UNICEF Liberia is seeking to hire and experienced National Consultant who will provide technical leadership and implementation support to operationalize and scale up meaningful participation of adolescent girls in Montserrado, Grand Bassa, Rivercess, Gbarpolu and Grand Gedeh.
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For every child, the right to child protection!!
UNICEF's core mission is to advance the rights of every child worldwide, embedding this commitment across all programs, advocacy efforts, and operational activities, particularly in challenging contexts like Liberia. Central to this is the equity strategy, which prioritizes the most marginalized and excluded children and families, translating the promise of children's rights into actionable outcomes. Equity ensures that every child can survive, thrive, and reach their full potential without discrimination, bias, or favoritism, even in a post-conflict nation where rural-urban disparities, climate vulnerabilities, and fragile infrastructure present significant hurdles. When any child faces unequal opportunities across social, political, economic, civic, or cultural dimensions compounded by historical conflict and entrenched social norms, their fundamental rights are violated.
How can you make a difference?
- Establish and operationalize Adolescent Girls Advisory Platforms (AGAPs) Support transparent recruitment, onboarding, and formalization of AGAPs in Montserrado, Rivercess, Grand Gedeh, Gbarpulu, and Grand Bassa ensuring inclusive representation and safeguarding standards.
- Strengthen governance and institutional linkages of AGAPs. Operationalize the Terms of Reference, AGAP Workplans, coordination mechanisms, and structured engagement pathways with other Adolescent platforms and line Ministries (Gender, Child Protection, Education, Health, Youth).
- Strengthen and scale up Buddy Clubs as peer-to-peer support mechanisms in Schools. Support revitalization/expansion of Buddy Clubs, strengthen mentorship structures, and link them functionally to AGAPs, Health Clubs to ensure grassroots-to-policy feedback loops.
- Build the capacity of adolescent girls and duty bearers Deliver structured training for AGAP and Buddy Club members (leadership, advocacy, policy engagement, safeguarding) and for government/partners on rights-based adolescent engagement.
- Support and monitor the implementation of the UNICEF /MGCSP (Adolescent Division) workplan, including Dakar Commitments. Track progress, document results and lessons learned.
- Provide technical guidance to UNICEF and the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP) for the development of a roadmap for government oversight, management, and eventual takeover of the adolescent resource centers in West Point and New Kru Town.
- Support the Ministry of Health, National Identity Registry and Ministry of Education in the operationalization of interoperability between birth registration, immunization, Identity from birth and education enrolment, as well as monitoring the implementation of birth registration activities.
If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: 
Full TOR - Child Protection National Consultant.pdf
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Minimum requirements:
- University degree in Public Health, Gender Studies, Social Work, or Human Rights, Information Technology, Computer Science, Statistics, or any related field.
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience in Child Protection, Adolescents, Gender Development, and experience with birth registration would be an asset.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Willingness to travel and work in field environments
- Candidate must be a Liberian national
- Interested applicants must submit a cover letter together with their CV
- Fluency in English is required; Knowledge of another UN language (Arabic) or local language an asset.
- Home Based Office Based
- The necessary computer equipment for the consultation will be provided by the consultant or the consultant is expected to use his/her own ICT equipment.
- The consultant will be supervised by the Chief of Child Protection.
For every Child, you demonstrate...
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…
- Builds and maintains partnerships
- Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
- Drive to achieve results for impact
- Innovates and embraces change
- Manages ambiguity and complexity
- Thinks and acts strategically
- Works collaboratively with others
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This position has been assessed as an elevated risk role for Child Safeguarding purposes as it is either a role with direct contact with children, a role that works directly with identifiable children’s data, a safeguarding response role, or an assessed risk role. Additional vetting and assessment for elevated risk roles in child safeguarding (potentially including additional criminal background checks) apply.
UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.
UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.
UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). 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 based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. 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, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.
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Remarks:
As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity. Government employees who are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government positions before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.
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Humanitarian action is a cross-cutting priority within UNICEF’s Strategic Plan. UNICEF is committed to stay and deliver in humanitarian contexts. Therefore, all staff, at all levels across all functional areas, can be called upon to be deployed to support humanitarian response, contributing to both strengthening resilience of communities and capacity of national authorities.
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