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Child Protection Specialist (Adolescence Development), P-3, Quito, Ecuador

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Purpose: Accountable for formulation, design, planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluation of Child Protection programme(s) to ensure overall efficiency and effectiveness of the programme management, delivery and accomplishment of programme goals and objectives. Promotes intersectoral partnerships leading to responsive child protection systems build on the strengths of issue-specific programming; and which addresses specific forms of vulnerability. Key Expected Result: 1. Timely sectoral analysis, input, support and collaboration to the Situation Analysis and its periodic update made for effective programme planning, development and management. Partnership with knowledge and academic institutions expanded for collection and analysis of relevant data to further understanding of social norms and harmful practices to children, particularly girls. 2. UNICEFs global goals effectively promoted through advocacy and policy dialogue with the sectors responsible for Child Protection, partnering in particular Social Welfare / Protection and Justice to facilitate understanding of the importance of child protection by all stakeholders, and its inclusion in national governance and reforms mechanisms, development planning and investment frameworks. 3. Knowledge management effectively promoted through drafting/ finalizing key Child Protection sectoral programme documents and reports, sharing good practice, lessons learned, and knowledge/ information exchange with all partners, harnessing knowledge institutions resources and partnerships. 4. Quality of rights-based Child Protection programmes effectively promoted. Coherence and synergy gained by collaborating with key partners, addressing the multiple aspects of the protective environment, and value added to programme management process through results-based management. Gender / sex disaggregated data and inputs relevant to the Child Protection programme provided. 5. Sectoral work plan and activities formulated, implemented and monitored, ensuring alignment with the defined programme strategies and approaches, partnering with community-based child protection networks that monitor child rights and child exploitation. 6. Programme delivery, evaluation and reporting carried out efficiently, rigorously and transparently in compliance with the established guidelines and procedures. 7. Proper and timely UNICEF, Government and all implementing partners accountability ensured regarding supply and non-supply assistance as well as disbursement of programme funds for the Child Protection sector. 8. Effective communication and networking achieved through partnership and collaboration; coordination amongst child protection system actors strengthened, with specific attention to Childrens life skills, knowledge and participation, as actors in their own protection; engagement of media and civil society to supporting positive practices and involvement of children and families; ensured dialogue with private sector expanded, to emphasize good practices and corporate social responsibility. Qualification: Advanced university degree, preferably in the social sciences, law or other relevant field. Five years of relevant work experience at national and international levels in child protection, including international work experience for IP or field work experience for NO. Background/familiarity with Emergency. Fluency in Spanish and English is required. *A first level university degree with a relevant combination of academic qualifications and experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Competencies: - Communicates effectively to varied audiences, including during formal public speaking. - Able to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment. - Sets high standards for quality of work and consistently achieves project goals. - Has good leadership and supervisory skills; co-ordinates group activities, ensuring that roles within the team are clear. - Translates strategic direction into plans and objectives. - Analyzes and integrates diverse and complex quantitative and qualitative data from a wide range of sources. - Quickly builds rapport with individuals and groups; maintains an effective network of individuals across organizational departments. - Identifies urgent and potentially difficult decisions and acts on them promptly; initiates and generates team- and department-wide activities. - Demonstrates, applies and shares expert technical knowledge across the organization.
How to apply:
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organisation. If you want a challenging career while improving the lives of children around the world UNICEF, the leading children`s rights organization, would like to hear from you. Visit us atwww.unicef.org/about/employ to register in our new e-Recruitment system and apply to this and other vacancies. Applications must be received by 26 July 2013.
Please note that only candidates who are under serious consideration will be contacted. In the selection of its staff, UNICEF is committed to gender balance and diversity without distinction as to race, sex or religion, and without discrimination of persons with disabilities: well qualified candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

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