Child Protection Coordinator/Officer to support child protection programmes in KP. The role includes programme implementation, community engagement, coordination with government and partners, monitoring & reporting, and supporting child protection and prevention activities. Candidates with experience in child protection, social development, NGO/UN projects, and humanitarian response will be preferred.

Key Responsibilities

Assist the Child Protection Officer in the implementation of Multi Year Work Plan (MYWP) activities specially in the program areas of prevention including emergency response child and community engagement, social and behavior change.
Work closely and collaboratively with colleagues, children, adolescents and partners to discuss implementation issues, provide solutions, recommendations and/or to alert appropriate officials and stakeholders for higher-level interventions, advocacy and/or decisions.
Collaborate with UNICEF sections (health, education, nutrition, social policy) and cross cutting areas of work (Social and Behaviour Change, PMD, Gender/PSEA etc.) to improve integration and foster a comprehensive approach to safeguarding children and risk prevention.
Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises, programme reviews with government and other counterparts to assess programmes/projects, and to report on required action/interventions.
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 risk prevention to support programme implementation.
Build and sustain close working partnerships with government counterparts and provincial and district stakeholders through active sharing of information and knowledge to facilitate programme implementation.
Participate as a resource person in capacity building initiatives to enhance the competencies of children, adolescents and stakeholders.
Maintain database on prevention related activities and prepare reports, briefing papers presentations as and when required
Coordinate projects and interventions related to humanitarian responses, monitoring and reporting.
Participate in child protection capacity building initiative on safe identification and referrals of Child protection case to the DCPUs.
Provide technical and coordination support to birth registration systems, including follow-up and implementation support across the province

Required Qualification

Atleast Masters Degree in international relation and development, human rights, psychology, sociology, international law, social work or another relevant social science field.

Required Experience

A minimum of two years of professional experience in social development planning and management in child protection related areas is required.
Relevant experience in programme development in child protection system and prevention related areas in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset.

Location

The CP Officers will be based in UNICEF Peshawar office with the provision of travel across all required districts of KP.