Child Protection Officer, NO2, Lashio, Myanmar, Post No. 90727 (Myanmar Nationals Only)

Vacancy Announcement (Myanmar Nationals Only) for Child Protection Officer, NO2 in Lashio, Myanmar for interested Child Protection Professionals to apply.

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, We Care

The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the Organization does — in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life — in its social, political, economic, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens — addressing inequity — not only will give more children the opportunity to fulfil their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries. This is why the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations.

How can you make a difference?

The Child Protection Officer reports to the Chief, Child Protection or Child Protection Specialist for supervision. The Child Protection Officer shall provide professional technical, operational and administrative assistant throughout the programming process for child protection programmes/ projects within the Country Programme from development planning to delivery of results. He/She shall prepare, execute, manage, and implements a variety of technical and administrative programme tasks to facilitate programme development, implementation, programme progress monitoring, evaluation and reporting.

Key functions and accountabilities of the position (detailed job description attached): -

• Support to programme development and planning
• Program management, monitoring and delivery of results
• Technical and operational support to program implementation
• Networking and partnership building
• Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

Detail Job Description can be accessed here;  Classified JD 90727 CP Officer NO2 Lashio.pdf

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• Advanced University Degree in international development, human rights, psychology, sociology, international law or another relevant social science field is required. A first university degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
• A minimum two years of professional experience in social development planning and management in child protection related areas is required
• Experience working in a developing country is considered as an asset.
• Relevant experience in programme development in Child Protection related areas in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset
• Experience in both development and humanitarian contexts is an added advantage
• Previous experience in project management, especially child protection in emergency
• Working knowledge of conflict sensitive programming and do no harm approach
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language or local language of the duty station is considered as an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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

The technical competencies required for this post are….

Formulating Strategies & Concepts (I), Analyzing (II), Applying Technical Expertise (II), Learning & Researching (II), Planning & Organizing (II)

View our competency framework at

http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

Remarks:

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.