Job Description
Job no: 548026
Contract type: Temporary Appointment 8 month
Level: NO-3
Location: United Republic of Tanzania kibondo kigoma
Categories: Child Protection
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
To serve as the Child Protection Specialist in Kigoma and
support UNICEF’s programming priorities in both the refugee and host
communities, the incumbent will be expected to provide monitoring,
guidance, and technical support to the Child Protection implementing partner
working in the refugee camps on case management for children with protection
concerns, including, foster care placements/alternative care arrangements,
community based psychosocial support services, outreach programming
for children and adolescents, and case management including implementation of
CPMIS+/Primero
With respect to the UN Kigoma Joint Programme and the VAWC
theme, the incumbent will be expected to provide monitoring, guidance,
and technical support to the Kigoma Regional Secretariat and Local Government
Authorities (LGAs) in strengthening the child protection system and supporting
linkages between the district government and camp-based child protection
interventions. Also supporting the field based coordination of the VAWC theme
under the UN Joint Programme considering that UNICEF is the lead of the VAWC
theme under the UN Kigoma Joint Programme.
How can you make a difference?
- Provide
monitoring, guidance and technical support to child protection
implementing partner(s) working in the refugee camps on case management
for children with protection concerns:
- Provide
technical guidance to implementing partner(s), including the monitoring
of existing and development of new programme agreements, with a focus on
case management for children with child protection concerns, foster care
placement/alternative care arrangements, community based psychosocial
support services and outreach programming for children and adolescents;
- Work
with the UNICEF Country Office to support the effective roll out of
appropriate Child Protection Information Management Systems (CPIMS+) for
use by implementing partners; including Lead bi-weekly caseload analysis with
CP case management implementing partners and coordinate case conferences,
case reconciliations, CP case verification exercises with UNHCR and other
CP implementing partners, especially for SEA an child safeguarding
allegations (upon request from TCO);
- Technically
lead the development of interagency case management protocols for Kigoma
refugee operation together with UNHCR and other CP partners in the
operation;
- Advocate
and support the data exchange between CPIMS+/PRIMERO and UNHCR PROGRES V4
following the global guidance;
- With
guidance from CP Specialist (Response) Lead and coordinate Kigoma level
interagency cross border coordination, trafficking and other children on
the move initiatives;
- Identify
gaps in capacity of implementing partners to address child protection
issues and organize briefings, trainings and technical assistance as
required
- With
respect to the Kigoma Joint Program VAWC theme, provide monitoring,
guidance and technical support to the
Kigoma Regional Secretariat and Local Government Authorities
in strengthening the child protection system in all LGAs in Kigoma and ensure
linkages between the district government and camp-based child protection interventions:
- Support
the Regional Secretariat and LGAs through their respective women and
children protection committees to develop and implement multispectral
comprehensive district child protection plans and the Regional Communication
Plan to End VAWC;
- Conduct
regular monitoring visits to the Kigoma Regional Secretariat and LGAs to
monitor and provide technical assistance to District SWOs and Women and
Children Protection Committee members in the implementation of the
district child protection annual work plans;
- Oversee
field-level implementation of the KJP-VAWC theme in collaboration with UN
Women, UNFPA and IOM;
- Coordinate
and take part in KJP field visits and provide inputs to KJP workplans,
reports and human- interest stories.
- Support
RS and LGAs in Kigoma region to implement key government Child Protection
policies, regulations, guidelines as defined by the relevant key
ministries. This also include supporting the RS and LGAs in Kigoma to learn
from other regions and LGAs as well as consolidate lessons to be
disseminated to other RS and LGAs.
- Together
with CP Specialist-Social Welfare, coordinate and provide periodical
updates, reports and progress reviews on of VAWC component of KJP.
- Represent
UNICEF child protection at the sub-national Protection Committee meetings,
CPWG, the SGBV-WG, and other relevant groups as required:
- Monitor
the trends and emerging evidence of child protection concerns and the
response by Government and analyze this information to advise on the
child protection response;
- In
consultation with the Chief of Field Office and the Child Protection
Specialist (Response), advocate with government and humanitarian actors
on urgent child protection issues arising and ensure that child
protection priorities are included in strategic planning and fundraising
processes;
- Support
the coordination of and actively represent UNICEF in relevant meetings
including ad hoc meetings convened by the Government at the camp and host
community levels;
- Provide
input into UNICEF reports, draft situation analysis, and funding
appeals/donor reports as required.
- Support
field based (Kigoma) coordination of the VAWC partners under Kigoma UN
joint Programme implemented by UN Women, IOM, UNFPA and UNICEF.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
For every Child, you demonstrate...
UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and
Accountability (CRITA).
The UNICEF competencies required for this post are...
Builds and maintains partnerships (1), Demonstrates
self-awareness and ethical awareness (1), Drive to achieve results for
impact (1)
Innovated and embraces change (1), Managed
ambiguity and complexity (1),Things and acts strategically (1) Works
collaboratively with others (1)
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:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to
the next stage of the selection process.
Advertised: 31 Jan 2022 E. Africa Standard
Time
Deadline: 14 Feb 2022 E. Africa Standard Time
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