Child Protection Officer

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Under the direct supervision of the Child Protection Specialist in charge for output 1 (enabling environment) the incumbent will support the child program to approach its data work more systematically. She/he will be responsible to provide technical support and oversight to Government partners to operationalize and use systems and tools to generate data, and to spearhead new solutions to improve data for children. The incumbent will focus on providing support to Government to analyze and use the data generated from the existing platforms and systems (e.g. Primero, and CPIMS) to further inform planning, policy making and advocacy, and to take stock of the progress made against the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), and other relevant human rights mechanisms recommendations. Internally, she/he will support the child protection section to improve the generation and use of data, by regularly analyzing trends in critical areas and will provide technical guidance to monitor the Child Protection program against outcome and output indicators. Finally, she/he will support to evidence generation initiatives of the section, in collaboration with the research and evaluation manager and other relevant colleagues.
Summary of Key Functions/Accountabilities:

Technical support to Government institutions to regularly generate data and evidence using existing digital systems, such as Primero and CPIMS to inform programming and advocacy.
Coordinate evidence generation initiatives for the child protection programme
Support the internal data monitoring and reporting processes for the section, including through coordination and quality assurance

Technical Support to Government Institutions to regularly generate data and evidence using existing Digital Systems, such as Primero and CPIMS to inform Programming and Advocacy:

Collate and analyze administrative data on child protection and maintain a statistical overview of priority indicators and trends
Prepare periodic analytical reports on progress being made to inform policy, advocacy and programming and support utilization data and evidence for policy advocacy, including through development of policy briefs and developing partnerships with key Ministries and NGOs to advocate for policy reforms
Liaise with the social policy team of UNICEF to use data and evidence to reform public policy for children, focusing on budgeting for child protection
Provide technical oversight to Government to operationalize Primero digital case management system, including through capacity building
Support Government and NGOs, to coordinate through interoperability and improve referral processes across different case management system

Coordinate Evidence Generation Initiatives for the Child Protection Programme:

In collaboration with relevant output managers, technical child protection officers, and with the research and evaluation manager, coordinate the evidence generation initiatives (e.g. surveys, evaluation, studies, etc) of the child protection programme, with focus on strengthening new data and evidence that can inform UNICEF strategies in the next country program;
Collaborate with other sections to analyse linkages between CP outcomes and other child rights related indicators (e.g. data on violence in schools, data on health outcomes linked to harmful practices) and feed data and analysis into the child protection program strategies, and UNICEF cross-sectoral priorities.
In collaboration with the T4D specialist, explore the application of new technologies to fill data and evidence gaps in child protection

Support the Internal Data Monitoring and Reporting Processes for the section, including through Coordination and Quality Assurance:

Ensure timely and quality preparation of the section inputs to mid-year and end-year reporting process
Regularly monitor and record progress against child protection program outcome and outputs indicators, identifying challenges and gaps to be addressed through programming
Work with output managers to document best practices and human-interest stories for the child protection program
Perform any other duty related to M&E that may arise throughout the year.

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

Advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: development studies, sociology, international relations, and/or related fields,
Relevant trainings in data science, and/or in qualitative and quantitative reach an asset.

Experience:

A minimum of two years of professional experience in child protection, case management, social policy, information/data management, advocacy, M&E are required.
Experience working with digital case management system or digital other systems, and/or managing data through technology required.
Experience in research and evaluation is considered an asset.
Relevant experience in programme development in child protection related areas in a UN system agency or organization an asset.

Language:

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

Source: https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/568689

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