Contract type: Temporary Appointment, Consultant
Level: P-3
Location: Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Comoros, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mauritius, Seychelles
Categories: Emergency
Seeking external candidates only
Contract Type: Temporary Appointment (TA) or Consultancy
Duration: 3 months to 364 days
Location: Countries based in Eastern and Southern Africa
Job Description
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
For every child, hope
Since two years, countries in the ESA region have experienced an alarming increase in the number of new, or re-emerging humanitarian emergencies, including public health (including Ebola, Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever, yellow fever, wild poliovirus, and Cholera), armed conflicts and natural disasters emergencies.
UNICEF ESAR has prioritized the critical need to support countries to rapidly scale up capacity to prevent, mitigate, and manage ongoing and anticipated emergencies as well as to enhance capacity for preparedness and response to these emergencies.
Purpose
The purpose of this external announcement is to attract suitable Child Protection Specialist on Trafficking and Migration candidates interested in working in any of the countries within UNICEF’s East and Southern Africa region to respond to emergencies for the next 36 months.
The countries within each region are listed on the following website: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/index.html.
How can you make a difference?
The Child Protection Specialist on Trafficking and Migration provides the UNICEF Child Protection team with technical guidance on trafficking in the context of various forms of migration, including ensuring that programs are set up to promote a protection environment.
Key activities & duties
- Develop monitoring system for partners engaged in child protection to address trafficking including, unaccompanied and separated children.
- Engage with those working on security, social welfare and protection of vulnerable populations (government and civil society) throughout the migratory process (during flight), especially at key areas of security risk including but not exclusively at borders between neighboring countries and develop a mechanism to assist with the identification of potential cases of child trafficking and other exploitative and abusive practices.
- Liaise with government partners to support its capacity in addressing internal as well as inter-country trafficking of children for all forms of exploitation. Undertake assessment/situational analysis of child trafficking as it may relate to other child protection issues including abuse or misuse of inter-country adoption regimes.
- Ensure that carrying out the above responsibilities is done in a way that promotes UNICEF’s engagement in the development of an overall country programme and action to address trafficking.
- Engage with the CP working groups and other relevant clusters to address trafficking prevention, and that members have a sound understanding of related child protection issues (inter-country adoption and alternative care).
- Ensure family tracing –where the concept of “family” may differ and may include expanded/extended family members – (risk) assessment and (re)integration are in line with standards and norms established in relevant international instruments
- Ensure sound conceptual clarity on what child trafficking is (as defined in the Trafficking in Persons Protocol), in particular as it relates to migration (accompanied/unaccompanied; internal and cross border), smuggling; sale of children, inter-country adoption and various exploitative and abusive end outcomes.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Education-
- Advanced university degree in social work or child psychology, or other relevant field.
Work Experience-
- A minimum of 5-8 years’ experience with either the UN and/or NGO, especially in emergency settings.
- Excellent commination and interpersonal skills, and proven success in facilitating interagency processes to achieve a common goal.
Language Requirement:-
- Fluency in verbal and written English and/or French (depending on the country office’s official language). Knowledge of another UN language or a local language is an asset.
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: https://uni.cf/UNICEFValues
UNICEF competencies required for this post are…
Nurtures, Leads and Manages People (1) -Only for P4/NOD level
Drive to achieve impactful results (1)
Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)
Works Collaboratively with others (1)
Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)
Innovates and Embraces Change (1)
Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)
Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1)
During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework here.
UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children.
The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.
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 is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children.
All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.
Remarks:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions.
Appointments are also subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF.
UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.
Deadline: E. Africa Standard Time