UNICEF Jobs - Child Protection Officer Jobs in Mekele Ethiopian

UNICEF Jobs - Child Protection Officer Jobs in Mekele Ethiopian


Job no: 518298

Work type:

  • Fixed Term Staff

    Location:

  • Ethiopia

    Categories:

  • Child Protection, NO-1

    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.

    Purpose

  • To Provide professional technical, operational & administrative assistance through out the programing process for the child protection program through the application of theoretical & technical skills in researching, collecting & analyzing to support the development & formulation of the Child protection programme within Field office.

    Key duties & Accountability

  • Support to programme development, planning and execution.
  • Researches, analyzes, verifies, synthesizes and compiles mainly child protection qualitative and quantitative data and information from a variety of sources on subject matters relevant to the work of the section to facilitate preparation of reports, working papers, and presentations.
  • Drafts child protection program documents, work plans, budgets, proposals on implementation arrangements.
  • Carries out transactions in VISION ensuring programme especially child protection results, activities and programme coding are as per annual work plans (AWPs), and makes amendments and alterations as per section revisions when necessary.
  • Monitors and tracks the efficient distribution of supplies that are required for effective programme delivery.

    Support to monitoring and reporting of programme results

  • Prepares monitoring and reporting information for supervisor on agreed performance indicators to drive more efficient management and accountability for program results with special focus on child protection program.
  • Monitors budgets and financial expenditures of section, ensuring compliance with UNICEF rules and regulations, keeping supervisor informed and advised on actions for decision/follow up

    Support in resource mobilization

  • Researches, analyzes, verifies, and synthesizes data and information in support of preparing mainly child protection program reports pertaining to
    donors (both current and potential).Â
  • Researches, analyzes, verifies, and synthesizes data and information to assist in the preparation of periodic or ad-hoc financial reports relating to country office and donors to support the office in optimizing use of focusing on child protection programme funds.
  • Carries out transactions in VISION pertaining to grants for his/her section such as registering grant allotments and tracking expiring programme grants.

    Support in Knowledge Management and capacity building

  • Researches, analyzes, verifies and synthesizes information on best practices and lessons learnt to support mainly child protection program knowledge development and capacity building
  • Supports mainly the child protection program capacity development activities related to performance monitoring, programme development, and related internal UNICEF systems/tools by preparing training materials and participating on exercises pertaining to program processes and procedures which aim to build capacity of stakeholders.

    Qualifications

  • A 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 one year 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.
  • Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language or local language of the duty station is considered a

    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.

    Competencies

  • Interested candidates should apply online by 15th December 2018
  • For more information and job application details, see; UNICEF Jobs - Child Protection Officer Jobs in Mekele Ethiopian

    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:

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

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