Child Protection Officer, NOA , Temporary Appointment (364 days), Amman, Jordan Country Office, #00123118
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, Protection
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is leader in the region for the rights of its children. Working closely with the Government of Jordan, civil society, the private sector and communities, UNICEF Jordan Country Office aims to sustain results achieved for children to date, and strive to further improve policies, national institutions and programmes, for the well-being of every child in Jordan, in line with Jordan's Vision 2025 and the National Human Resources Development Strategy (2016-2025) towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Our programmes focus on improving the lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children in the Kingdom, irrespective of their nationality, gender, religion or background. Our main pillars include: Child Protection; Education; Water, Sanitation & Hygiene; Adolescent and Youth Engagement, Health and Nutrition; Social Protection; and Operations.
How can you make a difference?
The Child Protection Officer reports to the Child Protection Specialist/Manager/Chief for close
guidance and supervision. Level 1 is an entry professional level and should therefore be normally
used as a trainee level for the purpose of acquiring organizational knowledge of rules, regulations
and processes to supplement academic and theoretical knowledge of the profession for upward
mobility to higher responsibilities. Incumbents at this level are not expected to remain for an
extended period in the post.
Under the supervision of the Child Protection Specialist, the Child Protection officer will support
the development and implementation of violence prevention component of the Child Protection
program with the aim to increase capacities of children, families, and communities to promote practices to protect themselves and prevent violence in Jordan, including positive parenting and
community -based social and behavioral change programs.
The Child Protection Officer will provide professional technical, operational, and administrative
assistance throughout the programming process for the prevention component of the child
protection program through capacity building and coaching of educators and facilitators of
implementing partners in camps and host communities, development and execution of a time
bound monitoring plan for program implementation, facilitation of technical support through field
visits, and data collection and analysis on reach and impact of programs.
Key Roles:
1. Support to programme development and planning
– Assess UNICEF implementing partner capacities and build capacity on communitybased
prevention programmes and approaches including trainings and coaching.
– Support the development and delivery of child protection prevention program focusing
on Better Parenting and social and behavioral change program to prevent violence
against children.
– Support the development and establishment of child protection prevention program
goals, objectives, strategies, and results-based planning through research, collection,
analysis and reporting of child protection programmes and other related information for
development planning and priority and goal setting.
– Prepare required documentations and materials to facilitate the programme review and
approval process.
– Prepare technical reports and inputs for programme preparation and documentation,
ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and relevancy of information.
– Provide technical and administrative support throughout all stages of programmeming
processes by executing and administering a variety of technical programme
transactions, preparing materials and documentations, and complying with
organizational processes and management systems, to support programme planning,
results-based planning (RBM) and monitoring and evaluation of results.
2. Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results.
– Work closely and collaboratively with Social Protection, Education and Youth colleagues and implementing governmental and non-governmental partners to collect, analyze and share information on implementation issues, suggest solutions on routine programme implementation and to submit reports to alert appropriate officials and stakeholders for higher-level intervention and/or decisions. Keep record of reports and assessments for easy reference and/or to capture and institutionalize lessons learned.
– Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises, programme reviews and annual sectoral reviews with the government and other counterparts and prepare minutes/reports on results for follow up action by higher management and other stakeholders.
– Report on issues identified to ensure timely resolution by management and stakeholders. Follow up on unresolved issues to ensure resolution.
– Prepare inputs for programme and donor reporting.
3. Technical and operational support to programme implementation
– Undertake field visits to Makani centers, community centers and schools, and collect and share reports with partners and stakeholders.
– Assess progress and provide technical support and/or refer to relevant officials for resolution.
– Report on critical issues, bottlenecks, and potential problems for timely action to achieve results.
– Provide technical and operational support to government counterparts, NGO partners, UN system partners and other country office partners/donors on the application and understanding of UNICEF policies, strategies, processes, and best practices in child protection, to support programme implementation.
4. Networking and partnership building
– Build and sustain close working partnerships with government counterparts and national stakeholders through active sharing of information and knowledge to facilitate programme implementation and build capacity of stakeholders to achieve and sustain results on child protection.
– Participate in inter-agency meetings/events on prevention of VAC programming to collaborate with inter-agency partners/colleagues.
– Draft communication and information materials for CO programme advocacy to promote awareness, establish partnership/alliances and support fund raising for child protection programmes.
5. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
– Identify, capture, synthesize, and share lessons learned for knowledge development and to build the capacity of stakeholders.
– Apply innovative approaches and promote good practices to support the implementation and delivery of concrete and sustainable programme results.
– Research, benchmark, and report on best and cutting-edge practices for development planning of knowledge products and systems.
– Participate as a resource person in capacity building initiatives to enhance the competencies of clients and stakeholders.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
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Education:
A university degree in one of the following fields is required: international development, human rights, psychology, sociology, international law, or another relevant social science field.
Experience:
A minimum of one year of professional experience in social development planning and management in child protection related areas is required.
Experience working in a developing country is considered as an asset.
Language Requirements:
Fluency in Arabic and English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Chinese, French, Russian or
Spanish) 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: UNICEF Values
UNICEF competencies required for this post are…
(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others.
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.
We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.
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:
[Remove below text if not a child safeguarding elevated risk role]
[If applicable] This position has been assessed as an elevated risk role for Child Safeguarding purposes as it is:a role with direct contact with children, works directly with children, is a safeguarding response role. Additional vetting and assessment for elevated risk roles in child safeguarding (potentially including additional criminal background checks) applies.
UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable Male candidates are encouraged to apply.
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.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
