TA Child Protection in Emergencies Manager, P-4 at UNICEF

Job Number: 499287
Location: Borno Maiduguri Nigeria
Work Type: Temporary Appointment

Purpose of the Position

• The overall objective of the post is to manage the child protection in emergencies response in North East Nigeria and to lead the scale up of UNICEF's response to the acute and complex child protection needs in the newly accessible areas in Borno State.
• Output 36: By 2017, the capacity of key institutions and civil society is strengthened to monitor and report violence against children especially in humanitarian context and implement gender and age-appropriate prevention and response measures in at least three states.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage the Child Protection Section's Emergencies Programme and rapidly growing team in Borno and Yobe States
• Scale up and strengthen UNICEF's response for children affected by the armed conflict in the North East of Nigeria with a focus on child protection case management, unaccompanied and separated children, children associated with armed groups, survivors of conflict related sexual violence, psychosocial support and mines risk education
• Supervise the expansion of the child protection programme in the newly accessible areas and put in place contingency measures for rapid expansion as additional areas become accessible
• Oversee and expand partnerships with state and non state bodies
• Mobilise and manage resources for the North East, ensuring timely implementation of donor funded programmes, donor reporting and adherence to visibility requirements
• Represent UNICEF on inter-agency coordination mechanisms

Qualifications of Successful Candidate
Education:

• Advanced degree in Social Work, Social Science, Development or related field
• First university degree with additional two-years of relevant work experience is acceptable in lieu of an advanced university degree.

Work Experience:

• A minimum of 8 years of experience in child protection programming and/or programming in emergencies
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in child protection programming in emergencies
• Experience of programming for unaccompanied and separated children and children associated with armed groups is desirable
• Experience of managing teams
• Excellent communication skills
• Proven ability to work independently under difficult conditions

Language:

• Fluency in English

Competencies of Successful Candidate
Core Values:

• Commitment
• Diversity and inclusion
• Integrity

Core Competencies:

• Communication (II)
• Working with people (II)
• Drive for results (II)

Functional Competencies:

• Leading and supervising (I)
• Formulating strategies/concepts (II)
• Analyzing (III)
• Relating and networking (II)
• Deciding and initiating action (II)
• Applying Technical Expertise (III)

Remarks

• The successful candidate for this emergency recruitment MUST be available to commence work within 31 days of receiving an offer.
• Please note that Maiduguri is a non-family duty stationn
• This position is based in Borno, Nigeria, with travel to Abuja, Yobe and Adamawa