Deadline: 14 February, 2022

Location: Kibondo, Tanzania

United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is seeking to fill the role of Child Protection Specialist.

Across 190 countries and territories, UNICEF works for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

Responsibilities

• Provide monitoring, guidance and technical support to child protection implementing partner(s) working in the refugee camps on case management for children with protection concerns
• Provide technical guidance to implementing partner(s), including the monitoring of existing and development of new programme agreements, with a focus on case management for children with child protection concern
• Work with the UNICEF country office to support the effective rollout of appropriate Child Protection Information Management Systems (CPIMS+) for use by implementing partners
• Technically lead the development of interagency case management protocols for Kigoma refugee operation together with UNHCR and other CP partners in the operation
• Advocate and support the data exchange between CPIMS+/PRIMERO and UNHCR PROGRES V4, following the global guidance
• With guidance from CP specialist (response), lead and coordinate Kigoma level interagency cross-border coordination, trafficking and other children on the move initiatives
• Identify gaps in capacity of implementing partners to address child protection issues and organise briefings, trainings and technical assistance, as required
• With respect to the Kigoma Joint Programme VAWC theme, provide monitoring, guidance and technical support to the Kigoma regional secretariat and local government authorities in strengthening the child protection system in all LGAs in Kigoma and ensure linkages between the district government and camp-based child protection interventions
• Support the regional secretariat and LGAs through their respective women and children protection committees to develop and implement multispectral comprehensive district child protection plans and the regional communication plan to end VAWC
• Conduct regular monitoring visits to the Kigoma regional secretariat and LGAs to monitor and provide technical assistance to district SWOs and women and children protection committee members in the implementation of the district child protection annual work plans
• Oversee field-level implementation of the KJP-VAWC theme in collaboration with UN Women, UNFPA and IOM
• Coordinate and take part in KJP field visits and provide inputs to KJP work plans, reports and human-interest stories
• Support RS and LGAs in Kigoma region to implement key government child protection policies, regulations, guidelines as defined by the relevant key ministries
• Together with CP specialist social welfare, coordinate and provide periodical updates, reports and progress reviews on VAWC component of KJP
• Represent UNICEF child protection at the sub-national protection committee meetings, CPWG, the SGBV-WG, and other relevant groups
• Monitor the trends and emerging evidence of child protection concerns and the response by government and analyse this information to advise on the child protection response
• In consultation with the chief of field office and the child protection specialist (response), advocate with government and humanitarian actors on urgent child protection issues arising and ensure that child protection priorities are included in strategic planning and fundraising processes
• Support the coordination of and actively represent UNICEF in relevant meetings including ad hoc meetings convened by the government at the camp and host community levels
• Provide input for UNICEF reports, draft situation analysis, and funding appeals/donor reports, as required
• Support field-based (Kigoma) coordination of the VAWC partners under Kigoma UN joint programme implemented by UN Women, IOM, UNFPA and UNICEF

Requirements

• Advanced university degree in Social Work, International Relations, Law, Child Psychology, or a relevant field
• Practical field-based experience in child protection case management
• Five years, minimum, of experience with the UN and/or other relevant child protection actors, including experience with child protection programming in emergencies
• Experience with coordination and information management (Microsoft Excel proficiency required)
• Practical field-based experience with operationalising community-based psychosocial support programming and programming for adolescents and young persons
• Fluency in English (verbal and written)
• Knowledge of Kiswahili (necessary)
• Knowledge of Kirundi will be a plus

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