Deadline: 30 November, 2020
Location: Maiduguri, Nigeria
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Child Protection Sector Coordinator.
UNICEF works for a world in which every child has a fair chance in life.
Responsibilities
- Ensure all child protection (CP) relevant actors are engaged as sector members and adhere to the principles of partnership
- Produce sectoral reports and analysis
- Ensure regular updating of mapping of child protection actors in northeast Nigeria and related sectors of interventions/capacities
- Strengthen pre-existing sectoral coordination through increased predictability and accountability
- Build complementarity of partner actions
- Ensure adequate resources are mobilised and are equitably allocated for the effective functioning of the sector and its response
- Participate in protection, gender-based violence (GBV) and other relevant sector meetings
- Ensure child protection issues are included in multi-sectoral assessments and initiatives
- Ensure there is effective communication, reporting, engagement and coordination
Requirements
- University degree in International Development, Human Rights, Psychology, Sociology, International Law, or another relevant social science field
- Eight years, minimum, of professional experience in social development planning and management in child protection related areas at international level
- Experience in working in a developing country is considered an asset
- Experience in programme development in child protection-related areas in a UN system agency or organisation is considered an asset
- Experience in both development and humanitarian contexts is a plus
- Fluency in English
- Knowledge of another official UN language or local language of the duty station is considered an asset
To apply and for more information, click here.
Photo source: USAID Kenya
