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Position(s): PSEA Capacity Building Consultant (Remote/Work from home)
Organization: UNICEF
Job no: 577060
Contract type: Consultant
Location: United States
Categories: Child Protection
Deadline: Nov 15, 2024

Purpose of Assignment

UNICEF is hiring a remote/work from home PSEA Capacity Building Consultant. UNICEF is committed to accelerating protection from sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA) across all humanitarian settings. PSEA is an organization-wide accountability, and UNICEF Child Protection leads and is a key contributor to this work. UNICEF’s Child Protection strategy prioritizes the prevention of violence, which includes prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse. The UNICEF’s Strategic Plan 2022-2025 includes core commitments on PSEA, including within Goal Area 3: Every child is protected from all forms of violence, exploitation, abuse, and harmful practices. The Strategic Plan also includes a strategic enabler on the establishment and strengthening of PSEA systems at country-level, for which Child Protection holds a leading role. In addition, UNICEF’s Child Protection Programme Team serves as the designated lead for the roll-out of PSEA within the Core Commitments for Children and the Emergency Procedures. UNICEF’s PSEA strategy aims to ensure that women and children are protected from SEA and have access to safe and confidential complaints and reporting mechanisms and response systems, including quality survivor assistance and safe and timely investigations.

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As a leader in child protection globally and as an agency mandated to strengthen the protection of children and women, UNICEF is also committed to advancing best practice and evidence-based approaches to support the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) in delivering on the shared PSEA framework commitments. UNICEF actively leads and contributes to PSEA acceleration within the IASC and UN systems, including providing critical support to Humanitarian and UN Country Teams to fulfill their PSEA responsibilities. UNICEF also leads several key initiatives aligned with these shared priorities, which are led by UNICEF’s Child Protection team, whose leadership has been central to advancing PSEA across UNICEF and the IASC.

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Scope of work

Under the supervision of the Child Protection Specialist/ PSEA global technical lead, the consultant will be responsible for completion of the following tasks and deliverables:

1. Rollout and evaluation of the UN Victim Assistance Protocol

Update and disseminate the Victim Assistance Technical Note and support capacity building and training initiatives in target countries.
Assess progress and challenges in implementing the Protocol across countries with humanitarian responses and development contexts and develop summary report with recommendations for accelerating Protocol implementation.

2. Development of PSEA Guidance for UN Mission Drawdowns

Support development of specialized guidance on PSEA in mission drawdowns, with particular focus on victim assistance planning.

3. Support for the Government Framework Rollout

Provide technical assistance for rolling out the PSEA clause and related government framework, focusing on stakeholder engagement and capacity building.

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Requirements

Education:

Advanced university degree (Masters) in the area of public health, social work, political science, human rights and international law or other related degree, or equivalent programming experience.

Work experience and Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required :

5-8 years of previous experience in the areas of child protection, protection from sexual exploitation and abuse, child safeguarding, gender-based violence, human rights and/or a similar area of expertise is required, including within UNICEF and at the inter-agency level.
Previous experience working in humanitarian response and UN mission processes.
Strong facilitation and consultation skills with experience in multi-stakeholder environments.
Familiarity with the UN’s protocols and standards related to sexual exploitation and abuse.
Previous experience in developing high-quality written reports and technical notes, and training packages is required.
Demonstrated ability in work planning and report preparation.
Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment and excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Fluency in written and oral English and French is required. A third UN language would be considered an asset for this role.