Child Protection Officer

Job no:* ‎558354
Contract type: Fixed Term Appointment
Duty Station: Cairo
Level: NO-‎1
Location: Egypt
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, Hope.
How can you make a difference?
Under the general guidance of the supervisor, the Child Protection officer is
accountable for providing professional technical, operational and
administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the child
protection programmes/projects in particularly legal aid and probation
services to support the development and formulation of the Child Protection
- with a special focus on justice for children.
Summary of key results:
Child Protection Officer "Justice for Children" will:
‎1.Provide Support to the programme development and planning
Researching and analyzing regional and national political, protection, social
and economic development trends to facilitate Justice for Children Programme
Component development.
Preparing technical reports as well as providing technical and administrative
support throughout all stages of programming processes to facilitate the
Programme review and approval process.
‎2.Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results.
Provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance
throughout the programming process for the justice for children programme to
ensure overall efficiency and effectiveness of the programme delivery and
accomplishment of programme goals and objectives through advocacy and the
provision of technical support for legal reforms, policy development,
networking and capacity building.
Contributes to development of plan and implementation of activities in the
justice sector and build capacity of partners to create the justice for
children component of the child protection system and establish the linkages
between the Justice and the Social Welfare Systems.
Analyzing and sharing information on implementation issues. Submitting reports
to alert appropriate officials and stakeholders for higher-level intervention
and/or decisions.
Participating in Monitoring and evaluation exercises with the government and
counterparts. Preparing minutes/reports on results for follow up action.
Reporting on issues identified as well as following up on unresolved issues to
ensure resolution.
‎3. Provide Technical and operational support to the justice for children
programme implementation
Undertaking field visits and sharing reports with partners and reporting
on critical issues.
‎4. Networking and partnership building
Build and sustain close working partnerships with government counterparts and
national stakeholders. Participate in inter-agency meetings/events on
programming to collaborate with inter-agency partners/colleagues
Research information on potential donors and prepare resource mobilization
materials and briefs for fund raising and partnership development purposes.
Draft communication and information materials for CO programme advocacy to
promote awareness, and support fund raising for child protection programmes.
‎5.Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
Promoting good practices to support the implementation and delivery of
concrete and sustainable programme results. Act as a resource person in
capacity building initiatives.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have …
A university degree in one of the following fields is required on law or human
rights.
A minimum of one year of professional experience in social development
planning and management in child justice or related issues is required.
Experience working in a developing country is considered as an asset.
Fluency in English and Arabic is required. Knowledge of another official UN
language or local language of the duty station is considered as an asset.
Selection Criteria:
Knowledge on child justice system in Egypt or related issues.
Experience in design and delivery of capacity building programs.
For every Child, you demonstrate...
UNICEF 's Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability
and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get
acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
UNICEF competencies required for this post are …*
Builds and maintains partnerships, Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical
awareness, Drive to achieve results for impact, Innovates and embraces change,
Manages ambiguity and complexity, Thinks and acts strategically, Works
collaboratively with others.
During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency
framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its
different levels: competency framework here.
UNICEF is here to serve the world's most disadvantaged children and our global
workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is
committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age,
disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-
economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave,
breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with
disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working
arrangements.
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 is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding
of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous
reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these
standards and principles. 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.
UNICEF is committed to promoting the protection and safeguarding of all
children.
Remarks:
This position has been assessed as an elevated risk role for Child
Safeguarding purposes as it is either: a role with direct contact with
children, works directly with child, is a safeguarding response role or has
been assessed as an elevated risk role for child safeguarding. Additional
vetting and assessment for elevated risk roles in child safeguarding
(potentially including additional criminal background checks) applies.
UNICEF 's active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to
deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and
suitable Males are encouraged to apply.
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.
UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by
the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by UNICEF, is
required for IP positions. Appointments are also subject to inoculation
(vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-‎2 (Covid). Government
employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required
to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF.
UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without
compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary
inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any
reason.
Advertised: ‎04 Jan ‎2023 Egypt Standard Time
Deadline: ‎17 Jan ‎2023 Egypt Standard Time