Child Protection Officer (Juvenile Justice)

The Child Protection Officer supports UNICEF's efforts to ensure that every child is protected from violence, abuse, neglect, and exploitation, and has access to child-friendly justice systems. The incumbent provides technical, operational, and administrative support across all stages of the programme cycle, contributing to the design, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of child protection programmes focused on violence against children and justice for children in contact with the law.

Responsibilities

• Support to programme development and planning.
• Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results.
• Technical and operational support to programme implementation.
• Networking and partnership building.
• Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building.

Requirements

• 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.
• At least 2 years of relevant work experience in Child Protection and in social development planning and management in child protection related areas or any other related field is required.
• Experience in Child Protection Programming.
• Experience in Applying technical expertise, Planning, and Organizing is required.
• Proficiency in English and Dhivehi is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.
• Experience in child safeguarding, supporting government, development and humanitarian contexts, analyzing, learning and researching, justice for children, prevention of violence against children, social services, programme management, systems strengthening is an asset.
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.

Skills

• Child Protection Programming
• Social Development Planning
• Programme Management
• Child Safeguarding
• Justice for Children
• Violence Prevention
• Social Service
• Systems Strengthening
• Technical Expertise
• Planning and Organization
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Research and Analysis
• Experience in Fragile Settings
• Humanitarian Contexts
• Operational Support
• Administrative Support

Languages

English, Dhivehi