Technical Support to Strengthen Child Online Protection in EAP Region

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• Guide the engagement of UNICEF EAPRO on child online protection and child rights in the digital sphere, including on AI, in line with the UNICEF’s global strategic framework;
• Provide technical support on child online protection for country offices, including on advocacy, programming and the review of draft legislation, policy and plans of action, with a non exclusive focus on Safe Online grant recipient countries;
• Identify opportunities for and provide technical guidance for UNICEF Country Offices on the implementation of the ASEAN Regional Plan of Action and supporting guidelines on victim support and on legislative review and reform;
• Provide in country technical support in priority countries to support the advancement of the child online protection agenda (three country missions – indicative Indonesia, Pacific, Viet Nam);
• Represent UNICEF on key global and regional fora and events relevant to EAPRO strategic priorities for child online protection, including participating in expert groups set up to test principle-based guidance, tools and approaches; and
• Attend (virtually) the global UNICEF Cross-Divisional Task Team on COP, biannual planning and review meetings, bi monthly regional and bi weekly section Child Protection team meetings, and provide technical inputs into regional planning and reporting discussions and documents.

• Conceptualise and execute the end of term assessment of implementation of the ASEAN Regional Plan of Action on the Protection of Children from all forms of Online Exploitation and Abuse in support of ASEAN and in collaboration with the UNICEF Country Offices, including technical support for consultations with children and young people;
• Provide the technical leadership and support for the development of adjusted and new provisions for the second or extended ASEAN Regional Plan of Action on the Protection of Children from all forms of Online Exploitation and Abuse including drafting, facilitating consultations;
• Support the roll out of ASEAN Guidelines on legislative reform and on victim support;

• Master’s degree in law, social sciences, anthropology, evaluation or related field
• 8 years of professional experience in a relevant field(s)
• Demonstrated expert and up to date knowledge of child online protection
• Demonstrable excellent organizational skills
• Experience in multi country research
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Proven high quality writing skills (fluency in English) and excellent communication skills

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