NGO Careers - Child Protection Specialist at United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Uganda

Job Title: Child Protection Specialist (NOC)

Job No.: VN/PBR/2013/28

Employer: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Application Deadline: 15th Nov 2013


Job Purpose:

• The Child Protection Specialist will be responsible for the planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation of the programme interventions aimed at reducing the vulnerability of children to violence, abuse and exploitation through identification and registration to birth of children under the age of five as well as orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) within the “Keep Children Safe” multi sectored programme.
• The incumbent will provide technical support and guidance to the Country Office and Government authorities at national and sub-national level for acceleration and technical content of the identification and birth registration project activities and coordinate high level advocacy;
• Participate in intersectoral collaboration with other programmes to ensure linkage and prepare programme status reports as required.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant should hold an advanced University Degree in Law, International Human Rights, Social Sciences/Social Welfare, or a first level University degree in combination with at least five years of relevant qualifying experience in a related technical field.
• Five years of progressively responsible professional work experience at the national level in programme management, monitoring and evaluation, in a related field.
• Experience in OVC, Birth and Death registration programming is an asset
• Fluency in English is required and strong written and verbal communications skill therein strongly desirable.

Core Competencies:

• Core Values: Commitment; Diversity and Inclusion; Integrity
• Core Competencies (Required): Communication; Working with People; Drive for Results
• Functional Competencies (Required): Leading and Supervising; Formulating Strategies and Concepts; Analyzing; Relating and Networking; Deciding and Initiating Action; Applying Technical Expertise.

How to Apply:

UNICEF is committed to gender equality in its mandate and its staff; qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
Applications will be considered only if accompanied by an updated CV and P11 form, as well as the most recent performance evaluation report.
If applications are sent by email, please clearly indicate the position applied for and use this order to name your file attachments: Firstname_Lastname followed by document e.g. Gold_MukasaP11 or Gold_MukasaCV or Gold_MukasaApplication.
UNICEF is a smoke free environment.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

Applicants interested in the above position should send their resume to:
Human Resource Specialist,
UNICEF Kampala, Uganda,
Plot 9, George Street,
P.O. Box 7047, Kampala-Uganda.
Via email to: ugderecruit@unicef.org