Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, February 02, 2023 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

Duties
Needs Identification, Strategy and Advocacy
• Support timely assessment, monitoring, reporting of child protection issues including through multi-sectoral and protection specific assessments and monitoring including the meaningful participation of children, adolescents and youth and lead the analysis of child protection related findings.
• Monitor the implementation of UNHCR's Child Protection strategy within the overall Protection and Solutions strategy.
• Ensure compliance with UNHCR's child protection policy, priorities and commitments, as well as other aligned policies on age, gender, diversity (AGD) and accountability to affected populations (AAP), GBV, gender equality, disability and youth empowerment.
• In collaboration with partners, assess the capacity of national child protection system and services, work towards the inclusion of children of concern into national child protection laws, policies and services and build the capacity of the national child protection system to provide quality support to children of concern.
• Oversee child protection data and evidence collection, analysis and dissemination within UNHCR and partners.
• Support the participation of children, adolescents and youth of concern to inform protection and assistance programming, support their engagement in protection solutions and ensure that UNHCR meets its commitments to accountability to children, adolescents and youth of concern.
• Ensure that existing protection monitoring mechanisms adequately capture protection risks facing children, adolescents and youth.
• Support evidence-based advocacy with UNHCR senior management, authorities and other actors on child protection.

Programme planning and implementation
• Design and monitor the implementation of UNHCR's child protection programme, including multi-sectoral activities to address the protection needs of children of concern.
• Establish/enhance and oversee Best Interests Procedures for children at risk including referral systems, follow-up and monitoring in line with UNHCR Best Interests Procedures Guidelines.
• Establish/update Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for child protection services in collaboration with partners.
• Ensure UNHCR and partners' child protection information management systems are functioning in accordance with UNHCR's Policy and procedure as well as interagency data sharing protocols and standards.
• Strengthen community-based child protection programmes and approaches in collaboration with communities and community-based protection colleagues.
• In collaboration with UNHCR colleagues, ensure that UNHCR procedures, including registration, refugee status determination, solutions and accountability mechanisms are child-friendly and are in line with AGD approach.
• Provide technical support to UNHCR colleagues to effectively mainstream child protection in UNHCR's overall response.
• Monitor and refine child protection programs implemented by UNHCR and partners.
• Support the integration of child protection in the operation's planning, reporting, communication and fund raising.
• Provide functional guidance to UNHCR and partner staff involved in child protection activities.
• Advise UNHCR programme and senior management to ensure that the necessary human and financial resources are allocated to protect children of concern.

Partnership and coordination
• Establish and/or strengthen partnerships for Child Protection with community-based, local, national, and international organizations, with a focus on ensuring continuity and sustainability.
• Establish, strengthen and where appropriate lead Child Protection coordination mechanisms, within the broader protection working group/cluster and in consultation with the Senior Protection Officer or Head of Office.
• Represent UNHCR's position and priorities in relation to child protection in inter-agency fora.
• Contribute to interagency monitoring and reporting on child protection issues and programmes.

Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
• In collaboration with partners, assess learning needs on child protection for UNHCR teams, partners and government counterparts.
• Develop and implement child protection capacity development plan and activities for UNHCR staff and partners, supports relevant interagency capacity building and integrates child protection within broader UNHCR capacity building plans and initiatives.
• Provide child protection technical guidance to UNHCR and partner staff in protection, education, health and other relevant sectors.
• Introduce innovative approaches, document and disseminate lessons learnt and good practices in child protection and apply relevant knowledge on effective child protection programming to the operation/region.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications
• Education & Professional Work Experience
• Years of Experience / Degree Level
• For P3/NOC 6 years relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or 5 years relevant experience with Graduate degree; or 4 years relevant experience with Doctorate degree

Field(s) of Education
• International Law, Human Rights, International Development, International Relations,Anthropology, Social Work,
• Political Science ,Social Science or other relevant field.
• (Field(s) of Education marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Relevant Job Experience
Essential
• At least 4 years of progressively responsible experience in the field of protection of children, broader protection or social work involving children and youth, with knowledge of issues relating to child protection, education, gender, humanitarian and development issues, and GBV prevention and response.
• Applied experience in child protection prevention and response.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and implementation of multi-sectorial child protection prevention and response programming.
• Knowledge of protection in forced displacement settings, knowledge and demonstrated use of UNHCR and Interagency child protection tools and guidance.
• Strong experience in interacting with and building partnerships and synergies with UN agencies, NGOs and civil society organizations. Skills and experience in interviewing and working with children and families and supervising staff on case management of at risk children.


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 48

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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