Home-based Consultancy: Global CP AoR Arabic Help Desk

at  UNICEF

Job no: 575055
Contract type: Consultant
Duty Station: Geneva
Level: Consultancy
Location: Switzerland
Categories: Child Protection, Emergency
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
For every child, a champion.

TO QUALIFY AS AN ADVOCATE FOR EVERY CHILD YOU WILL HAVE…

• Master’s degree in social sciences or an area related to Child Protection.
• At least 5 years of experience in Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPHA) programming or CPHA coordination or related fields;
• Experience directly implementing child protection programming, including child protection case management, violence prevention and risk mitigation, etc. in the region desired
• Excellent interpersonal and networking skills
• Fluency in English and Arabic (written and spoken); ability to translate technical child protection documents
• Proven ability to work independently and deliver results
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Research skills; resourcefulness
• Ability to work under pressure
• Excellent understanding of the humanitarian architecture at global and field levels and the transformative agenda
• Familiarity with the work, working methods, and members of country level child protection coordination groups; Former or current participation in or leadership of country level child protection coordination groups in emergency settings is desired
• Familiarity with the work and working methods of country-level child protection coordination groups
• Experience designing and delivering child protection-and/or CP Coordination-related training, particularly in humanitarian contexts, to inter-agency groups desired

PURPOSE OF ACTIVITY/ASSIGNMENT

As part of the Global Child Protection Area of Responsibility’s (CP AoR) efforts to promote locally-led humanitarian responses and ensure greater accessibility to technical support in more working languages among coordination group members, the Global CP AoR employs three decentralized, regional Help Desks (i.e., Arabic, French, and Spanish Help Desks) along with the Global Help Desk. The Arabic Help Desk primarily provides support to countries and coordination groups through the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). In addition, the Arabic Help Desk covers other country requests outside of MENA as necessary and contributes to global policy, standard setting, and capacity strengthening initiatives, with a focus on MENA perspectives and opportunities.
The Global CP AoR Arabic Help Desk provides an on-demand field support service for inter-agency Child Protection Coordination Group Members (i.e., NNGO, INGO, Government, and UN members) through 1) rapid one-on-one, tailored remote support; 2) Communities of Practice (CoP) facilitation, where peers can share and discuss experiences and good practices in Arabic and/or the MENA region; 3) referrals and linkages with relevant regional or global experts and peers; 4) management of an Arabic Child Protection resource library, complementing other existing resource libraries in the region; 5) coaching and capacity strengthening (e.g., identification of needs, organization of learning sessions, and facilitation/co-facilitation; 6) co-development of brief coordination group resources; 7) translation; and 8) any other activities that respond to emerging needs and trends from coordination groups.
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide tailored and timely child protection and coordination support to Arabic-speaking coordination groups and actors involved in child protection in humanitarian action and contribute to regional and global level groups/initiatives of MENA perspectives, needs, gaps, achievements, and opportunities.