UNICEF Jobs in Kenya - Child Protection Specialist - Migration

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Responsibilities

Purpose of the Position

Under the general guidance of the Regional Adviser Child Protection, the incumbent will develop partnerships and technical guidance to support work on children on the move, in collaboration with External Partners and UN agencies, such as UNHCR, IOM, the African Union and Regional Economic Communities.

The Child Protection Specialist (Migration) will work closely with Child Protection in Emergencies, Violence Against Children and Child Protection Systems Specialists in the Child Protection section as well as with key sections such as Humanitarian Action Resilience and Peace Building (HARP), Education, Adolescents and Gender ones and Country Offices staff, to ensure that migration issues are effectively considered and coherently integrated into appropriate work streams.

The Child Protection Specialist will manage the office’s work on children on the move and provide support in strengthening cross-border child protection mechanisms and inclusion of children on the move in existing national systems in the region.

The Child Protection Specialist will be accountable for the achievement of concrete and sustainable programme/project results according to plans, budget allocation, results based-management approaches and methodology, and UNICEF Strategic Plans, standards of performance and accountability framework.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities

Programme Development, planning and management

Advisory services and technical support

Advocacy, networking and partners building

Impact of Results

Education

For every Child, you demonstrate…

The competencies required for this post are….View our competency framework at
http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

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.

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 also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

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