UNICEF seeks to recruit a child protection officer (Data and Analytics), NOB, Lilongwe, Malawi

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, a childhood

 

How can you make a difference?

The Child Protection Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for child protection programmes/projects within the Country Programme from development planning to delivery of results. S/he prepares, executes, manages, and implements a variety of technical and administrative programme tasks to facilitate programme development, implementation, programme progress monitoring, evaluating and reporting. Specifically, s/he is responsible for providing technical expertise and assistance in information/data collection, statistics and data analysis, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), and preparation of reports and information and communications materials for the sector, as well as supporting capacity development on national and sub-national data collection, monitoring, evaluation and research for sectoral colleagues and key national and sub-national partners.

 

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Education :

A university degree in one of the following fields is required : social sciences, development planning, planning, evaluation, survey implementation, advanced statistical research, or another relevant field. An advanced university degree in a relevant field will be considered as an asset.

Experience :

• A minimum of two years of professional experience in social development planning and management with a focus on research, monitoring and evaluation is required. Experience in child rights, child protection or public health-related areas will be considered as an asset ;
• Strong technical competence in monitoring and evaluation methodologies, standards and models, quantitative/qualitative/mixed methods, validity/reliability testing of data, data analysis and interpretation, and statistical inference methods is required ;
• Experience working in a developing country is considered as an asset ;
• Relevant experience in programme development in child protection related areas in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset ;
• Experience in both development and humanitarian contexts is an added advantage.

Language Requirements :

Fluency in English is required.  Knowledge of another official UN language or local language of the duty station is considered as an asset.

 

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 Values :

• Commitment ;
• Diversity and inclusion ;
• Integrity ;

Core competencies :

• Communication (II) ;
• Working with people (I) ;
• Drive for results (I).

Functional Competencies :

• Formulating strategies and concepts (I) ;
• Analyzing (II) ;
• Applying technical expertise (II) ;
• Learning and researching (II) ;
• Planning and organizing (II).

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.