Re-advertised: Child Protection Specialist, N0-3, Fixed Term, Ankara, Türkiye, Post # 87009

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

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For every child, the right to Hope

The Child Protection Specialist reports to the Chief, Child Protection for guidance and general supervision. The Specialist supports the development and preparation of the Child Protection Programme(s), in particular work on strengthening the Government’s capacity to reform legislative, regulatory, and budgetary frameworks. It provides strategic guidance and oversight to diversion and restorative justice and child-friendly legal aid and child labour; and is responsible for the management, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and evaluation of one child protection output within the country Programme.
The Specialist provides technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes. Incumbent facilitates the administration and achievement of concrete and sustainable contributions to national and international efforts to create a protective environment for children against all harm, and to protect their rights to survival, development and well being as established under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, international treaties/frameworks and UN intergovernmental bodies.
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