UNICEF works in over 190 international locations and territories to avoid wasting youngsters’s lives, defend their rights, and assist them fulfill their potential, from early childhood by means of adolescence.
At UNICEF, we’re dedicated, passionate, and pleased with what we do. Promoting the rights of each child isn’t just a job – it’s a calling.
UNICEF is a spot the place careers are constructed: we provide our workers numerous alternatives for private {and professional} improvement that may assist them develop a satisfying profession whereas delivering on a rewarding mission. We pleasure ourselves on a tradition that helps workers thrive, coupled with a lovely compensation and advantages bundle.
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For each child, safety
In The Gambia, UNICEF works with the Government to ship providers for youngsters throughout the nation. Guided by the rules of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, UNICEF works to make sure each child survives and thrives, and is protected against violence, discrimination and all types of dangerous conventional practices.
Since 1965, we’ve partnered with the Government of The Gambia to strengthen nationwide legal guidelines and insurance policies and empower native communities to ship higher providers for ladies and kids. Our interventions are primarily based on our Country Programme, signed with the Government of The Gambia. We implement our programmes consistent with the nation’s National Development Plan, the United Nations Development Assistance Framework, and the Sustainable Development Goals.
How are you able to make a difference?
The Child Protection Specialist supplies technical steering and administration help all through the programming processes. H/She facilitates the administration and achievement of concrete and sustainable contributions to nationwide and worldwide efforts to create a protecting surroundings for youngsters towards all hurt, and to guard their rights to survival, improvement and well-being as established underneath the Convention on the Rights of the Child, worldwide treaties/frameworks and UN intergovernmental our bodies.
The Specialist contributes to the achievement of outcomes in keeping with plans, allocation, outcomes based-management approaches and methodology (RBM), and UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, requirements of efficiency and accountability framework.
If you want to know extra about this place, please assessment the whole Job Description right here: JD_Child Protection Specialist_NO3.doc.pdf
To qualify as an advocate for each child you’ll have…
Minimum necessities:
- Education: An superior college diploma in worldwide improvement, human rights, psychology, sociology, worldwide legislation, or one other related social science discipline.
- Work Experience: At least 5 years of related work expertise in social improvement planning and administration in child safety associated areas is required.
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Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required.
Desirables:
- Developing nation work expertise and/or familiarity with emergency.
- Relevant expertise in programme improvement in child safety associated areas in a UN system company or group is taken into account as an asset.
- Experience in each improvement and humanitarian contexts is taken into account as an added benefit.
- Knowledge of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a neighborhood language is an asset.
For each Child, you reveal…
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin all the things 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 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
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 grow to be a part of the group. To create a extra inclusive office, UNICEF provides paid parental go away, breastfeeding breaks, and affordable lodging for individuals with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages using 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 embrace those that have long-term bodily, psychological, mental, or sensory impairments which, in interplay with varied limitations, could 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 web 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 youngsters (individuals underneath 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and goals of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination primarily based 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 youngsters. All chosen candidates will, subsequently, bear 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 extra 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 will likely be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments might 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 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 lively dedication to variety and inclusion is vital to ship the most effective outcomes for youngsters. For this place, eligible and appropriate feminine candidates 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 on an project with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the suitable to withdraw a proposal of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance shouldn’t be obtained, or essential inoculation necessities will not be 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 info.
Only nationals of the nation are eligible to apply, besides inside (UNICEF) candidates who’re legally permitted to work for UNICEF within the nation independently of UNICEF appointment. UNICEF shall not facilitate the issuance of a visa and dealing authorization for inside candidates into account for positions on the nationwide officer and normal service class.
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 inside candidate performing on the degree of the publish within the related useful space, or an inside/exterior candidate within the corresponding Talent Group, could also be chosen, if appropriate for the publish, with out evaluation of different candidates.
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