Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Closing date: 06 Jun 2017
CANADEM is seeking seasoned French speaking professionals with previous relevant experience in the field of Child Protection in Emergencies who are available for an immediate deployment to DRC as a seconded expert with UNICEF.
Position Title: Child Protection Specialist in Emergencies
Duty Station: Kananga, DRC
Level: P3
Duration: 3 months
BACKGROUND
The Core Commitments for Children (CCCs) call for the rapid provision and deployment of qualified personnel to act in the first eight critical weeks of humanitarian response and provide guidance for action beyond that, moving towards defined benchmarks.
PURPOSE
The UNICEF Country Office is scaling up its Child Protection component in response to the emergency and technical management is required. Oversight to ensure adherence to the CCCs for Humanitarian Action by the country office is a critical function during an emergency response.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS
• In consultation with other CP partners, and government if appropriate, provide leadership for the establishment of child protection coordination structures for the response to the emergency by strengthening inter-agency coordination.
• Support conduct of a rapid child protection assessment, together with partners in the child protection subcluster and/or protection cluster using agreed inter-agency assessment tools ) to enhance identification of child protection needs/gaps, opportunities and synergies.
• Support strategies and mechanisms to scale up the child protection response to the emergency, including addressing as relevant: family separation, gender-based violence, child recruitment and use by armed forces or armed groups, trafficking, the mental health and well-being of children and their families, mine action/UXOs, arbitrary/illegal arrest and detention of children, other protection concerns for children etc.
• Provide technical support and assistance to UNICEF child protection staff and partners, including government and NGOs, to identify priorities and scale up the child protection components of emergency response programmes, including development or amendment of projects and partnerships.
• Manage timely and effectively all procurement and distribution of supplies related to child protection interventions (planning, distribution and documentation of end users feedback).
• Identify opportunities to work with other sectors to create synergies (e.g. with emergency-led NFI distribution to ensure IDTR of unaccompanied and separated children) and strengthen overall protections for children and women by integrating protection activities within their emergency response programmes.
• Monitor the trends and emerging evidence of child protection concerns and the response by Government, and analyse this information to advise on the child protection response.
• Represent UNICEF Child Protection in humanitarian-related meetings, as required.
• Increase access to humanitarian funding resources available for the child protection emergency response through established humanitarian funding mechanisms, and by pursuing new opportunities, as required, but also by strengthening documentation and reporting efforts.
• Support the Chief of office with oversight and management of funds for the Child Protection emergency response.
• Raise awareness on child protection concerns and UNICEF’s response through relevant humanitarian, media and communication outlets, as appropriate.
• Provide inputs on child protection concerns and UNICEF’s response in all UNICEF, inter-agency and government planning and reporting processes.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCIES
• Advanced university degree in social work, international relations, law, child psychology, or relevant field.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience with UNICEF and/or other relevant actors, including experience with child protection programming in natural disaster and/or armed conflict contexts
• Knowledge of UNICEF’s core commitments to children in humanitarian action as well as the humanitarian cluster approach, particularly the child protection working group (sub-cluster), gender-based violence area of responsibility, and protection cluster
• Fluency in French and English (verbal and written).
• Good written and spoken skills in the language of the humanitarian operation and knowledge of another UN language is an asset.
How to apply:
If you have all of the above-mentioned skills, please register with CANADEM before contacting us. This can be done on our website at www.CANADEM.ca/register . Then send an email no later than the 6th of June, 11:59 pm EDT to pantiwa.naksomboon@CANADEM.ca with a Subject Line: "UNICEF-Child Protection-DRC". In your email, please include an updated resume, date of availability, your current location, and a phone number where we can reach you.