Child Protection Specialist (Harmful Practice) at the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (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.

They are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Child Protection Specialist (Harmful Practice)

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Summary of key Functions / Accountabilities

• Support child protection system programme planning and implementation.
• Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results on harmful practices.
• Networking and partnership building on harmful practices, including with traditional/religious leaders and women and youth-led groups, to scale-up the Movement for Good to end FGM in Nigeria.
• Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building.

Education

• An advanced university degree in one of the following fields: international development, gender, social norms, human rights, psychology, sociology, international law, or any relevant social science field as it relates to harmful practices and gender issues.

Experience: 

• A minimum of five years of professional experience in social development planning and management in child protection and gender related areas is required.
• At least five years of relevant professional experience with demonstrated track record of having harmful undertaken and led evidence-based programming on child protection, gender, social norms or harmful practices, with a cross-sectoral and adolescent girl focus.
• Experience working on community engagement programmes is considered as an asset.
• Relevant experience in programme development in child protection and gender related areas in the UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset.
• Experience in research and analysis, and especially monitoring and evaluation on gender, adolescents, and harmful practices.
• Experience in both development and humanitarian contexts is considered as an added advantage.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English is required. 
• Knowledge of another official UN language or local language of the duty station is considered as an asset

Application Closing Date
15th July, 2024.