Child Protection Specialist (P-3), #63014, Bogota - Colombia

Colombia Country Office is looking for a Child Protection Specialist, L3,with experience in international development and/or humanitarian action, with focus on Child Protection issues, to provide technical guidance and management support throughout the programming process, especially on peace negotiations and the monitoring and reporting mechanism of the Security Council Resolution 1612 (MRM RSC 1612).

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,

At UNICEF COLOMBIA we work to generate positive changes in the lives of children and adolescents. Our current work plan runs from 2015 to the end of 2019 and aims to ensure that children and adolescents enjoy their rights through equitable access to social services, improve their learning and live protected from all types of violence.

We work throughout Colombia, with special focus on the departments where children have fewer opportunities: Chocó, Cauca, Nariño, Antioquia, Córdoba, Amazonas, Putumayo, La Guajira, Caquetá and Norte de Santander.

For more information visit the following link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc3OopCmEpM

How can you make a difference?

The Child Protection Specialist reports to the Child Protection & Emergency  Specialist (P4) for guidance and general supervision. The Specialist supports the development and preparation of the Child Protection programme and is responsible for the management, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and evaluation of Transitional Justice, monitoring and reporting mechanism of the Security Council Resolution 1612 (MRM RSC 1612) and peacebuilding  within the country programme.
The strategic and effective advocacy, planning and formulation of child protection programmes/projects and the achievement of sustainable results, contributes to the achievement of goals and objectives to create a protective environment for children against harm, all forms of violence and ensures their survival, development and well being in society.

Key Functions

1. Support to programme/project development and planning
2. Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results
3. Technical and operational support to programme implementation
4. Networking and partnership building
5. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

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

• An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: International Development, Human Rights, Psychology, Sociology, International Law, or another relevant social science field. 
• A minimum of five [5] years of relevant professional experience in social development planning and management in Child Protection related areas is required.

• Experience in international development and/or humanitarian action, with focus on child protection issues specific experience in issues of transitional justice, peacebuilding and mechanism of the Security Council Resolution 1612 (MRM RSC 1612)..

• 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 context is consideres as an added advantage. 

• Fluency in Spanish and English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian ) will be an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity

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.

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. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

Core competencies

• Communication (II)
• Working with people (II)
• Drive for results (II)

Functional Competencies

• Leading and supervising (I)
• Formulating strategies and concepts (II)
• Analyzing (III)
• Relating and networking (II)
• Deciding and Initiating action (II)
• Applying technical expertise (III)

For more information click  Child Protection Specialist P3.pdf

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.