National Individual contractor to serve as site manager for the multi-disciplinary ‘one-stop centers’ for child survivors of violence
Tirana
- Organization: UNICEF - United Nations Children’s Fund
- Location: Tirana
- Grade: Consultancy - International Consultant - Internationally recruited Contractors Agreement
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Occupational Groups:
- Children's rights (health and protection)
- Gender-based violence
- Managerial positions
- Drugs, Anti-Money Laundering, Terrorism and Human Trafficking
- Closing Date: Closed
The purpose of this ToR is to engage two local professionals to serve as site managers (Coordinators), to support the Regional Hospitals of Fieri and Shkodra with day-to-day administrative tasks to run the multi-disciplinary ‘one-stop center’ tailored to child survivors of sexual violence and other types of severe violence.
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, Protection!
How can you make a difference?
The coordinator is a permanent employee of the service, covering mainly a managerial and administrative role. The coordinator will report to the Child Protection Specialist and cover the following non-exhaustive list of tasks:
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To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Education:
- University degree in human rights, humanities, psychology, sociology, international law or other social science fields, etc.
Knowledge and Personal qualifications:
- Have a strong child perspective and ability to communicate with children and adolescents and their caregivers.
- Well-developed coordinator skills.
- Very good organizational abilities.
- An ability to pursue issues and activities from a holistic perspective.
- Documented experience of having worked and collaborated with national and local authorities.
- Great communication and collaborative skills, experience, and willingness to collaborate, invite to dialogue, create a participatory environment, show flexibility, and encourage creativity and innovative solutions.
- An ability to lead large meetings.
- Experience of working in services serving children at risk of violence, abuse, neglect
- Excellent oral and written communication skill
- Excellent team leader skills, an ability to work independently
- Experience of having worked in collaboration between authorities
- Knowledge of violence in close relationship and its consequences and experience of working with victims of violence and perpetrators
- Experience of working with children who have been subjected to violence as an executive social secretary in the social child and youth care and/or in treatment work
- The ability to write clearly and well structured, but also to have the ability to adapt your textx based on the intended target group is a pre-requisite for the work
- An ability to handle stress and work in difficult and pressured situations
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA).
To view our competency framework, please visit here.
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 be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. 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.
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.
Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.
The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. The candidate may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid).
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