UNICEF: United Nations Children Fund Recruitment : Now Available

UNICEF JOB
UNICEF JOB

UNICEF: United Nations Children Fund Recruitment : Now Available

UNICEF JOB
UNICEF JOB

UNICEF works in 190 countries and territories to protect the rights of every child. UNICEF has spent 70 years working to improve the lives of children and their families. Defending children’s rights throughout their lives requires a global presence, aiming to produce results and understand their effects. UNICEF believes all children have a right to survive, thrive and fulfill their potential – to the benefit of a better world.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

 

 

Job Title: PSEA Specialist (International Specialist on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse ), P-4
Job Number: 509787
Location: Maiduguri ( with some travels across Borno, Adamawe and Yobe, and Abuja)
Work Type: Temporary Appointment
For Every Child, Hope

  • The PSEA Specialist will implement UNICEF Nigeria’s Office PSEA Action Plan, which focuses on scaling up and taking forward UNICEF’s prevention and response efforts to sexual exploitation and abuse. This will include conceptualizing and implementing PSEA prevention activities, responding to alleged PSEA cases that are reported (including reporting, investigating, and ensuring appropriate victim support), liaising with the PSEA Task-force and other inter-agency bodies addressing PSEA and making contributions to inter-agency PSEA response and monitoring, liaising with UNICEF senior management at national, regional and international levels on the same.
  • The PSEA Specialist will be also responsible for building the capacity of UNICEF staff, consultants, volunteers, and implementing partners on PSEA.
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How can you make a difference? 
Internal capacity building and technical support:

  • Provide technical support and monitoring for the implementation of UNICEF Nigeria Office PSEA Action Plan, with a focus on Borno Field Office
  • Build the capacity of selected UNICEF staff to replicate PSEA training and awareness raising efforts.
  • Together with C4D, and in liaison with the PSEA Taskforce, develop awareness raising materials for UNICEF office and partners: including leaflets and posters for UNICEF offices and UNICEF partners’ offices
  • Deliver PSEA trainings for UNICEF staff, consultants, volunteers, and implementing partners, in line with the PSEA Training Plan
  • Build the capacity/ mentor the PSEA national officer to enable him/her to deliver PSEA trainings and to carry out other PSEA related activities

 

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Inter-agency response to SEA:

  • Participation in PSEA Task Force coordination meetings and events
  • Work with the PSEA Task Force in taking forward actions including; development of information sharing agreement on SEA; development and implementation of a Community Based Complaints Mechanism on SEA; development of outreach and sensitization on SEA in the communities; training PSEA Focal Points and staff from humanitarian organizations, responding to complaints that arise, and developing interagency responses to problems that become evident
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Victim assistance:

  • In coordination with the GBV Specialist (Maiduguri), ensure that child victims of SEA access assistance and support
  • In coordination with the GBV Specialist, monitor the quality of assistance and follow up provided to victims of SEA by UNICEF partners
  • Work with the GBV Specialist and the Chief of Child Protection to define the modality for monitoring the assistance provided to child SEA victims by service providers (other than UNICEF implementing partners)

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Prevention:

  • Carry out sensitization activities on SEA in communities
  • Identify opportunities across UNICEF programmes for community sensitization, risk assessment and capacity building on SEA
  • Respond to any circumstances that create risk and vulnerability for SEA, seeking to address underlying risk factors

Reporting:

  • Support and advise the Head of Office on the reporting of SEA allegations through the internal Notification Alert
  • Receive complaints and reports about alleged SEA (from staff, partners, community members, other)
  • Once a complaint is received:
    • Ensure that all information pertaining to complaints is handled and referred strictly in line with agreed protocols: the internal UNICEF Notification Alert and inter-agency information sharing procedure agreed with the PSEA Task Force
    • Immediately refer victims to appropriate service providers so that they receive the medical, psychosocial, legal and material support they may need
    • Ensure that information gathered on SEA allegation is verified and whistle-blowers and alleged victims are interviewed in line with the interviewing protocols
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Information Management:

  • Work with the Information Management Officer (IMO) for Child Protection to regularly update the database on SEA cases and case management of child victims’ assistance
  • Update share drive for office staff to access PSEA policy and guidance materials

 

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