Child Protection Specialist

Job Information

• Job title: Child Protection Specialist, NO-3, FT, #5725, Mumbai, India, APR (Open to Indian nationals only)
• Contract type: Fixed Term Appointment
• Duty Station: Mumbai
• Location: India
• Categories: Child Protection

Job Summary

The Child Protection Specialist reports to the Chief of Field Office for guidance and general supervision. The Specialist supports the development and preparation of the Child Protection programme(s) and is responsible for the management, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and evaluation of the child protection programmes/projects within the country programme. The Specialist provides technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes. He/She facilitates the administration and achievement of concrete and sustainable contributions to national and international efforts to create a protective environment for children against all harm, and to protect their rights to survival, development and well being as established under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, international treaties/frameworks and UN intergovernmental bodies.

The Specialist contributes to the achievement of results according to plans, allocation, results based-management approaches and methodology (RBM), and UNICEF s Strategic Plans, standards of performance and accountability framework.

The role will have strong focus on upstream engagement through policy advocacy, systems strengthening, strategic partnerships, and the application of UNICEF's 3Cs (Convene, Converge, and Catalyze) for Every Child approach.

Summary of key functions/accountabilities

• Support to programme/project development and planning
• Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results
• Technical and operational support to programme implementation
• Networking and partnership building
• Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

Minimum requirements

• 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.
• Work Experience: A minimum of five years of professional experience in social development planning and management in child protection related areas is required.
• Skills: Child Protection, Monitoring and Evaluation, Social Development Planning, Partnership Building, Stakeholder Engagement
• Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required.

Desirables

• Relevant experience in: Strategic Partnership Building, Innovation and Learning
• Experience working in a developing country is considered as an asset.
• Relevant experience in programme development in child protection related areas in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset.
• Experience in both development and humanitarian contexts is considered as an added advantage.
• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.

UNICEF Core Values and Competencies

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

Competencies

• Builds and maintains partnerships
• Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
• Drive to achieve results for impact
• Innovates and embraces change
• Manages ambiguity and complexity
• Thinks and acts strategically
• Works collaboratively with others
• Nurtures, leads and manages people

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