Avis de recrutement : Recrutement d’un(e) Responsable de la protection de l’enfance en Jordanie.
The Child Protection Officer reports to the Child Protection Specialist/Manager/Chief for close guidance and supervision. Level 1 is an entry professional level and should therefore be normally used as a trainee level for the purpose of acquiring organizational knowledge of rules, regulations and processes to supplement academic and theoretical knowledge of the profession for upward mobility to higher responsibilities. Incumbents at this level are not expected to remain for an extended period in the post. Under the supervision of the Child Protection Specialist, the Child Protection officer will support the development and implementation of violence prevention component of the Child Protection program with the aim to increase capacities of children, families, and communities to promote practices to protect themselves and prevent violence in Jordan, including positive parenting and community -based social and behavioral change programs. The Child Protection Officer will provide professional technical, operational, and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the prevention component of the child protection program through capacity building and coaching of educators and facilitators of implementing partners in camps and host communities, development and execution of a time bound monitoring plan for program implementation, facilitation of technical support through field visits, and data collection and analysis on reach and impact of programs.
Key Roles:
1. Support to programme development and planning
– Assess UNICEF implementing partner capacities and build capacity on communitybased prevention programmes and approaches including trainings and coaching.
– Support the development and delivery of child protection prevention program focusing on Better Parenting and social and behavioral change program to prevent violence
against children.
– Support the development and establishment of child protection prevention program goals, objectives, strategies, and results-based planning through research, collection, analysis and reporting of child protection programmes and other related information for development planning and priority and goal setting.
– Prepare required documentations and materials to facilitate the programme review and
approval process.
– Prepare technical reports and inputs for programme preparation and documentation, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and relevancy of information.
– Provide technical and administrative support throughout all stages of programmeming processes by executing and administering a variety of technical programme transactions, preparing materials and documentations, and complying with organizational processes and management systems, to support programme planning,
results-based planning (RBM) and monitoring and evaluation of results.
2. Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results.
– Work closely and collaboratively with Social Protection, Education and Youth colleagues and implementing governmental and non-governmental partners to collect, analyze and share information on implementation issues, suggest solutions on routine programme implementation and to submit reports to alert appropriate officials and stakeholders for higher-level intervention and/or decisions. Keep record of reports and assessments for easy reference and/or to capture and institutionalize lessons learned.
– Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises, programme reviews and annual sectoral reviews with the government and other counterparts and prepare minutes/reports on results for follow up action by higher management and other stakeholders.
– Report on issues identified to ensure timely resolution by management and stakeholders. Follow up on unresolved issues to ensure resolution.
– Prepare inputs for programme and donor reporting.
3. Technical and operational support to programme implementation
– Undertake field visits to Makani centers, community centers and schools, and collect and share reports with partners and stakeholders.
– Assess progress and provide technical support and/or refer to relevant officials for resolution.
– Report on critical issues, bottlenecks, and potential problems for timely action to achieve results.
– Provide technical and operational support to government counterparts, NGO partners, UN system partners and other country office partners/donors on the application and understanding of UNICEF policies, strategies, processes, and best practices in child protection, to support programme implementation.
4. Networking and partnership building
– Build and sustain close working partnerships with government counterparts and national stakeholders through active sharing of information and knowledge to facilitate programme implementation and build capacity of stakeholders to achieve and sustain results on child protection.
– Participate in inter-agency meetings/events on prevention of VAC programming to collaborate with inter-agency partners/colleagues.
– Draft communication and information materials for CO programme advocacy to promote awareness, establish partnership/alliances and support fund raising for child protection programmes.
5. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
– Identify, capture, synthesize, and share lessons learned for knowledge development and to build the capacity of stakeholders.
– Apply innovative approaches and promote good practices to support the implementation and delivery of concrete and sustainable programme results.
– Research, benchmark, and report on best and cutting-edge practices for development planning of knowledge products and systems.
– Participate as a resource person in capacity building initiatives to enhance the competencies of clients and stakeholders.
Qualification
Education :
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.
Experience:
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.
Language Requirements:
Fluency in Arabic and English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Chinese, French, Russian.
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Deadline: Jordan Standard Time