Child Protection Consultant for development of minimum standards, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and code of conduct.

Job Number: 527344 | Vacancy Link

Locations: Africa: Ethiopia

Work Type : Consultancy

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.

Key accountability, Specific Duties and Tasks

 Working closely with the Office of the Federal Attorney General (FAG), the National Coordinating Body (NCB) on Violence Against Children and Women (which includes representatives among others from the Ministry of Women, Children and Youth, the Ministry of Health, the Federal Supreme Court, UN agencies and NGOs), the consultant will review the existing documents to assess what is missed and what need to be updated  and then develop Minimum Standards and Standard Operating Procedures, Code of Conduct for staff in the OSCs. The consultant will report to UNICEF and to the Federal Attorney General Office. The consultant will be responsible for the following specific tasks:

Develop an inventory list of the existing documents/guidelines, including the name, type of the guideline, ownership, year of development or revision, purpose, content relevance to the thematic areas/issues, the target users and its user friendliness, alignment with core principles, international standards and known best practices/lessons learned from other countries. The consultant will work with the Office of the Federal Attorney General to develop this.

Review the documents to identify the gaps in the existing guidelines and documents in the light of international standards, evidence and best practices/lessons learned from Ethiopia and other countries.

Develop minimum standards, SOPs including referral pathways, code of conduct for staff and service providers;

Support the National Coordinating Body on VACW for validation of the Minimum Standards, SOPs and Code of Conduct.

Prepare a power point presentation on the minimum standards, SOPs and Code of conduct and present this to the members of the NCB.

 Expected Deliverable

No	Deliverable s	Time frame
1	Review of the existing guidelines and any other related documents for the operation of the OSCs provided by the FAG	November 01- November 20, 2019
2	Based on the review under deliverable one, develop minimum standards, SOPs and the code of conduct for the staff	November 21, 2019- January 15, 2020
3	Collect input from FAG, UNICEF and the National Coordination Body (NCB) including other UN agencies on the initial documents	January 16- January 31, 2020
4	Based on the inputs, finalize it by incorporating the relevant inputs and comment and facilitate a validation workshop through the NCB and the UN coordination mechanisms	February 1, 2019 – February 15, 2020
5.	Prepare a power point presentation on the minimum standards, SOPs and Code of conduct and present this to the members of the NCB	February 16, 2020- February 29, 2020

 

Required background and Experience

University Master’s degree or equivalent in Law, Human Rights, Social Work, Sociology and other related fields;

Minimum eight years of progressive professional relevant work experience at the national an international level in child protection/ Violence against Children and experience in developing standards and guidelines;

Excellent writing skills in English and Amharic;

Good analytical, and communication;

Excellent skills in working with people;

Core and functional UNICEF and Humanitarian Competencies:

Communication (II)

Working with People (II)

Drive for Results (II)

Formulating Strategies and Concepts (II)

Analyzing (III)

Technical knowledge and Competencies for Child Protection Programming in Emergencies

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….

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.

Remarks:

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Closing Date Tue Nov 12 2019 15:30:00 GMT+0100 (Afr. centrale Ouest)