Mission and objectives

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 fulfil their potential. Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

Context

UNICEF promotes the rights and welfare of all children and adolescents in everything we do. Together with our allies, we work in 190 countries and territories to transform this commitment into practical actions that benefit all children, especially focusing our efforts on reaching the most vulnerable and excluded, worldwide. UNICEF works to put the rights and well-being of the most disadvantaged children at the heart of the social, political, and economic agenda, in line with our equity focus, working across our organization and with our partners in government, civil society and the private sector to support shifts in public policy, fuel social engagement, and increase investment for children. The UNICEF Latin America and Caribbean Regional Office (LACRO) is based in in Panama, operating in 36 territories, including 24 country offices. The LACRO Child Protection Section supports UNICEF country offices to protect all children from violence, abuse and exploitation in all contexts and including those who are on the move, in alternative care and in contact with the law. The Child Protection Section co-leads the flagship result for all countries in the region to eradicate violence against children, and a priority result to respond to children on the move. UNICEF has a vision to be an organization that puts data, monitoring and knowledge management to work to achieve results for children and fulfil their rights, and the strengthening of knowledge management systems, monitoring and use of data are key enablers to achieve this vision. The UNICEF LACRO Child Protection section currently has several knowledge management products, specifically an internal and external website, ebulletin, document library, learning webinars, and face to face meetings. Based on demand from the country offices, the section has developed and implemented a knowledge management strategy that specifically aims to ensure that UNICEF staff (and partners) have access to the latest information in a timely manner to better inform their programmes. The Knowledge Management (KM) strategy indicates continuing support for the maintenance of the document library, maintenance and adjustments as needed to the website, as well as continuing and improving existing products and promote innovations models to learn and share knowledge. While the strategy is comprehensive, the effort for implementation needs to continue to be ‘light’. To get to this point, it is necessary to have a consultant design, operationalize, test, adapt and establish the structure. UNICEF as an organizatio,n currently has a range of monitoring systems and tools, including programme monitoring tools and systems to track progress against core standard indicators (CSIs), and indicators within country programmes, country programme documents (CPDs) in The Results Assessment Module (RAM). Within UNICEF’s Strategic Plan (2022- 2025), Goal Area 3 includes specific outcomes and result areas related to Child Protection, with global, regional and country progress measured towards these outcomes through Strategic Plan indicators. This progress is monitored annually, in LAC and globally, and involves support to country offices (COs) in terms of quality assurance, as well as eventual analysis and use. UNICEF LACRO Child Protection can draw on support from LACRO Planning and Monitoring as well as the HQ Planning and Evidence Building unit.

Task Description

Under the direct supervision of Child Protection Regional Adviser, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks: • Maintain knowledge management products, including a monthly e-Bulletin, document library on Sharepoint, support to webinars, and maintenance of the internal and external websites • Support the LACRO child protection section in facilitating knowledge gathering, exchange and use across areas of child protection, and across sectors on themes of violence against children, child marriage, systems strengthening, justice for children, migration and humanitarian action. • Support the regional office and country office teams to strengthen monitoring of child protection results and outcomes, including violence against children (VAC), child marriage, Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPHA), children on the move and Justice. This may include compilation and analysis of a range of datasets from various sources, including but not limited to programme monitoring data (CSIs, RAM) and survey data Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey/ Demographic and Health Surveys (MICS/DHS). • Support regional and country office teams with quality assurance of country office monitoring and reporting through webinars, indicator guidance and training • Where useful, generation of and support to data visualizations (infographics, dashboards in PowerBI), in collaboration with LACRO Planning and Monitoring where relevant • Support the LACRO child protection section in facilitating knowledge gathering, exchange and use across areas of child protection, and across sectors on themes of violence against children, child marriage, systems strengthening, justice for children and migration Results/Expected Outputs 1. LACRO Child Protection’s knowledge management strategy in place and in line with the technical requests of the LAC UNICEF country offices, considering a light, effective and easy to manage knowledge management system that reinforces LACRO’s technical leadership role in child protection in the region. 2. An internal platform established to strengthen data collection, monitoring and reporting related to child protection, with an emphasis on violence against children and migration, CPHA, consisting of regular learning opportunities (webinars) for COs and products. 3. Regular production of useful analysis of monitoring data for Regional Office (RO) and Country Office (CO) teams.

Competencies and values

Core Values: Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS). Care: We are mindful of each other’s well-being, professional growth, and development. We recognize that our staff are often working in stressful environments where insecurity and risk are a daily fact of life. Respect: We treat each other with the same level of thoughtfulness we want for ourselves, and we promote diversity, inclusion and a sense of belonging for all. Integrity: We act ethically, with honesty and transparency, setting the highest standards for ourselves as we work together and with partners, donors and the global community. Trust: We depend on and believe in each other to act in line with the core values and mission of UNICEF and in the best interests of children. Accountability: We hold ourselves and each other responsible for our behaviors; this means being answerable for our actions. Sustainability: We apply environmental sustainability in our personal life and at work, including in the design and implementation of UNICEF activities, so that our work protects the planet and its resources for the children we serve, now and in the future. Core Competencies • Builds and maintains partnerships: Build a network of external stakeholders and alliances with government counterparts, civil society, the media and the private sector, in order to promote and advance the work of the organization. • Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness: Self-aware of own strengths, limitations, working style and deeply held convictions and biases. Displays ethical awareness through behaviours that are consistent and compliant with the standards of conduct for international civil servants, UNICEF’s values and relevant UNICEF policies and procedures. • Drive to achieve results for impact: Commits to action and assumes responsibility and ownership for own performance and the associated outcomes. • Innovates and embraces change: Is open to and proposes new approaches and ideas. Adapts and responds positively to change • Manages ambiguity and complexity: Demonstrate resilience and composure, get things done despite challenges and maintain performance levels in pressured, adverse and uncertain environments. • Thinks and acts strategically: Understands the big picture and is able to identify potential opportunities for action and challenges that exist. Forms sound evidence-based judgements in the delivery of UNICEF’s results. • Works collaboratively with others: Establish and maintain mutually supportive working relationships, demonstrating sensitivity to people of diverse backgrounds, respecting differences and ensuring that all can contribute and succeed.

Living conditions and remarks

In addition to duty station specific vaccine requirements, appointments are subject to confirmation of fully vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the appointment. It does not apply to UN Volunteers who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their contracts. UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for UN Volunteers with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process and afterwards in your assignment.

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements