Closing date: Monday, 7 September 2015
Child Protection Specialist, P-3, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Vacancy No: E-VN-2015-002059
Duty Station: Dar-es-Salaam
Country: Tanzania, United Rep. of
Region: ESARO
Job Level: P-3
Position: 00022862
Application Close: 07-Sep-15
Contract Type: Long-term Staff (FT)
Purpose of the Position
Accountable for formulation, design, planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluation of the Child Protection programme as it is elaborated within the framework of the UNDAP to ensure overall efficiency and effectiveness of the programme management, delivery and accomplishment of programme goals and objectives. The post holder will promote intersectoral partnerships to ensure all components of the child protection systems are in place.
Key Expected Results
- Timely sectoral analysis, input, support and collaboration to the Situation Analysis and its periodic update made for effective programme planning, development and management. Partnership with knowledge and academic institutions expanded for collection and analysis of relevant data to increase understanding of social norms and harmful practices to children, particularly girls.
- UNICEF's global goals effectively promoted through advocacy and policy dialogue with the sectors responsible for Child Protection, partnering in particular Social Welfare/Protection and Justice to facilitate understanding of the importance of child protection by all stakeholders, and its inclusion in national governance and reforms mechanisms, development planning and investment frameworks.
- Knowledge management effectively promoted through drafting/finalizing key Child Protection sectoral programme documents and reports, sharing good practice, lessons learned, and knowledge/information exchange with all partners, harnessing knowledge institutions resources and partnerships.
- Quality of rights-based Child Protection programmes effectively promoted. Coherence and synergy gained by collaborating with key partners, addressing the multiple aspects of the protective environment, and value added to programme management process through results-based management. Gender/sex disaggregated data and inputs relevant to the Child Protection programme provided.
- Sectoral work plan and activities formulated, implemented and monitqred, ensuring alignment with the defined programme strategies and approaches.
- Programme delivery, evaluation and reporting carried out efficiently, rigorously and transparently in compliance with the established guidelines and procedures.
- Proper and timely UNICEF, Government and all implementing partners' accountability ensured regarding supply and non-supply assistance as well as disbursement of programme funds for the Child Protection sector.
- Effective communication and networking achieved through partnership and collaboration; coordination amongst child protection system actors strengthened, with specific attention to Children's life skills, knowledge and participation, as actors in their own protection; engagement of media and civil society to supporting positive practices and involvement of children and families; and dialogue with private sector expanded, to emphasize good practices and corporate social responsibility.
