About The Position
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. UNICEF is guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and supports governments, communities, families and children to fulfill and enable every child’s right to live from violence and exploitation. UNICEF supports the achievement of multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular Goals 5 (gender equality), 8 (decent work and economic growth), 10 (reduced inequalities), and 16 (peace, justice, and strong institutions). In 2025, UNICEF responded to hundreds of new and ongoing humanitarian situations, including situations of armed conflict. In line with the UNICEF Strategic Plans, including the Child Protection Strategy 2021-2030, and the Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action (CCCs), UNICEF leverages its long-standing comparative advantages, including having a field presence before, during and after conflict to deliver multisectoral support and harnessing its network of partners, including governments, civil society, communities and the private sector. UNICEF prioritizes prevention of recruitment and use of children by armed forces and armed groups (CAAFAG), separation of children from armed forces and groups, and provision of immediate services for the care and protection of children after their release and during reintegration within their families and communities. During 2025, globally UNICEF supported more than 13,000 children who had exited from armed forces or groups with protection, care, family tracing, reunification, and reintegration support.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Social work, child protection, child welfare, international development, anthropology, psychology, law, human rights, related social sciences.
- Minimum 7 years of experience in child protection, humanitarian programme management, and or international development; experience in humanitarian operations in the field an advantage.
- Minimum of 4 years field experience working with CAAFAG.
- Demonstrated experience with programme management, planning, monitoring, and programme frameworks, preferably in child protection.
- Experience with coalitions, coordination and relationship management.
- Experience in data analysis and report writing.
- Strong communication, organizational, inter-personal and leadership, and strategic thinking skills.
- Ability to be flexible and work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment, with complex projects and deadlines from different stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently, take initiative, and identify new opportunities and approaches.
- Strong oral and written English language skills are required.
Nice To Haves
- experience in humanitarian operations in the field an advantage
Responsibilities
- Support Coordination for the Global Initiative on Child Reintegration (GICR)
- Finalize the UNICEF operational plan as the host agency and lead for the GICR
- Support the finalization of the Implementation Modalities for the GICR in consultation with the GICR Task Team
- Operationalize the GICR resource mobilization strategy
- Implementation of the GICR advocacy strategy
- Prepare for testing and adaptation of GICR in selected countries based on learning
- Support delivery of technical support to UNICEF HQ and Country Offices
- Support consolidation of learning on CAAFAG programming
- Support and contribute to the development and realization of research on online recruitment of children
Benefits
- attractive compensation and benefits package
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
