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For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.
Purpose of the Position
Under the guidance of the Associate Director, Child Protection, the Senior Advisor for Child Protection in Emergencies is responsible for leading and managing all aspects of programme guidance and technical support to enhance UNICEF's policy and programming on child protection in emergencies, both in armed conflict and natural disaster contexts. This includes the formulation and development of relevant tools that will strengthen the capacity of UNICEF staff and partners to address the protection of children in humanitarian emergencies and strengthen their coordination with other child protection actors.
The Senior Advisor is responsible for leading and managing the achievement of concrete and sustainable results in line with results based-management approaches and methodology and with UNICEF's Strategic Plan, standards of performance and accountability framework.
Key Accountabilities and Duties & Tasks
1.Managerial leadership
Provide supervision and guidance to the team of child protection in emergencies specialists, setting individual and team objectives and establishing clear individual performance objectives, goals and timelines. Provide regular and timely direction and guidance to all staff within the team, so as to enable them to perform their duties responsibly, effectively and efficiently.
Manage funds allocated to child protection in emergencies by prioritizing activities to be funded, in line with the Annual Work Plan, and ensuring efficient and timely usage of funds vis-a-vis grant expiration dates.
Establish the Child Protection Section's annual work plan in the area of Child Protection in Emergencies, setting priorities, targets and performance measurement indicators and monitoring progress and results achieved according to performance standards.
Supervise the coordination of the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, including oversight of technical leadership in the visioning and formulation of work plans for the interagency group
2.Program development, planning and management
Develop programme and project proposals and take other actions to leverage funds for the areas of responsibility, reflecting priorities for protecting children in humanitarian emergencies.
Align global child protection in emergency programmes with UNICEF Strategic Plan, international standards and mechanisms, donor development policies, and UN-wide interventions and initiatives.
Participate in major monitoring and evaluation exercises to assess progress globally and to engage stakeholders to take required actions to achieve results; identify lessons learned and facilitate strategic use of knowledge gained.
Prepare programme and project reports, as required, for management, the Executive Board, donors and partners.
3.Technical support and advisory services
Provide technical support to regional and country offices in the planning, development and implementation of all stages of programming for the protection of children in emergencies, within the framework of UNICEF's Strategic Plan and Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action. Support the development of child protection components of consolidated appeals in line with Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action, with child protection prioritized as appropriate in the allocation of resources.
Provide technical advice to senior management on issues related to the protection of children in humanitarian emergencies, resulting in strategic visibility and advocacy around the work of child protection in humanitarian emergencies.
Participate in strategic discussions to influence policy and agenda setting for child protection in emergencies programme response.
Lead in discussions on child protection emergency preparedness and programming to ensure appropriate capacity is in place to meet onset of global emergencies.
4.Advocacy, networking and partnership building
Proactively engage key partners on issues related to protecting children in humanitarian emergencies, including members of the Global Protection Cluster (GPC) and the Child Protection Area of Responsibility (AoR), the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict (SRSG-CAAC), other UN agencies, NGOs, World Bank, academic institutions and the private sector in order to leverage these partnerships to achieve greater results for children.
Build partnerships with key actors in child protection in emergencies in order to develop timely and required inter-agency guidance and tools in key areas of accountability.
Lead and guide UNICEF's strategic policy and advocacy in relation to child protection in emergencies programme design and implementation, and represent UNICEF in global fora to advocate for organizational positions in the development of global priorities.
Serve as UNICEF focal point to provide information to relevant media, research groups, academic institutions and NGOs in the area of child protection in humanitarian emergencies.
5. Knowledge management, capacity building and innovation
Develop programme knowledge acquisition through systematic collection of country programme experience (lessons learned, best practices, reviews, evaluations) in the protection of children in humanitarian emergencies, with particular attention to areas covered by the UNICEF Strategic Plan and Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action for child protection.
Strengthen capacity at country and regional levels by developing technical guidance and tools, informed by a collected body of knowledge that can be shared and replicated across countries.
Promote critical thinking and innovative approaches for sustainable child protection in emergencies initiatives, keeping abreast of current research and introducing and implementing cutting edge practices on child protection management and information systems. Work to institutionalize and disseminate best practices and knowledge learned, including in post-emergency and fragile settings.
Lead inter-agency capacity building initiatives to enhance the competencies of all stakeholders for sustainable results in child protection in humanitarian contexts.
Qualifications of a Successful Candidate
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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 organisation.
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. To apply, click on the following link http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/?job=501901
