Child Protection Specialist, P-4

Purpose

Under the guidance of the Deputy Representative/Senior Social Policy Specialist, you will be responsible for the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the child protection programme to ensure overall efficiency and effectiveness of programme management, delivery, and accomplishment of programme goals and objectives.

Qualification

Advanced university degree in social

sciences – with specialisation in social work, child protection, child law, child rights or related technical fields – and in programme development, monitoring and evaluation, especially in child protection.* Eight years of progressively responsible professional work experience at the national and international levels in child protection.

Fluency in English and a second UN language. Knowledge of the local language of Bahasa Malaysia an asset.

*A first level university degree with a relevant combination of academic qualifications and experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Key Expected Results:

1. Enhance effective sectoral and inter-sectoral planning, development and management of the child protection programme within the framework of the 2011-2015 CPAP. Develop and implement strategies, focusing on advocacy for reform of the child protection system, including juvenile justice and social welfare services, and upgrading of service provision to protect children, in line with programme objectives and strategies.
2. Analyse and apply legal and policy provisions in the systems approach to child protection for policy advocacy with government and partners and promote the quality of a rights-based approach to child protection policies and programmes and results-based management.
3. Lead knowledge management and generation, including studies and surveys to feed into country programme evidenced based policy making and child protection advocacy and communications with partners and the general public.
4. Prepare policy briefs, analysis and recommendations for Government and key partners and inter-ministerial bodies on child protection and conduct periodic programme reviews with Government counterparts and other partners.

Competencies:

Communicates effectively to varied audiences, including during formal public speaking.

Sets high standards for quality of work and consistently achieves project goals.

Able to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment.

Has good leadership and supervisory skills; co-ordinates group activities, ensuring that roles within the team are clear.

Translates strategic direction into plans and objectives.

Analyzes and integrates diverse and complex quantitative and qualitative data from a wide range of sources.

Quickly builds rapport with individuals and groups; maintains an effective network of individuals across organizational departments.

Identifies urgent and potentially difficult decisions and acts on them promptly; initiates and generates team- and department-wide activities.

Demonstrates, applies and shares expert technical knowledge across the organization.

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.

If you want a challenging career while improving the lives of children around the world UNICEF, the leading children’s rights organization, would like to hear from you. Visit us at www.unicef.org/about/employ to register in our new e-Recruitment system and apply to this and other vacancies, quoting E-VN-2011-000576. Applications must be received by 13 May 2011. Please note that only candidates who are under serious consideration will be contacted.

In the selection of its staff, UNICEF is committed to gender balance and diversity without distinction as to race, sex or religion, and without discrimination of persons with disabilities: well qualified candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

UNICEF’s salary and benefits package is based on the United Nations Common System; visitwww.un.org/Depts/OHRM/salaries_allowances for further information.