Child Protection Specialist

The Child Protection Specialist leads and supports programmes addressing violence against children, strengthens response services and case management systems, and drives sustainable results that uphold children's rights and well-being. The role involves programme development, management, monitoring, reporting, and evaluation within the country programme, focusing on response to all forms of violence against children.

Responsibilities

• Support to programme/project development and planning.
• Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results.
• Technical and operational support to programme implementation.
• Networking and partnership building.
• Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building.

Requirements

• Master or equivalent (Advanced University Degree) in International Development, Social Work, Psychology, Sociology, Human Rights, International Law, or another relevant social science field.
• A minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience in child protection, programme development, case management, gender-based violence, justice for children, program management, monitoring and evaluation, partnership building, advocacy, capacity building and social work-related areas is required.
• Monitoring and Evaluation skills.
• Experience in Child Protection, Psychology, Social Science, Social Work, International Development.
• Fluency in French and Malagasy, and intermediate level of English is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish) is desirable.
• Humanitarian experience, results-based management, case management systems, social service workforce strengthening, justice for children, interagency coordination is desirable.
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts is desirable.

Skills

• Child Protection
• Program Development
• Case Management
• Gender-Based Violence Awareness
• Justice for Children
• Programme Management
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Partnership Building
• Advocacy
• Capacity Building
• Social Work
• Psychology
• Social Science Research
• International Development
• Result-Based Management
• Case management systems
• Social Service Workforce Strengthening
• Inter-agency Coordination

Languages

French, Malagasy, English