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For every child, protection from violence
Since 1950, UNICEF has supported the most important transformation for children and adolescents in Brazil. UNICEF Brazil with its main office in Brasília and nine field offices UNICEF works in close partnership with national and sub-national government, corporate partners, youth, and civil society organizations. For information of the work of our organization in Brazil, please visit our website: UNICEF Brazil.
How can you make a difference?
The Child Protection Specialist will be based in the Rio de Janeiro Office, reporting to the national Chief, Child Protection and working in close coordination with the Chief Field Office in Rio de Janeiro.. The Specialist will also work in close coordination and alignment with the national Child Protection team to support programme design and planning), with a special focus on strategies aimed at tackling violence against children in contexts of armed violence, and to collaborate with the implementation, monitoring, reporting, and evaluation of results within the country programme. The Specialist will contribute to the achievement of concrete and measurable results through results based-management approaches and methodology (RBM), and guided by UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, including Child Protection Strategy, Country Development Plans, Rio de Janeiro’s Strategic Framework and standards of performance and accountability framework.
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To qualify as a champion for every child you will have:
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For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS).
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Child Safeguarding
Child safeguarding involves proactive measures to limit direct and indirect collateral risks of harm to children, arising from UNICEF’s work, UNICEF personnel or UNICEF associates. The risks may include those associated with physical violence (including corporal punishment); sexual violence, exploitation or abuse; emotional and verbal abuse; economic exploitation; failure to provide for physical or psychological safety; neglect of physical, emotional or psychological needs; harmful cultural practices; and privacy violations.
Certain UNICEF positions present elevated child safeguarding risks (“elevated risk roles”) and candidates and/or incumbents may be subject to more rigorous vetting and training. Roles may be elevated risk roles because of significant unsupervised direct contact with children, their data, having a role in responding to safeguarding incidents, or being otherwise assessed as presenting an elevated risk.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.
UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children.
Remarks:
This job opportunity is presential and for Brazilians nationals only or international candidates with a work permit for Brazil.
Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: No requirements