Jobs
in Tanzania 2019: New Job Opportunities at UNICEF 2019
AJIRA TANZANIA 2019 / NAFASI ZA KAZI 2019
Position: Child Protection in Emergencies Specialist, (NOC ), Kibondo, Tanzania (Temporary Appointment – 364 Days)
Job Number: 525821
Locations: Africa: Tanzania,Uni.Re
Work Type : Temporary Appointment
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]
Recommended:
PURPOSE
To
serve as the Child Protection in Emergencies (CPiE) specialist in
Kigoma and support UNICEF’s programming priorities in both the refugee
and host communities. Specifically, the incumbent will be expected to:
Provide
monitoring, guidance, and technical support to implementing partners
working in the three camps on case management for children with
protection concerns, including support for the deployment of Government
SWOs, foster care placement/alternative care arrangements, community
based psychosocial support services, outreach programming for children
and adolescents, and case management including implementation of
CPMIS+/Primero;
With respect to the UN Joint Programme to Kigoma and
the VAWC component, provide monitoring, guidance, and technical support
to the Kigoma Regional Secretariat and Local Government Authorities in
strengthening the child protection system in refugee hosting districts
and ensuring linkages between the district government and camp-based
child protection interventions.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS
Provide monitoring, guidance and technical support to child protection
implementing partners working in the three camps on case management for
children with protection concerns:
• Provide technical guidance to
implementing partners, including the monitoring of existing and
development of new programme agreements, with a focus on case management
for children with child protection concerns, foster care
placement/alternative care arrangements, community based psychosocial
support services and outreach programming for children and adolescents;
• Work with the UNICEF Country and Regional Offices to support the
effective roll out of appropriate Child Protection Information
Management Systems (CPIMS) for use by implementing partners;
•
Identify gaps in capacity of implementing partners to address child
protection issues and organize briefings, trainings and technical
assistance as required; and,
• Oversee and support the deployment of Government SWOs seconded to implementing partners working across the three camps.
With
respect to the Kigoma Joint Program VAWC component, provide monitoring,
guidance and technical support to the Kigoma Region Secretariat and
Local Government Authorities in strengthening the child protection
system in refugee hosting districts and ensure linkages between the
district government and camp-based child protection interventions:
•
Conduct regular monitoring visits (and as requested by the UNICEF Child
Protection Section) to the Kigoma Region LGAs (Kasulu District Council,
Kasulu Town Council, Kibondo District Council and Kakonko District
Council) to monitor and provide technical assistance to district SWOs
and district women and children protection committee members in the
implementation of the district child protection annual work plans;
• Support Regional Secretariat and District Councils through their respective protection committees to develop and implement multisectoral comprehensive district child protection plans
• Support Regional Secretariat and District Councils through their respective protection committees to develop and implement multisectoral comprehensive district child protection plans
• Ensure regular
communication and coordination between the district SWOs and staff of
implementing partners overseeing child protection interventions in the
camps including supporting the district SWOs to regularly attend
meetings of the Child Protection Working Group (CPWG) and the Sexual and
Gender Based Violence Working Group (SGBV-WG);
• Coordinate and
participate in field level Kigoma Joint Programme coordination meetings
involving UNICEF, UNWomen, UNFPA and IOM and Government-led planned and
ad-hoc meetings.
• Coordinate and take part in KJP field visits and provide inputs to KJP workplans, reports and human- interest stories.
• Assess and analyze trends in the interactions in the relationship
between refugee and host communities and work to strengthen systematic
links between camp-based child protection interventions and the district
social welfare system.
Represent UNICEF child protection at the sub-national Protection Committee meetings, CPWG, the SGBV-WG, and other relevant groups as required:
• Monitor the trends and emerging evidence of child protection concerns and the response by Government and analyze this information to advise on the child protection response;
• In consultation with the Head of Field Office and the Child Protection Specialist (Response), advocate with government and humanitarian actors on urgent child protection issues arising and ensure that child protection priorities are included in strategic planning and fundraising processes;
• Support the coordination of and actively represent UNICEF in relevant meetings including ad hoc meetings convened by the Government at the camp and host community levels;
• Provide input into UNICEF reports, draft situation analysis, and funding appeals/donor reports as required.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
• Practical field-based experience in case management required. Previous case work experience and practical usage of CPIMS valuable.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience with UNICEF, other UN agencies, and/or other relevant actors, including experience with child protection programming in emergencies.
• Advanced university degree in social work, international relations, law, child psychology, or relevant field.
• Experience with Coordination and Information Management (excel proficiency required). (Coordination experience can be IDP, cluster approach).
• Practical field-base experience with operationalizing community based psychosocial support programming, i.e., child friendly spaces
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
• Knowledge of Swahili is necessary .Knowledge of Kirundi is also advantageous
NEW TANZANIAN JOBS OPPORTUNITIES 2019 (1,460+ POSTS)
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.
The competencies required for this post are;
Core Competencies
• Working with People (II)
• Drive for Results (II)
• Communication (II)
Functional Competencies
• Leading and Supervising (I)
• Formulating Strategies and Concepts (II)
• Analyzing (III)
• Relating and Networking (II)
• Deciding and Initiating Action (II)
• Applying Technical Expertise (III)
View our competency framework at
http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.
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 also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.
Opening Date Mon Aug 26 2019 09:00:00 GMT+0300 (East Africa Time) E. Africa Standard Time
Closing Date Sun Sep 08 2019 23:55:00 GMT+0300 (East Africa Time)
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