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For each child, hope

UNICEF Ukraine

Join Child Protection team at UNICEF Ukraine!

How are you able to make a difference? 

The basic mission of UNICEF is to advertise the rights of each child, in every single place, in every thing the group does — in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. The fairness technique, emphasizing essentially the most deprived and excluded youngsters and households, interprets this dedication to youngsters’s rights into motion. For UNICEF, fairness implies that all youngsters have a possibility to outlive, develop and attain their full potential, with out discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the diploma that any child has an unequal likelihood in life — in its social, political, financial, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There is rising proof that investing in child safety, well being and training  of a society’s most deprived residents — addressing inequity — not solely will give all youngsters the chance to meet their potential but in addition will result in sustained progress and stability of nations. This is why the concentrate on fairness is so very important. It accelerates progress in direction of realizing the human rights of all youngsters, which is the common mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, whereas additionally supporting the equitable growth of countries.

The Child Protection Officer reviewsChild Protection Specialistfor supervision. The Child Protection Officer gives skilled technical, operational and administrative help all through the programming course of for child safety programmes/tasks inside the Country Programme from growth planning to supply of outcomes. H/She prepares, executes, manages, and implements a wide range of technical and administrative programme duties to facilitate programme growth, implementation, programme progress monitoring, evaluating and reporting.

Summary of key features/accountabilities: 

1. Support to programme growth and planning
2. Programme administration, monitoring and supply of outcomes
3. Technical and operational help to programme implementation
4. Networking and partnership constructing
5. Innovation, information administration and capability constructing

1. Support to programme growth and planning

• Conduct and replace the scenario evaluation for the event, design and administration of child safety associated programmes/tasks. Research and report on growth tendencies (e.g. financial, social, well being) and information for use in programme growth, administration, monitoring, analysis and supply of outcomes.
• Contribute to the event and institution of sectoral programme objectives, aims, methods, and results-based planning by analysis, evaluation and reporting of child safety and different associated data for growth planning and precedence and objective setting.
• Prepare required programme documentations, supplies and information to facilitate the programme assessment and approval course of.

2. Programme administration, monitoring and supply of outcomes 

• Work carefully and collaboratively with colleagues and companions to debate implementation points, present options, suggestions and/or to alert applicable officers and stakeholders for higher-level interventions and/or choices. Keep information of reviews and assessments for straightforward reference and/or to seize and institutionalize classes discovered.
• Participate in monitoring and analysis workout routines, programme evaluations and annual sectoral evaluations with authorities and different counterparts to evaluate programmes/tasks, and to report on required motion/interventions on the increased degree of programme administration.
• Monitor and report on the usage of sectoral programme assets (monetary, administrative and different property), verifying compliance with authorized allocations, organizational guidelines, rules, procedures and donor commitments, requirements of accountability and integrity. Report on important points and findings to make sure well timed decision by administration and stakeholders. Follow up on unresolved points to make sure decision.
• Prepare common and mandated sectoral programme/challenge reviews for administration, donors and companions to maintain them knowledgeable of programme progress.

3. Technical and operational help to programme implementation 

• Conduct common programme discipline visits and surveys and alternate data with companions/stakeholders to evaluate progress and supply technical help. Take applicable motion to resolve points and/or seek advice from related officers for decision. Report on important points, bottlenecks and potential issues for well timed motion to attain outcomes.
• Provide technical and operational help to authorities counterparts, NGO companions, UN system companions and different nation workplace companions/donors on the application and understanding of UNICEF insurance policies, methods, processes and finest practices in child safety, to help programme implementation.

4. Networking and partnership constructing 

• Build and maintain shut working partnerships with authorities counterparts and nationwide stakeholders by energetic sharing of knowledge and information to facilitate programme implementation and construct capability of stakeholders to attain and maintain outcomes on child safety.
• Participate in inter-agency conferences/occasions on programming to collaborate with inter-agency companions/colleagues on UNDAF operational planning and preparation of child safety programmes/tasks, and to combine and harmonize UNICEF’s place and techniques with UNDAF growth and planning processes.
• Research data on potential donors and put together useful resource mobilization supplies and briefs for fund elevating and partnership growth functions.
• Draft communication and knowledge supplies for CO programme advocacy to advertise consciousness, set up partnership/alliances and help fund elevating for child safety programmes.

5. Innovation, information administration and capability constructing

• Identify, seize, synthesize, and share classes discovered for information growth and to construct the capability of stakeholders.
• Apply modern approaches and promote good practices to help the implementation and supply of concrete and sustainable programme outcomes.
• Research and report on finest and leading edge practices for growth planning of information merchandise and techniques.
• Participate as a useful resource particular person in capability constructing initiatives to reinforce the competencies of shoppers and stakeholders.

Impact of Results

The effectivity and efficacy of help supplied by the Child Protection Officer to programme preparation, planning and implementation, contributes to the achievement of sustainable outcomes to create a protecting surroundings for youngsters in opposition to hurt and all types of violence, and ensures their survival, growth and well-being in society. Success in child safety programmes and tasks in flip contributes to sustaining and enhancing the credibility and skill of UNICEF to supply programme providers for moms and kids that promotes better social equality within the nation.

To qualify as an advocate for each child you’ll have…

Minimum necessities:

Education:

• A college diploma in one of many following fields is required: worldwide growth, economics, social work, challenge administration, human rights, psychology, sociology, worldwide regulation, or one other related social science discipline.

Work Experience:

• A minimal of two years {of professional} expertise in social growth planning and administration in child safety associated areas is required.

Language Requirements: 

• Fluency in English and Ukrainian is required.

Desirables:

• Developing nation work expertise and/or familiarity with emergency
• Experience working in a growing nation is taken into account as an asset
• Experience in native social and financial growth and native governance will likely be an asset
• Experience in designing and establishing social providers at nationwide and subnational ranges will likely be an asset
• Experience in grants administration will likely be an asset
• Experience in constructing nationwide and subnational governmental relationship will likely be an asset
• Relevant expertise in programme growth in child safety associated areas in a UN system company or group is taken into account as an asset
• Experience in each growth and humanitarian contexts is an added benefit
• Knowledge of one other official UN language or a neighborhood language is an asset.

For each Child, you show…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin every thing we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

The UNICEF competencies required for this put up are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships

(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness

(3) Drive to attain outcomes for impression

(4) Innovates and embraces change

(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity

(6) Thinks and acts strategically

(7) Works collaboratively with others 

(8) Nurtures, leads and manages individuals) for a supervisory position 

Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its totally different ranges.

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived youngsters and our international workforce should replicate the variety of these youngsters. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or some other private attribute.

We provide a wide range of measures to include a more diverse workforce, reminiscent of paid parental go away, day off for breastfeeding functions, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the usage of versatile working preparations.

UNICEF doesn’t rent candidates who’re married to youngsters (individuals below 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and aims of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority, and discrimination. UNICEF is dedicated to selling the safety and safeguarding of all youngsters. All chosen candidates will endure rigorous reference and background checks and will likely be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules. Background checks will embrace the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Selected candidates could also be required to supply further data to conduct a background check.

UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the responsibility station is required for IP positions and will likely be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments may additionally be topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with in opposition to SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be chosen for a place with UNICEF, you both should be inoculated as required or obtain a medical exemption from the related division of the UN. Otherwise, the choice will likely be canceled.

Remarks:

As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration within the employment of the workers is the need of securing the very best requirements of effectivity, competence, and integrity.

UNICEF’s energetic dedication to variety and inclusion is important to ship the perfect outcomes for youngsters. For this place, eligible and appropriate individuals with disabilities are inspired to apply.

Government workers who’re thought-about for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities positions earlier than taking over an project with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the fitting to withdraw a suggestion of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance isn’t obtained, or essential inoculation necessities aren’t met, inside an affordable interval for any purpose. 

UNICEF doesn’t cost a processing payment at any stage of its recruitment, choice, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and coaching). UNICEF is not going to ask for candidates’ checking account data.

All UNICEF positions are marketed, and solely shortlisted candidates will likely be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of. An inner candidate performing on the degree of the put up within the related useful space, or an inner/exterior candidate within the corresponding Talent Group, could also be chosen, if appropriate for the put up, with out evaluation of different candidates.

Eligible workers members on fixed-term, persevering with or everlasting contracts making use of to IP TA positions in an obligation station designated as L2/L3, might be able to retain a lien and their fixed-term entitlements, topic to approval by their Head of Office. The situations of the momentary project will range relying on the standing of their put up and relocation entitlements could also be restricted as per the related insurance policies.

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This place relies in Kyiv and the incumbent will likely be anticipated to work on-site. However, relying on the safety situations and advisory, s/he will likely be required to relocate inside Ukraine.