Deadline: 28 April 2016
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of Child Protection Specialist in Abuja, Nigeria.
The Child Protection Specialist will be accountable for formulation, design, planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluation of Child Protection programme(s) to ensure overall efficiency and effectiveness of the programme management, delivery and accomplishment of programme goals and objectives.
UNICEF works for a world in which every child has a fair chance in life.
Key Jobs Responsibilities
The Child Protection Specialist will perform the following functions-
- Enhance effective sectoral or inter-sectoral collaborative partnerships in planning, development and management by leading, guiding, coordinating and supporting the timely completion of the Situational Analysis and its periodic update through accurate; and complete monitoring and analysis; and the timely preparation or finalization of sectoral input, leading to responsive child protection systems build on the strengths of issue-specific programming which addresses specific forms of vulnerability, including those related to gender, disability, HIV, and indigenous populations and facilitate measure of outcomes for different groups.
- Provide substantive advice, recommendations and input in the formulation of country programme documents and plans of actions relating to Child Protection programme.
- Take primary responsibility for the development of the sectoral work plan and technical decisions as well as for programme management, implementation and monitoring of assigned sectoral activity, in compliance with the defined programme strategies and approaches.
- Promote the organization goals of UNICEF through advocacy and policy dialogue through active engagement in communication, networking and participation at every opportunity inside and outside UNICEF, leveraging the strength of UNICEF mission, goals and programmes; and forge broad-based partnerships to raise awareness and stimulate open dialogue on the rights of the child and practices that create social exclusion or harm children.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have-
- Advanced university degree, preferably in the social sciences, law or other relevant field.
- Five years of professional work experience at national and international levels in child protection, including international work experience for IP or field work experience for NO.
- Background/familiarity with Emergency.
- Fluency in English and a second UN language (IP).
- Fluency in English and local working language of the duty station (NO).
How to Apply
Applicants must submit their applications through online process.
For more information, please visit UNICEF.
