National consultant for Child Protection Social Service Workforce Strengthening

The consultant will provide technical inputs and support to the following: 1) Development of a standardized set of competencies for Child Directors, required for delivering child protection services and design a mechanism for supervision and support as well as performance management, which will contribute to a policy brief on strengthening Child Director workforce. 2) Development and implementation of a practical in-service training curriculum for Child Directors to build the basic professional skills to work with vulnerable children and families. 3) Five regional training workshops for master trainers of the Child Director training implemented, aiming to ensure quality roll out of the Child Director in-service training curriculum nationally.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have… 

• A Master’s or higher in Social science, social development studies, humanity or other relevant discipline.
• A minimum of five years of relevant work experience in child protection programming, including strengthening social service workforce, competency based training, programme planning, monitoring and evaluation;
• Self-motivated team worker with a clear drive for results;
• Good interpersonal skills;
• Strong analytical skills;
• Strong writing skills in Chinese and English;
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and independently;
• Ability to work in international and multicultural environment, and to work with cultural sensitivity;
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office software;

Source: https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/576384