Child Protection Associate

UNICEF is a key UN agency working in Somalia in various aeras such as WASH, Child Protection, Social Policy, Health and Nutrition, and Education sectors. With a population of 3,798,828 people and a significant youth and adolescent proportion forming a huge youth bulge, Somalia faces an unprecedented challenge in addressing the youth and adolescent needs of the people in a complex context where conflict, natural disasters and climate change divert resources from the needs of this important cohort of the population. Approximately 62% of the population is between 5-29 years old, while three-quarters (72%) of the population is less than 30 years old. The unemployment rate is high (estimated at 50%) that also contributes to poverty.

UNICEF is a key UN agency working in Somalia in various aeras such as WASH, Child Protection, Social Policy, Health and Nutrition, and Education sectors.

The life for women and children in Somalia is challenging. Entrenched social norms, years of conflict and repeated climate induced emergencies have exacerbated the vulnerabilities of women and children. The lack of adequate child protection systems, protective laws as well as the risk of regression in terms of protective policy framework, continued harmful social norms and multiple continued conflicts across the country means women and children disproportionately face violence, risk of being recruited into armed groups and other protection issues.

The UNV assignment is part of this key programming on child protection in the central south zone based in Baidoa, working with government and CSO partners to support in knowledge management, program monitoring and coordination with partners.

Under the direct supervision of Child Protection Officer, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

• Providing technical support for knowledge management for the child protection programmes mainly around keep-ing online sharepoint files updated, tracking all critical reporting timelines, and as-sisting in completion of key reporting to donors and UNICEF internal reporting and planning.
• Support the regular field visits under supervision of Child Protection Manager and complete program monitoring formats for partners as well as their uploading into the system.
• Assist the teams and partners in quality assurance for services of child protection in IDP settlements especially around Child Friendly Spaces and GBV services
• Support in documentation of human interest stories and case studies from various child protection programmes in the zone.
• Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor