Deadline: 19 June, 2022
Location: Mogadishu, Somalia
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Chief, Child Protection.
Across 190 countries and territories, UNICEF works for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
Responsibilities
- Establish the section’s annual work plan with the child protection team, and set priorities/targets and performance measurements
- Monitor work progress and ensure results are achieved according to schedule and performance standards
- Establish clear individual performance objectives, goals and timelines, and provide timely guidance to enable the team to perform their duties responsibly and efficiently
- Plan and ensure timely performance management and assessment of the team
- Supervise team members by providing them with clear objectives and goals, direction and guidance
- Lead the planning and updating of the situation analysis to ensure that current and comprehensive data on child protection issues is available to guide UNICEF’s strategic policy advocacy, intervention and development efforts on child rights and protection, and to set programme priorities, strategies, design and implementation plans
- Keep abreast of national, regional and international development priorities on child protection and rights to leverage UNICEF’s position and competencies with donors, national governments, communities and constituents
- Lead, coordinate and supervise the development of child protection programmes/projects (as a full component of the country office and/or UNDAF programmes)
- Establish plans of action, programme goals and results, using results-based planning methodology and terminology (RBM)
- Oversee the timely preparation of programme recommendations and related documentation for inclusion in the country office programme recommendation, ensuring alignment with overall UNICEF strategic (child protection) plans, regional strategies and national priorities, plans and competencies
- Consult and collaborate with national and global colleagues, partners and allies to develop partnership frameworks to address specific needs and to leverage resources for enhancing and scaling up child protection programmes/projects
- Ensure synergy, integration, coherence, and harmonisation of programmes/projects with UNICEF strategic plans and priorities, donors’ development strategies/policies, national priorities/competencies and UN system development interventions/initiatives
- Ensure emergency preparedness is contained in national programmes/projects to ensure the protection and well-being of children in cases of armed conflict, natural disasters and other emergency situations
- Coordinate, plan and collaborate on monitoring and evaluation initiatives to establish benchmarks, performance indicators and other UNICEF/UN system indicators
- Participate in major monitoring and evaluation exercises, programme reviews and annual reviews with government and other counterparts
- Assess monitoring and evaluation reports to identify gaps, strengths, and/or weaknesses in programme management
- Identify lessons learnt and use knowledge gained for development planning and timely intervention to achieve goals
Requirements
- Advanced university degree in International Development, Human Rights, Psychology, Sociology, International Law, or a related field
- Ten years, minimum, of professional experience in social development planning and child protection management
- Relevant experience in programme management in child protection-related areas in a UN system agency or organisation is considered an asset
- Experience in both development and humanitarian contexts is an added advantage
- Fluency in English
- Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset
To apply and for more information, click here.
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