Deadline: 14 July 2015
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is currently seeking applications from the eligible individuals for the post of Child Protection Specialist. The position will be based in Khartoum, Sudan.
Under the supervision and the general guidance of the Chief of Child Protection, the Child Protection Specialist will lead, manage and coordinate the ‘Sudan free from FGM/C’ programme also providing technical support related to UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme.
UNICEF is the leading humanitarian and development agency working globally for the rights of every child. Child rights begin with safe shelter, nutrition, protection from disaster and conflict and traverse the life cycle: pre-natal care for healthy births, clean water and sanitation, health care and education.
Key Job Responsibilities
The Child Protection Specialist will perform the following functions-
- Manage the partnership to ensure effective integration and synergy of all activities by all agencies. This includes acting as the focal point between DFID and UN partners in matters related to ‘Sudan free from FGM/C’ programme;
- Ensure integration and synergy between ‘Sudan free from FGM/C’ and UNICEF/UNFPA joint programme on FGM/C;
- Provide technical assistance/advice to members of the partnership on all aspects of programming and implementation to enable partners to achieve program/performance objectives.
- Prepare communication strategies and implementation plans and activities for maximum communication impact and outreach to promote awareness, establish partnership/alliances for sustainable results.
- Participate in major monitoring and evaluation exercises, programme reviews and annual reviews with government and other counterparts to assess progress and to engage stakeholders to take required action/interventions to achieve results.
- Prepare/assess monitoring and evaluation reports to identify gaps, strengths/weaknesses in program and management, identify lessons learned and use knowledge gained for development planning and timely intervention to achieve goals.
- Support the partnership members to monitor programmes/projects to assess progress, identify bottlenecks and potential problems and take timely decisions to resolve issues and/or refer to relevant officials for timely resolution.
- Facilitate submission /preparation of programme/project reports to donors and other partners to keep them informed on program progress and critical issues.
- Coordinate and manage the process of quarterly Steering Committee meetings, planned and adhoc technical meetings as required.
- Promote critical thinking and innovative approaches and good practices for sustainable FGM/C and Child Marriage programme/projects initiatives through advocacy and technical advisory services.
- Keep abreast, research, benchmark, introduce and implement best and cutting edge practices on FGM/C and Child Marriage management and information systems. Institutionalize and disseminate best practices and knowledge learned.
- Ensure timely reporting and key dates are adhered to in the ‘Sudan free from FGM/C’ programme.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have-
- Advanced University degree in Social Sciences or related technical field;
- A first university degree with a relevant combination of academic qualifications and experience may be accepted in lieu of advanced university degree.
- Eight years professional experience in the field of child protection, communication for development, community development, or related professional field;
- Experience in social norms programme including FGM and or child marriage
- At least two years professional experience leading and managing large scale multi partner programmes
- Extensive field experience in developing country contexts;
- At least one year professional experience managing large scale multi partner programmes;
- Prior experience in donor relations management, especially USAID and DFID is an asset;
- Fluency in English and another UN language required;
- Knowledge of Arabic, the local working language of the duty station, is an asset.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted through online process.
For more information, please visit UNICEF.
