Deadline: 20 September, 2021
Location: Cairo, Egypt
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is seeking to fill the role of Child Protection Officer.
Across 190 countries and territories, UNICEF works for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
Responsibilities
- Support programme development and planning by conducting and updating the situation analysis for the development, design and management of child protection-related programmes/projects
- Prepare required programme documentation, material and data to facilitate the programme review and approval process
- Ensure programme management, monitoring and delivery of results through working closely and collaboratively with colleagues and partners
- Keep records of reports and assessments for easy reference
- Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises, programme reviews and annual sectoral reviews with government and other counterparts
- Monitor and report on the use of sectoral programme resources, verifying compliance with approved allocations, organisational rules, regulations, procedures and donor commitments, standards of accountability and integrity
- Report on critical issues and findings to ensure timely resolution
- Prepare regular reports for management, donors and partners
- Ensure technical and operational support by conducting regular programme field visits and surveys and exchanging information with partners/stakeholders to assess progress
- Ensure networking and partnership building via building and sustaining close working partnerships with government counterparts and national stakeholders through active sharing of information and knowledge
- Participate in interagency meetings/events on programming
- Research information on potential donors and prepare resource mobilisation materials and briefs for fund raising and partnership development purposes
- Ensure innovation, knowledge management and capacity building by identifying, capturing, synthesising and sharing lessons learnt for knowledge development
- Apply innovative approaches and promote good practices
- Research and report on best and cutting-edge practices
Requirements
- University degree in International Development, Human Rights, Psychology, Sociology, International Law, or a related field
- Two years, minimum, of professional experience in social development planning and child protection management
- Experience working in a developing country will be a plus
- Relevant experience in child protection programme development in a UN system agency or organisation will be a plus
- Experience in both development and humanitarian contexts will be a plus
- Fluency in Arabic and very good English
To apply and for more information, click here.
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