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For each child, love
Child migration has seen a major improve in recent times. There are actually extra kids on the transfer, largely accompanied by their households but additionally unaccompanied. Additionally, the upcoming federal administration in the United States has introduced a large-scale deportation of households, together with Mexican kids and people from different international locations. Considering this case, it’s crucial to have a specialist in child safety who can present technical help and steering to Mexican establishments accountable for receiving and attending to those deported households and kids, in addition to these crossing by means of Mexico to achieve the United States or searching for refuge in Mexico.
It is important that each one processes concerned in these realities and migration insurance policies are carried out in an applicable and respectful method, making certain the prevention of household separation and offering vital consular help. Furthermore, safety from child safety companies is required to make sure that the rights of kids are revered always.
The National Institute of Migration (INM) may work to enhance its administrative procedures and supply respectful and satisfactory companies for kids on the transfer. This contains the provision of other care for unaccompanied kids by DIF and civil society organizations, and satisfactory care from the Mexican Commission for Refugee Assistance (COMAR) for international kids searching for asylum.
Additionally, it’s essential to generate information that contributes to the enchancment of public insurance policies and coordination between international locations and establishments to guard migrant kids. Hiring a specialist on this subject will strengthen institutional capacities and guarantee a complete and coordinated response to the challenges posed by child migration.
For extra info associated to the work of our workplace in Mexico, please go to our web site: UNICEF Mexico, the video of our superb leads to 2023: A good six-year term for children: Un buen sexenio para la niñez or learn our Annual Report 2023: Informe Anual 2023 UNICEF México.
How are you able to make a difference?
Under the direct supervision of the Child Protection Officer (NO-2), the Child Protection Officer -Children on the Move, helps the part in creating, implementing and monitoring the actions of the workplace response to migration and kids on the transfer. The incumbent might be accountable for the following tasks:
- Support to programme improvement and planning in regard to the work output on kids on the transfer.
- Programme administration, monitoring and supply of leads to regard to the work output on kids on the transfer.
- Technical and operational help to programme implementation in regard to the work output on kids on the transfer.
- Networking and partnership constructing.
- Innovation, information administration and capability constructing.
If you wish to know extra about this place, please assessment the full Job Description right here: 
To qualify as an advocate for each child you should have…
Minimum necessities:
Education
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A Bachelor’s Degree, ideally, in considered one of the following fields: worldwide improvement, human rights, sociology, legislation, psychology or one other related social science subject.
Work Experience:
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A minimal of 1 (1) 12 months {of professional} expertise in child safety programmes and/or initiatives.
- Experience in the fields of child safety and kids in the transfer. Please embody as your cowl letter a abstract of your most related expertise supporting methods, programmes, or explicit actions in the safety, migration and or asylum processes, describe the most important challenges you see in these fields and suggest potential options (most 1 web page).
Language Requirements:
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Fluency in Spanish
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Proficient stage of English (superior, not fluent, though the chosen candidate must work on bettering their English expertise after becoming a member of, if not fluent at the time of rent)
Desirables:
- Experience in selling coordination between international locations to guard kids on the transfer.
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Experience working in or with Goverment Insitutions.
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Experience working with UN companies.
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Developing nation work expertise and/or familiarity with emergency.
- Fluency in English.
For each Child, you display…
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 publish are…
(1) Builds and maintains partnerships
(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness
(3) Drive to attain outcomes for influence
(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 folks.
Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its totally different ranges.
UNICEF is dedicated to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, no matter gender, nationality, non secular or ethnic background, and individuals with disabilities, to apply to turn into a part of the group. To create a extra inclusive office, UNICEF affords paid parental depart, breastfeeding breaks, and cheap lodging for individuals with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of versatile working preparations. Click here to be taught extra about versatile work preparations, well-being, and advantages.
According to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), individuals with disabilities embody those that have long-term bodily, psychological, mental, or sensory impairments which, in interplay with varied boundaries, might hinder their full and efficient participation in society on an equal foundation with others. In its Disability Inclusion Policy and Strategy 2022-2030, UNICEF has dedicated to extend the variety of workers with disabilities by 2030. At UNICEF, we offer reasonable accommodation for work-related help necessities of candidates and workers with disabilities. Also, UNICEF has launched a Global Accessibility Helpdesk to strengthen bodily and digital accessibility. If you’re an applicant with a incapacity who wants digital accessibility help in finishing the on-line application, please submit your request by means of the accessibility e-mail button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF.
UNICEF doesn’t rent candidates who’re married to kids (individuals below 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and targets of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based mostly on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, non secular or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is dedicated to advertise the safety and safeguarding of all kids. All chosen candidates will, subsequently, endure rigorous reference and background checks, and might be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules. Background checks will embody the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Selected candidates could also be required to offer further info to conduct a background check, and chosen candidates with disabilities could also be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their incapacity confidentially.
UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the obligation station is required for IP positions and might be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments can also be topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with towards SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be chosen for a place with UNICEF, you both have to be inoculated as required or obtain a medical exemption from the related division of the UN. Otherwise, the choice might be canceled.
Remarks:
As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the workers is the necessity of securing the highest requirements of effectivity, competence, and integrity.
UNICEF’s lively dedication to range and inclusion is crucial to ship the finest outcomes for kids. Specially, for this place, eligible and appropriate folks with disabilities are inspired to apply.
Government workers who’re thought of for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities positions earlier than taking over an project with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the proper to withdraw a suggestion of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance shouldn’t be obtained, or vital inoculation necessities are usually not met, inside an inexpensive interval for any motive.
UNICEF doesn’t cost a processing charge 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 info.
UNICEF shall not facilitate the issuance of a visa and dealing authorization for candidates into account for positions at the nationwide officer and basic service class.
All UNICEF positions are marketed, and solely shortlisted candidates might be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of. An inner candidate acting at the stage of the publish in the related purposeful space, or an inner/exterior candidate in the corresponding Talent Group, could also be chosen, if appropriate for the publish, with out evaluation of different candidates.
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Please word that this can be a non permanent place anticipated to final for 364 days.
THIS IS A NATIONAL POSITION. PLEASE NOTE THAT solely CANDIDATES WITH A MEXICAN NATIONALITY MAY BE CONSIDERED AS ELIGIBLE FOR THE POST.
Child Protection Officer (Children on the Move), (NO-1), Mexico City, Mexico, #131411, [Temp Appointment]
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