Child Protection Specialist, NO-4, Fixed Term Position, New Delhi, India, APR, Post Number #114573 (Open for Indian Nationals Only)
Organizational Context
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential. We are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.
Job Purpose
As a Child Protection Specialist, you will drive UNICEF's efforts to protect children from violence, exploitation, abuse, and neglect while strengthening child protection systems and services. By providing technical expertise, fostering strategic partnerships, and supporting evidence-based programmes and policies, you will help ensure that the most vulnerable and excluded children are protected, empowered, and able to realize their rights and full potential. The Specialist reports to the Chief, Child Protection and supports the development, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and evaluation of child protection programmes/projects. The role emphasizes upstream engagement through policy advocacy, systems strengthening, strategic partnerships, and applying UNICEF's 3Cs approach.
Responsibilities
The Child Protection Specialist reports to the Chief, Child Protection for guidance and general supervision. The Specialist supports the development and preparation of the Child Protection programme(s) and is responsible for the management, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and evaluation of the child protection programmes/projects within the country programme. The role has a strong focus on upstream engagement through policy advocacy, systems strengthening, strategic partnerships, and the application of UNICEF's 3Cs (Convene, Converge, and Catalyze) for Every Child approach. The Specialist provides technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes. The Specialist facilitates the administration and achievement of concrete and sustainable contributions to national and international efforts to create a protective environment for children against all harm, and to protect their rights to survival, development and well being as established under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, international treaties/frameworks and UN intergovernmental bodies. The Specialist contributes to the achievement of results according to plans, allocation, results based-management approaches and methodology (RBM), and UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, standards of performance and accountability framework.
Work Experience
At least 8 years of relevant work experience in Child Protection, social development, upstream programming, policy dialogue, systems strengthening, strategic engagement, and any other related fields.
Skills
child protection, programme management, policy dialogue, systems strengthening, stakeholder engagement, team leadership, UNICEF's 3Cs approach, results-based management, advocacy, partnership building, knowledge management, capacity building