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In the early hours of Monday 6 February 2023, an earthquake with a 7.8 magnitude, was reported 23 km East of Nurdagı, Turkiye. The location is approximately 28 km northwest of Gaziantep. The provinces of Kahramanmaraş, Hatay, Gaziantep, Kilis, Osmaniye, Malatya, Adıyaman, Diyarbakır, Şanlıurfa, and Adana have been strongly affected and the Turkiye government has declared a state of emergency for three months—recognizing that the overall impact will be felt for much longer. Tens of thousands of men, women and children have lost their lives and many more are injured. Hundreds of thousands have sought shelter in public buildings, schools, hospitals, sports halls and other communal centres. Thousands of buildings have been destroyed and health, water, educational and electricity facilities have been damaged and/or destroyed.
In the aftermath of a disaster, sector coordination is critical to ensure clear leadership, predictability and accountability in international responses by clarifying the division of labour among organizations and better defining their roles and responsibilities within the different sectors of the response. It seeks to make the international humanitarian community better organised and more accountable and professional, so that it can be a better partner for the affected people, host governments, local authorities, as well as local civil society and resourcing partners.
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.
How can you make a difference?
The Child Protection Officer reports to the Child Protection Specialist for supervision. The Child Protection Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for child protection in emergencies programmes/projects within the Country Programme from development planning to delivery of results. H/She prepares, executes, manages, and implements a variety of technical and administrative programme tasks to facilitate programme development, implementation, programme progress monitoring, evaluating and reporting.
Key functions, accountabilities, and related tasks:
Contribute to the development and establishment of sectoral programme goals, objectives, strategies, and results-based planning. Provide technical and operational support throughout all stages of programming processes, and monitoring and evaluating of results. Prepare required programme documentations, materials and data to facilitate the programme review and approval process. Work closely with colleagues and partners to discuss implementation issues, provide solutions, recommendations for higher-level interventions and/or decisions. Keep records of reports and assessments for easy reference and/or to capture and institutionalize lessons learned. Monitor and report on the use of sectoral programme resources (financial, administrative and other assets), verifying compliance with approved allocations, organizational rules, regulations, procedures and donor commitments, standards of accountability and integrity. Prepare regular and mandated sectoral programme/project reports for management, donors and partners to keep them informed of programme progress. Conduct regular programme field visits and surveys and exchange information with partners/stakeholders to assess progress and provide technical support. Report on critical issues, bottlenecks and potential problems for timely action to achieve results. Provide technical and operational support to government counterparts and NGO partners. 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. Represent UNICEF Child Protection in humanitarian-related meetings, as required. Provide inputs on child protection concerns and UNICEF’s response thereto in all UNICEF, inter-agency and government planning and reporting processes.To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
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. A minimum of two years of professional experience in social development planning and management in child protection-related areas is required. Experience working in a developing country is considered an asset. Relevant experience in programme development in child protection-related areas in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset. Fluency in English and Turkish is required. Knowledge of Arabic is an asset.For every Child, you demonstrate…
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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.
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UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children.
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.
This vacancy is archived.