Child Protection Specialist - Child Justice and Birth Registration, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

Child Protection Specialist (Child Justice and Birth Registration), P4

Vacancy No: E-VN-2014-001504

Duty Station: Dar-es-Salaam

Country: Tanzania, United Rep. of

Region: ESARO

Job Level: P-4

Position#: 00072387

Application Close: 14-Jul-14

Contract Type: Long-term Staff (FT)

Purpose of the Position

The incumbent will be accountable for formulation, design, planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluation of Child Protection (Justice for Children and Birth Registration) programme to ensure overall efficiency and effectiveness of the programme management, delivery and accomplishment of programme goals and objectives.

Key Expected Results

• Timely sectoral analysis, input, support and collaboration to the Situation Analysis and its periodic update made for effective programme planning, development and management.
• UNICEF's global goals effectively promoted through advocacy and policy dialogue with the sectors responsible for Child Protection, in particular Justice for Children and Birth Registration.
• Knowledge management effectively promoted through drafting/finalizing key Child Protection sectoral programme documents and reports, sharing good practice, lessons learned, and knowledge/information exchange.
• Quality of rights-based Child Protection (Justice for Children and Birth Registration) programmes effectively promoted. Coherence, synergy and value added to programme management process through results-based management.
• Sectoral work plan and activities formulated, implemented and monitored, ensuring alignment with the defined programme strategies and approaches.
• Programme delivery, evaluation and reporting carried out efficiently, rigorously and transparently in compliance with the established guidelines and procedures.
• Proper and timely UNICEF and Government accountability ensured regarding supply and non-supply assistance as well as disbursement of programme funds for the Child Protection sector.
• Effective communication and networking achieved through partnership and collaboration.

Qualifications of Successful Candidate

• Advanced university degree, preferably in the law or other relevant field.
• Eight years of relevant work experience at national and international levels in child protection, including international work experience.
• Experience in Child Justice desirable.
• Fluency in English and a second UN language.

Competencies of Successful Candidate

• Communicates effectively to varied audiences, including during formal public speaking.
• Sets high standards for quality of work and consistently achieves project goals.
• Able to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment.
• Has good leadership and supervisory skills; co-ordinates group activities, ensuring that roles within the team are clear.
• Translates strategic direction into plans and objectives.
• Analyzes and integrates diverse and complex quantitative and qualitative data from a wide range of sources.
• Quickly builds rapport with individuals and groups; maintains an effective network of individuals across organizational departments.
• Identifies urgent and potentially difficult decisions and acts on them promptly; initiates and generates team- and department-wide activities.
• Demonstrates, applies and shares expert technical knowledge across the organization.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organisation.

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