Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, April 14, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.

For every child, a Fair Chance
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, to build a better world for everyone. For more information about UNICEF and its work for children visit www.unicef.org.

How can you make a difference?
Under the general supervision of the Child Protection Specialist, the Child Protection Officer (Emergency) provides professional technical assistance and support for child protection in emergency programme design, planning and implementation, management and evaluation of programme/project activities, assessments, data analysis and progress reporting, in support of achievement of programme goals and results. H/She prepares, executes, manages, and implements a variety of technical and administrative programme tasks to facilitate programme development, implementation, programme progress monitoring, evaluating, and reporting.

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:
• Support to programme development and planning
• Programme management, monitoring, assessments, reporting and delivery of results
• Technical and operational support to programme implementation
• Networking and partnership building
• Rights-based and results-based programming approach fully incorporated into all phases of programme and projects processes.
• Commitment and institutional capacities of the national and local partners gained and established.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
• University degree in Social Sciences, International Relations, Government, Public Administration, Public Policy, Social Policy, Social Development, Community Development, or other relevant disciplines, with specialized training in conflict resolution.
• A minimum of two years of professional experience in social development planning and management in child protection related areas is required.
• Experience in Child protection in emergency programme planning and management is desirable.
• Developing country work experience (for IP) or field work experience (for NO) is considered as an asset
• Relevant experience in programme development in child protection related areas in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset.
• Experience in both development and humanitarian contexts is an added advantage.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language or local language of the duty station is considered as an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

The functional competencies required for this post are…
• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1)
• Works Collaboratively with others (1)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (1)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)
• Drive to achieve impactful results (1)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)

View our competency framework at
http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf 
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Apply at: https://jobs.unicef.org/en-us/job/550094/child-protection-officer-emergency-no2-mbarara-uganda-113015-ugandan-nationals-only 

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