UN Children's Fund Jobs in Uganda

UN Children's Fund Chief, Child Protection Jobs in Kampala, Uganda

UNICEF works in 190 countries and territories to protect the rights of every child. UNICEF has spent 70 years working to improve the lives of children and their families. Defending children's rights throughout their lives requires a global presence, aiming to produce results and understand their effects. UNICEF believes all children have a right to survive, thrive and fulfill their potential – to the benefit of a better world.

For every child, a fair chance

Uganda is one of the over 190 countries and territories around the world where we work to overcome the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease, and discrimination place in a child's path.Together with the Government of Uganda and partners we work towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals, the objectives of the Uganda National Development Plan, and the planned outcomes of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework.

How can you make a difference?

The Chief, Child Protection Section reports to the Deputy Representative for general guidance and direction. The Chief is responsible for managing and leading all stages of child protection programs/projects from strategic planning and formulation to achieve concrete and sustainable contributions to national and international efforts to create a protective environment for children against all harm and to protect their rights to survival, development and well being as established under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, international treaties/framework and UN intergovernmental bodies.

The Chief is responsible for leading, managing and establishing the plans of action to ensure the achievement of concrete and sustainable programs/projects results according to plans, allocation, results based-management approaches and methodology (RBM) and UNICEF's Strategic Plans, standards of performance and accountability framework.

This will involve:

Managerial leadership

Program development and planning

Program management, monitoring and quality control of results

Advisory services and technical support

Advocacy, networking and partnership building

Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

An advanced university degree (Master's or higher) in international development, human rights, psychology, sociology, international law or other social science field is required.

A minimum of ten (10) yearsof progressively responsible professional work

experience insocial development planning and management in child protection and/other related areas at the international level in a developing country is required.

Relevant experience in child protection and related areas, program/project development and management in a UN system agency or organization is an asset.

Experience in both development and humanitarian contexts is essential.

Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.

Fluency in English (written and verbal) is required.

Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

Our core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

Our functional competencies are Leading and supervising, Formulating strategies/concepts, Analyzing, Relating and networking, Deciding and initiating action, Persuading and influencing. To view our competency framework, please click here.

Functional Competencies

Leading and supervising - Level III

Formulating strategies/ concepts - Level III

Analyzing - Level III

Relating and networking - Level III

Deciding and initiating action - Level III

Persuading and influencing - Level II

This position is classified as "rotational" which means the incumbent is expected to rotate to another duty station upon completion of their tour of duty,

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

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 organization.

For more information and job application details, see; UN Children's Fund Chief, Child Protection Jobs in Kampala, Uganda


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