Location: Lilongwe, Malawi
Deadline: Wednesday, 24 July 2013
Description
Purpose of the Position
Accountable for formulation, design, planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluation of core aspects of the Child Protection programme to ensure overall efficiency and effectiveness of the programme management, delivery and accomplishment of programme goals and objectives. As head of the Systems Unit, direct, lead and manage a group of professional staff to develop, manage and administer the sectoral or inter-sectoral programme. The overall purpose of the job is to support national efforts to establish and have operational a National Child Protection System that protects children from violence, abuse, exploitation and neglect while mitigating the impact of HIV on them. The Child Protection Specialist will be primarily accountable for supporting national capacities to strengthen three components of the National Child Protection System.
These components are:
1) Legal and regulatory;
2) Coordination, governance and accountability; and 3) Capacity building, infrastructure and funding.
Key Expected Results
1. Timely sectoral analysis, input, support and collaboration to the Situation Analysis and its periodic update made for effective programme planning, development and management.
2. UNICEF`s global goals effectively promoted through advocacy and policy dialogue with the sectors responsible for Child Protection, in particular Social Welfare/Protection and Justice.
3. Knowledge management effectively promoted through drafting/finalizing key Child Protection sectoral programme documents and reports, sharing good practice, lessons learned, and knowledge/information exchange.
4. Quality of rights-based Child Protection programmes effectively promoted. Coherence, synergy and value added to programme management process through results-based management. Gender/sex disaggregated data and inputs relevant to the Child Protection programme provided.
5. Sectoral work plan and activities formulated, implemented and monitored, ensuring alignment with the defined programme strategies and approaches.
6. Programme delivery, evaluation and reporting carried out efficiently, rigorously and transparently in compliance with the established guidelines and procedures. 7. Proper and timely UNICEF and Government accountability ensured regarding supply and non-supply assistance as well as disbursement of programme funds for the Child Protection sector.
8. Effective communication and networking achieved through partnership and collaboration.
Qualifications of Successful Candidate
- Advanced university degree, preferably in child protection, social sciences, law or other relevant field.
- Five years of relevant work experience at national and international levels in child protection, including international work experience.
- Background/familiarity with Emergency.
- Fluency in English and a second UN language.
- A first level university degree with a relevant combination of academic qualifications and experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Competencies of Successful Candidate
- Communicates effectively to varied audiences, including during formal public speaking.
- Able to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment.
- Sets high standards for quality of work and consistently achieves project goals.
- 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.
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