Child Protection Officer

The Child Protection Officer supports the delivery of high-impact programmes that safeguard children’s rights and well-being. The role involves providing technical assistance, supporting programme design and implementation, monitoring progress, and strengthening child protection systems to reach the most vulnerable children with critical services.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical assistance and support the effective design, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of child protection programmes.
• Contribute to strengthening legal frameworks and policies as well as systems that protect children from violence, exploitation, abuse, and harmful practices, with emphasis on equity and reaching the most vulnerable.
• Engage internal and external partners, including government counterparts, development partners and civil society, to facilitate and coordinate programming and mobilize resources.
• Support evidence generation that contributes to advocacy and addresses harmful social norms.
• Promote innovation for programme delivery, knowledge management and capacity building.
• Strengthen programme quality and reach while maximizing effectiveness and efficiency through proactive coordination and results-driven approach.

Requirements

• Bachelor or equivalent (First Level University Degree) in Law, International Development, Psychology, Sociology, international development, human rights, psychology, sociology, international law, social science and any other related fields.
• At least 2 years of relevant work experience in child protection, program management, monitoring and evaluation, partnership management, capacity building, advocacy, knowledge management, resource mobilization, humanitarian response, policy development, and any other related fields.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
• Experience in inter-agency coordination, government counterparts; programme development, Legal reform, EU grants, UN system is desirable.
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts is desirable.

Skills

• Child Protection
• Programme Management
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Partnership Management
• Capacity Building
• Advocacy
• Knowledge Management
• Resource Mobilization
• Humanitarian Response
• Policy Development
• Inter-agency Coordination
• Program Development
• Legal Reform Analysis
• EU Grants
• UN system
• Technical Assistance
• Child Protection Systems Knowledge

Languages

English