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They are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Child Protection Specialist (Harmful Practice)
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Summary of key Functions / Accountabilities
- Support child protection system programme planning and implementation.
- Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results on harmful practices.
- Networking and partnership building on harmful practices, including with traditional/religious leaders and women and youth-led groups, to scale-up the Movement for Good to end FGM in Nigeria.
- Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building.
Education
- An advanced university degree in one of the following fields: international development, gender, social norms, human rights, psychology, sociology, international law, or any relevant social science field as it relates to harmful practices and gender issues.
Experience:
- A minimum of five years of professional experience in social development planning and management in child protection and gender related areas is required.
- At least five years of relevant professional experience with demonstrated track record of having harmful undertaken and led evidence-based programming on child protection, gender, social norms or harmful practices, with a cross-sectoral and adolescent girl focus.
- Experience working on community engagement programmes is considered as an asset.
- Relevant experience in programme development in child protection and gender related areas in the UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset.
- Experience in research and analysis, and especially monitoring and evaluation on gender, adolescents, and harmful practices.
- Experience in both development and humanitarian contexts is considered as an added advantage.
Language Requirements:
- Fluency in English is required.
- Knowledge of another official UN language or local language of the duty station is considered as an asset
Application Closing Date
23rd July, 2024.
Deadline: July 23, 2024
Job Features
Job Category | Child Protection Specialist |