly to the Representative at the D-2 level, and work closely with a range of sectors and agencies, coordinate with Deputy Representative and receive technical guidance from the Chief, Child Protection.

Main responsibilities and duties:

1. PSEA integration across the Country Office
2. Receiving and responding to SEA allegations within UNICEF Country Office
3. Community Engagement and Risk Mitigation
4. Collaborate with other UN agencies and Humanitarian actors through PSEA Network

To view the detailed description of responsibilities, please open the attached document: Programme Officer PSEA_NOC_JD.docx

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

• Advanced University Degree in human rights, Social work, public health, social sciences, international development or another relevant field related to CPiE/GBViE in emergency programming is required.
• A minimum of 5 years of relevant professional and progressive experience in in Prevention of Sextual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) is required. Work experience on Child Protection and/or Gender-Based Violence is desirable, at least 1 of which should be field-based or in emergency contexts.
• Humanitarian experience is an advantage.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Fluency in English and Arabic is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and 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 (1)
• 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:

This position has been assessed as an elevated risk role for Child Safeguarding purposes as it is:a role with direct contact with children, works directly with children, is a safeguarding response role. Additional vetting and assessment for elevated risk roles in child safeguarding (potentially including additional criminal background checks) applies.

UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable male candidates are encouraged to apply.

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.

UNICEF does not charge any fee during any stage of the recruitment process