Programme Assistant (Child Protection) GS-6 FT, Erbil (for Iraqi national only)

•Strengthen Government-led efforts to provide access to a high quality and well-coordinated child protection system, with four interlinked strategic components: a child-friendly justice system; a child-focused social welfare system; positive family and community behaviors and attitudes; and a supportive enabling legal and policy framework. •Embedded within these system pillars will be a focus on prevention, monitoring and response to abuse and violence against children and women, including in humanitarian situations

UNICEF works in 190 countries and territories to protect the rights of every child. UNICEF has spent 70 years working to improve the lives of children and their families. Defending children's rights throughout their lives requires a global presence, aiming to produce results and understand their effects. UNICEF believes all children have a right to survive, thrive and fulfill their potential – to the benefit of a better world.

For every child, results.

• Strengthen Government-led efforts to provide access to a high quality and well-coordinated child protection system, with four interlinked strategic components: a child-friendly justice system; a child-focused social welfare system; positive family and community behaviors and attitudes; and a supportive enabling legal and policy framework. 
• Embedded within these system pillars will be a focus on prevention, monitoring and response to abuse and violence against children and women, including in humanitarian situations.

How can you make a difference?

Under the supervision and guidance of the Child Protection Specialist, the programme assistant supports Child Protection section through providing a range of procedural, administrative, and operational support in developing, implementing, executing and monitoring their country programme, ensuring effective and timely delivery that is consistent with UNICEF rules and regulations.    

1. Support to programme development, planning and execution.

    

• Researches, analyzes, verifies, synthesizes and compiles qualitative and quantitative data and information from a variety of sources on subject matters relevant to the work of the section to facilitate preparation of reports, working papers, and presentations.
• Drafts project documents, work plans, budgets, proposals on implementation arrangements.
• Carries out transactions in VISION ensuring programme results, activities and programme coding are as per annual work plans (AWPs), and makes amendments and alterations as per section revisions when necessary.

• Monitors and tracks the efficient distribution of supplies that are required for effective programme delivery.

   

1. Support to monitoring and reporting of programme results

    

• Prepares monitoring and reporting information for supervisor on agreed performance indicators to drive more efficient management and accountability for results.

• Monitors budgets and financial expenditures of section, ensuring compliance with UNICEF rules and regulations, keeping supervisor informed and advised on actions for decision/follow up.

   

1. Support in resource mobilization

    

• Researches, analyzes, verifies, and synthesizes data and information in support of preparing reports pertaining to donors (both current and potential). 
• Researches, analyzes, verifies, and synthesizes data and information to assist in the preparation of periodic or ad-hoc financial reports relating to country office and donors to support the office in optimizing use of programme funds.

• Carries out transactions in VISION pertaining to grants for his/her section such as registering grant allotments and tracking expiring programme grants.

   

  4.  Support in Knowledge Management and capacity building

• Researches, analyzes, verifies and synthesizes information on best practices and lessons learnt to support knowledge development and capacity building.

• Supports capacity development activities related to performance monitoring, programme development, and related internal UNICEF systems/tools by preparing training materials and participating on exercises pertaining to program processes and procedures which aim to build capacity of stakeholdersd.

   

   

  Post, and delivers the results as required to qualify as a champion for every child you will have…

• Education: Completion of secondary education, preferably supplemented by technical or university courses related to the work of the organization.
• Work Experience: A minimum of 6 years of progressively responsible administrative or clerical work experience is required
• Language: Fluency in English and in the local language of the duty station required.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

Our core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

UNICEF is committed to diversity, gender equality and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified candidates particularly females from all backgrounds to apply.