• Provide strong leadership to child protection coordination, engaging key stakeholders at national and sub-national levels.
• Collaborate with OCHA, the Protection Cluster led by UNHCR, and child protection actors to coordinate inter-agency needs assessments to map out priority child protection issues.
• Build capacity for CP cluster partners at the national and sub-national levels and ensure a standardized response.
• Strategically plan to address child protection needs and ensure the centrality of protection with other clusters.
• Advocate for child protection in humanitarian initiatives across fora and in funding opportunities.

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Requirements:

• Advanced university degree, or equivalent experience, in social work or child psychology, international law, or other relevant field.
• A minimum of 8 years experience in either the UN and/or NGO, in program and cluster coordination, especially in emergency settings, and with a relevant protection background.
• Fluency in English and Knowledge in Arabic is desirable

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UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness(3)Drive to achieve results for impact(4)Innovates and embraces change(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity(6)Thinks and acts strategically(7)Works collaboratively with others.(8)Nurtures, leads and manages people is for supervisory role.