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  • Posted: Dec 22, 2017
    Deadline: Jan 3, 2018
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  • UNICEF contributes to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in Nigeria with a mandate to advocate for the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. UNICEF’s Nigeria country programme: Aims to accelerate the realization of the rights of all c...
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    PSEA Specialist (International Specialist on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse ), P-4

    Job Number: 509787
    Location: Maiduguri ( with some travels across Borno, Adamawe and Yobe, and Abuja)
    Work Type: Temporary Appointment

    For Every Child, Hope

    • The PSEA Specialist will implement UNICEF Nigeria’s Office PSEA Action Plan, which focuses on scaling up and taking forward UNICEF’s prevention and response efforts to sexual exploitation and abuse. This will include conceptualizing and implementing PSEA prevention activities, responding to alleged PSEA cases that are reported (including reporting, investigating, and ensuring appropriate victim support), liaising with the PSEA Task-force and other inter-agency bodies addressing PSEA and making contributions to inter-agency PSEA response and monitoring, liaising with UNICEF senior management at national, regional and international levels on the same.
    • The PSEA Specialist will be also responsible for building the capacity of UNICEF staff, consultants, volunteers, and implementing partners on PSEA.

    How can you make a difference?
    Internal capacity building and technical support:

    • Provide technical support and monitoring for the implementation of UNICEF Nigeria Office PSEA Action Plan, with a focus on Borno Field Office
    • Deliver PSEA trainings for UNICEF staff, consultants, volunteers, and implementing partners, in line with the PSEA Training Plan
    • Build the capacity of selected UNICEF staff to replicate PSEA training and awareness raising efforts.
    • Together with C4D, and in liaison with the PSEA Taskforce, develop awareness raising materials for UNICEF office and partners: including leaflets and posters for UNICEF offices and UNICEF partners’ offices
    • Build the capacity/ mentor the PSEA national officer to enable him/her to deliver PSEA trainings and to carry out other PSEA related activities

    Inter-agency response to SEA:

    • Participation in PSEA Task Force coordination meetings and events
    • Work with the PSEA Task Force in taking forward actions including; development of information sharing agreement on SEA; development and implementation of a Community Based Complaints Mechanism on SEA; development of outreach and sensitization on SEA in the communities; training PSEA Focal Points and staff from humanitarian organizations, responding to complaints that arise, and developing interagency responses to problems that become evident

    Victim assistance:

    • In coordination with the GBV Specialist (Maiduguri), ensure that child victims of SEA access assistance and support
    • In coordination with the GBV Specialist, monitor the quality of assistance and follow up provided to victims of SEA by UNICEF partners
    • Work with the GBV Specialist and the Chief of Child Protection to define the modality for monitoring the assistance provided to child SEA victims by service providers (other than UNICEF implementing partners)

    Prevention:

    • Carry out sensitization activities on SEA in communities
    • Identify opportunities across UNICEF programmes for community sensitization, risk assessment and capacity building on SEA
    • Respond to any circumstances that create risk and vulnerability for SEA, seeking to address underlying risk factors

    Reporting:

    • Support and advise the Head of Office on the reporting of SEA allegations through the internal Notification Alert
    • Receive complaints and reports about alleged SEA (from staff, partners, community members, other)
    • Once a complaint is received:
      • Ensure that all information pertaining to complaints is handled and referred strictly in line with agreed protocols: the internal UNICEF Notification Alert and inter-agency information sharing procedure agreed with the PSEA Task Force
      • Ensure that information gathered on SEA allegation is verified and whistle-blowers and alleged victims are interviewed in line with the interviewing protocols
      • Immediately refer victims to appropriate service providers so that they receive the medical, psychosocial, legal and material support they may need

    Information Management:

    • Work with the Information Management Officer (IMO) for Child Protection to regularly update the database on SEA cases and case management of child victims’ assistance
    • Update share drive for office staff to access PSEA policy and guidance materials

    Requirements/Qualifications
    Education:

    • An advanced University degree in International Development, Human Rights, Psychology, Sociology, International Law or other Social Science 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 professional experience in designing, implementation and management of protection, GBV and PSEA, preferably with the UN.
    • Experience working in humanitarian contexts.
    • Familiarity with the latest development in PSEA, inter-agency PSEA responses and humanitarian cluster systems.
    • Excellent communication skills.
    • Proven ability to work independently under difficult conditions.
    • Excellent facilitation, training, networking and advocacy skills.
    • Demonstrated ability to work in a multicultural environment and establish harmonious and effective working relationships, both within and outside the organization

    Language Proficiency:

    • Fluency in English is required.
    • Knowledge of a local language is an asset.

    For every Child, you demonstrate:

    • Our core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results
    • Leading and Supervising, Formulating Strategies and Concepts, Analyzing , Applying Technical Expertise, Planning and Organizing.

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    Method of Application

    Note

    • The successful candidate for this emergency recruitment MUST be available to commence work within 31 days of receiving an offer.
    • Please note that Juba is a non-family duty station
    • UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified candidates from all backgrounds to apply.
    • Employment is conditional upon receipt of medical clearance, any clearance required, the grant of a visa, and completion of any other pre-employment criteria that UNICEF may establish.
    • Candidates may not be further considered or offers of employment may be withdrawn if these conditions are unlikely to be met before the date for commencement of service.

     

    Interested and qualified? Go to UNICEF on www.unicef.org to apply

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