Programme Specialist

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Malawi is ranked fifth in the 2021 Global Climate Risk Index. According to the Children’s Climate Risk Index (UNICEF, 2021), Malawi is among the top forty countries with high climate risk for children and the most vulnerable communities. Malawi is highly susceptible to climate and environmental shocks, including flooding, drought, cyclones, and extreme heat.

Such shocks have recently increased in frequency and magnitude and are among Malawi’s children’s greatest threats. As per UNICEF, ‘Climate Landscape Analysis for Children in Malawi’ report (CLAP) 2022 that climate-related hazards have resulted in the loss of life, displaced thousands of people, and damaged or disrupted roads, health facilities, schools, and power supplies across the country. Malawi also faces frequent outbreaks of cholera, endemic malaria, and the re-emergence of vaccine-preventable diseases such as polio, contributing to a need for a programme response fully responsive to an increased poly-crisis environment.

Support the roll out and implementation of UNICEF action plan for sexual exploitation and abuse at district and community levels.
Facilitate PSEA trainings for District Councils and implementing partner staff, volunteers, in line with the PSEA Training Plan.
Support district and community level partners to provide victim centered, age-appropriate assistance, including psychosocial, medical, safety and legal services, are provided to survivors of SEA via established referral mechanisms at district and community levels.
Support District Councils and UNICEF CSO partners to distribute IEC materials on PSEA and conduct awareness raising sessions using appropriate and child friendly awareness messages and materials for UNICEF staff and partners especially at community district and community level.
Collaborate with implementing partners and programme sections PSEA focal persons to ensure sensitization activities on SEA are implemented across communities and ensure established systems to track and monitor implementation are functional and in use.
In collaboration with HACT and the UNICEF PSEA Focal Person support programme section PSEA Focal persons and partners to ensure SEA risk assessment is conducted and findings are addressed during the programme implementation.
Provide technical support to UNICEF partners including district councils to monitor implementation of policies and procedures, community-based complaints mechanisms, and incident investigations.
Participate in the strengthening of District level PSEA and protection coordination platforms.
Provide technical support to programme sections on integration of PSEA components into key programme documents such as: HAC, HPDs, donor proposals, donor reports, Sitreps and quality assurance activities.
Conduct periodic safety audits to inform the further programming and record lesson learning.

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

Academic qualification:

Advanced university degree in social work, international relations, law, child psychology, or relevant field.

Work experience:

A minimum of 5-8 years of experience with UNICEF and/or other relevant actors, including experience with Protection, GBV and child protection programming in humanitarian contexts.
Extensive work experience outside the humanitarian sector relevant to this post may be considered a replacement for humanitarian expertise.
Experience in conduction trainings, assessments and reporting
Experience in the UN common system is desirable.

Technical skills, knowledge and strength areas:

Knowledge of UNICEF’s core commitments to children in humanitarian action as well as Inter agency documents on PSEA, GBV and CHS.
Ability to work effectively under stress and in emergency settings.
Ability to develop new and nurture existing internal and external networks, partnerships and relationships to deliver results.
Ability to communicate confidently and persuasively, both orally and in writing.
Ability to analyse information, solve problems and make decisions in various contexts
The highest levels of personal integrity and commitment to adhering to required standards of conduct.
Knowledge of results-based management principles is a strong asset.
Good knowledge of MS Office (including PowerPoint, Excel and Word) is essential.

Languages:

Fluency in written and verbal English is required, familiarity with Chichewa will be an asset.

Source: https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/568801

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