Child Protection Officer, NOB, UNICEF China # 63003 (Open for Chinese Nationals only)

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, care

The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life — in its social, political, economic, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens — addressing inequity — not only will give all children the opportunity to fulfill their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries. This is why the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations.

The Child Protection Programme at UNICEF China aims to ensure that more children are safe and better protected from all forms of violence. Strengthening child protection systems and addressing social norms and other determinants are key approaches. One of the two programmatic pillars focus on strengthening the child protection legal, institutional, and administrative framework to prevent and respond to violence. This implies provision of technical assistance, knowledge brokering and research to support to some key legislative reform, as well as capacity building of key stakeholders. Furthermore, an area that is increasingly developing is child protection on-line, in which UNICEF China has made important progress in coordination with other stakeholders. This area of work requires efforts to regulate platforms, to raise awareness on safe use of technology as well as capacity building and sharing of good practices to strengthen investigation and sanctioning.

How can you make a difference?

Under the supervision of  Child Protection Specialist, 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. H/She prepares, executes, manages, and implements a variety of technical and administrative programme tasks to facilitate programme development, implementation, programme progress monitoring, evaluating and reporting.

To be specific, the Child Protection Officer is expected to take the following responsibilities –

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

• A university degree in one of the following fields is required: international development, human rights, psychology, sociology, international law, or another relevant social science field. Law Degree is an asset.
• A minimum of two years of professional experience in social development planning and management in child protection related areas is required.
• Specific knowledge and experience in programming on child protection on-line, child protection and digital technology and/or violence prevention is an asset.
• Experience in working on child justice is considered an asset.
• 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.
• Fluency in Chinese and English is required.  Knowledge of another official UN language is considered as an asset

For every Child, you demonstrate…

• UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA).
• To view our core competency framework, please visit here.
• Click here to learn more about UNICEF’s values and competencies.

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 be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.