UNV Child Protection Officer Jobs 2021 – Kenya NGO Jobs. UNV Kenya looking for “Child Protection Officer”. Applicants with a degree in Bachelor Degree may apply on or before 20th Sept 2021.
The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is a United Nations organization that contributes to peace and development through volunteerism worldwide. Volunteerism is a powerful means of engaging people in tackling development challenges, and it can transform the pace and nature of development. Volunteerism benefits both society at large and the individual volunteer by strengthening trust, solidarity and reciprocity among citizens, and by purposefully creating opportunities for participation.
UNV Child Protection Officer Jobs 2021
The UNV has published a job vacancy announcement on 10th Sept 2021 for qualified Kenyans to fill in the vacant post of Child Protection Officer to be based in Nairobi, Kenya.
| Recruiter | United Nations Volunteers |
| Position | Child Protection Officer |
| Location | Nairobi, Kenya |
| Country | Kenya |
| Total Vacant Post | N/A |
| Qualification | Bachelor Degree |
| Experience Required | Minimum Two years |
| Application Deadline | 20th Sept 2021 |
UNV Job Vacancy 2021
Description of Task:
- Contribute to the planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting of child protection programmes particularly related to programmes aimed at ending Violence Against Children (VAC), including addressing harmful practices and online abuse and exploitation.
- Contribute to formulate, design and prepare project proposals, ensuring alignment with UNICEF’s overall Strategic Plans and the Country Programme, as well as coherence and integration with the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF), regional strategies and national priorities, plans and competencies.
- Support monitoring of programmes/projects through field visits (including remote monitoring in line with COVID 19 safeguarding measures) and exchange of information with partners to assess progress, identify bottlenecks, potential problems and child protection risks. Make recommendations accordingly to resolve issues and/or refer to relevant officials for timely resolution. Document best practices and lessons learned.
- Support with the coordination, monitoring and reporting on programme results for the section and develop harmonized tools for data collection, consolidation, manipulation and visualization. Collect and consolidate data for donor proposals and reports and both internal and external reporting exercises.
- Support other programme activities related to child protection and integrated initiatives as required by the supervisor
Position in Organization:
- Host entity: UNICEF
- Country: Kenya
- Location, Country: Nairobi (KEN)
- Language skills: English , Kiswahili
- Expected Starting Date: 14 June 2021
- Duration: 12 months
- Application deadline: 20 September 2021
Qualification:
- Bachelor degree or equivalent
Experience:
- A minimum of two (2) years of professional experience in one or more of the following areas is required: social work, child protection, gender-based violence (GBV), early childhood development, adolescent programming, community development and/or humanitarian work, planning and management of programmes in relevant area, monitoring and evaluation, or any other related field ;
How to Apply UNV Child Protection Officer Jobs 2021
Not yet registered in the UNV Talent Pool? Please first register your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/signup. Important: After creating your account, complete all sections of your profile and submit it. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink. Lastly, select the special call to which you would like to apply. * Already registered in the UNV Talent Pool? Please first update your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/profile. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink to select the special call to which you would like to apply. Application deadline: 20 September 2021
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| Official Website | www.unv.org |
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