Child Protection Officer
| Location | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of |
| Date Posted | March 13, 2025 |
| Category | Management NGO |
| Job Type | Contract |
| Currency | TZS |
Description
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Mission and objectives
For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and Governments.
Context
Established in 1946, UNICEF is the United Nations agency charged with ensuring the rights and well-being of children around the world. UNICEF has been on the ground in Tanzania since 1954 as part of its emergency operations, though the office was set up in 1975. The UNICEF programme in Tanzania prioritizes the monitoring of emerging trends and their impact on children, the country’s development landscape and use of evidence and successful pilots to leverage investments and wider coverage of quality services for children. The programme also aims to strengthen children’s and communities’ engagement in their own development. In Tanzania, UNICEF supports programmes in health, nutrition, HIV/AIDS, education, child protection and water and sanitation. Cross-cutting themes are work around social policy, budgeting and financing, gender, behavioral change, communication and partnerships. The Child Protection programme for UNICEF Tanzania is centered at supporting the implementation of the government’s second National Plan of Action to end Violence Against Women and Children (2024/2025 – 2028/2029). In Kigoma, UNICEF is also leading the Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC) theme of the second United National Kigoma Joint Programmes (KJP II) supported through UNICEF, UN Women, UNHCR, UNFPA and IOM
Task description
The Child Protection Officer reports to the Child Protection Specialist (Social Welfare & MHPSS) and the Head of Field Office in Kigoma for supervision. The Child Protection Officer provides technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for child protection programmes/projects within the Country Programme, with a focus on the work in Kigoma. The Child Protection Officer prepares, executes, manages, and implements a variety of technical and administrative programme tasks to facilitate programme development, implementation, programme progress monitoring, evaluating and reporting. Key functions/accountabilities are as follows: 1. Conduct and update the situation analysis for the development, design, and management of child protection related programmes/projects. Research and report on development trends (e.g. economic, social, health) and data for use in programme development, management, monitoring, evaluation and delivery of results. 2. Provide technical and operational support throughout all stages of programming processes by executing and administering a variety of technical, programme, operational, and administrative transactions, preparing related materials and documentations, and complying with organizational processes and management systems, to support programme planning, results-based planning (RBM) and monitoring and evaluating of results. 3. Prepare required programme documentations, materials, and data to facilitate the programme review and approval process. 4. Work closely and collaboratively with colleagues and partners to discuss implementation issues, provide solutions, recommendations and/or to alert appropriate officials and stakeholders for higher-level interventions and/or decisions. 5. Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises, programme reviews and annual sectoral reviews with government and other counterparts to assess programmes/projects, and to report on required action/interventions at the higher level of programme management. 6. Monitor and report on the use of sectoral programme resources (financial, administrative and other assets), verifying compliance with approved allocations, organizational rules, regulations, procedures and donor commitments, standards of accountability and integrity. Report on critical issues and findings to ensure timely resolution by management and stakeholders. Follow up on unresolved issues to ensure resolution. 7. Prepare regular and mandated sectoral programme/project reports for management. 8. Conduct regular programme field visits and surveys and exchange information with partners/stakeholders to assess progress and provide technical support. Take appropriate action to resolve issues and/or refer to relevant officials for resolution. Report on critical issues, bottlenecks and potential problems for timely action to achieve results. 9. Provide technical and operational support to government counterparts, NGO partners, UN system partners and other country office partners/donors on the application and understanding of UNICEF policies, strategies, processes, and best practices in child protection, to support programme implementation. 10. Research and document best and promising practices to prevent and respond to violence against children in homes, schools and communities. 11. Build and sustain effective working partnerships with all key actors to strengthen violence against children's interventions in homes, schools and communities. Furthermore, as a UN Volunteer, you are required to: • Strengthen your knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark IVD); • Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country. • Reflect on the type and quality of voluntary action that they are undertaking, including participation in ongoing reflection activities. • Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc. • Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly arrived UN Volunteers. • Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible. 11. Results/Expected Output: • The VAWC theme under Kigoma Joint Programme (II) coordinated successfully and implementing partners (including government officials) supported to follow UNICEF partnership procedures. • The implementing partner supporting child protection programme for refugees in Nyarugusu and Nduta refugees camps properly supported • A final statement of achievements towards volunteerism for development during the assignment, such as reporting on the number of volunteers mobilized, activities participated in and capacities developed.