PSEA Specialist, P4, FT, Kinshasa, DRC

Contract

This is a P-4 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 7 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 146,826 USD and 189,301 USD.

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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, Protection

UNICEF has been achieving important progress on education, child rights, nutrition, and WASH in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Challenges remain, though, and in spite of its vast physical size and limitless natural resources, the DRC poses a complex operational environment in terms of infrastructure challenges. The general challenges have a major impact on the conditions of adolescents and young people, who experience several deprivations of fundamental rights, many of these highly gendered. This situation is exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, which has had an impact on the socio-economic life of the entire community, with a notable repercussion on young people and adolescents, especially during the period of school closures

How can you make a difference?

Under the guidance of the Country Representative, the Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) Specialist will support the country office to roll out the UNICEF PSEA action plan and support UNICEF’s engagement in the inter-agency PSEA Network that is established under the HC/HCT. The PSEA Specialist will have a dotted line to the Deputy Representative Programme,and will work closely with the Chief of Child Protection and Gender Advisor.

Job organizational context: The PSEA Specialist will be based in Kinshasa and will be responsible for supporting country-wide implementation of PSEA, including technical support to UNICEF Field Offices. This includes working closely with the child protection section and gender advisor, as well as across programme sections, to support acceleration of PSEA around core programmatic priorities, including safe and accessible reporting, survivor-centered assistance (in collaboration with the GBV Specialist) and accountability, as elements of an overall preventative approach.

Within the context of the inter-agency response and the UNCT/HCT PSEA strategy and action plan, the PSEA Specialist will support UNICEF’s contribution to the inter-agency PSEA work including specific deliverables and responsibilities that UNICEF holds within the PSEA network and action plan.

1. Internal capacity building and technical support: Provide leadership, technical support and monitoring for the implementation of UNICEF DRC Country Office PSEA Action Plan, including implementation at provincial level. Build the capacity of selected UNICEF staff to replicate PSEA trainings and awareness raising efforts.
2. Inter-agency response to SEA and PSEA Network coordination: Represent UNICEF in the inter-agency PSEA Network, including support to UNICEF’s contributions on the Steering Committee. Support UNICEF to actively engage in the PSEA network at provincial level, and promote the implementation of the national DRC HCT Strategy on PSEA. Work with relevant stakeholder to take forward the inter-agency PSEA Network action plan, including:
3. Support Appropriate Reporting and Response of SEA allegations: Support the internal roll out and implementation of UNICEF SEA reporting procedures. Develop and implement a safe and accessible reporting channels for SEA, both for humanitarian workers and community-based mechanisms that are gender and age sensitive, including to promote a coherent approach across all existing mechanisms;
4. Prevention: Collaborate and coordinate with partners and UNICEF sections to ensure sensitization activities on SEA are implemented across communities, and establish systems to track and monitor implementation. Collaborate and coordinate with partners and UNICEF sections to ensure systematic SEA risk assessment is conducted and findings are reflected and included in programme implementation.
5. Survivor assistance: Ensure that survivors of SEA access assistance and support. Review functionality and effectiveness of GBV and CP referral pathways – internal and interagency – and contribute to advocacy, in coordination with the GBV Specialist, to strengthen access to services for survivors.

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

Education: An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: international development, human rights, psychology, sociology, international law, or another relevant social science field.

Experience: A minimum of 8 years of professional experience in design, implementation and management of protection or GBV programming, PSEA and child safeguarding, preferably with the UN and/or international NGO.

Experience working in humanitarian contexts. Familiarity with the latest development in PSEA, inter-agency PSEA responses and humanitarian cluster systems.

Excellent communication skills. Proven ability to work independently under difficult conditions. Excellent facilitation, training, networking and advocacy skills. Demonstrated ability to work in a multicultural environment and establish harmonious and effective working relationships, both within and outside the organization

Language Requirements: Fluency in French and English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

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

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are...

• 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)
• Drive to achieve impactful results (1)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

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:

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

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 may also be 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.

Kinshasa is classified as a "C" duty station and a family duty station.

Qualified female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates.