Country: Myanmar
Closing date: 03 Aug 2017
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UNICEF works in 190 countries and territories to protect the rights of every child. UNICEF has spent 70 years working to improve the lives of children and their families. Defending children's rights throughout their lives requires a global presence, aiming to produce results and understand their effects. UNICEF believes all children have a right to survive, thrive and fulfill their potential – to the benefit of a better world. For every child, Protection from all forms of Violence, Abuse and Exploitation.
In recent years, Myanmar has seen an increase in reported cases of girls and boys who experience violence. This is in part due to efforts of the Government and civil society partners to initiate and strengthen referral mechanisms at community level to social work responses. In 2015, following the adoption of the National Social Protection Strategy at the highest level of Government, a formal social work case management system (one of the flagships identified in the national strategy) was established in the Department of Social Welfare (DSW). Increasingly, DSW is recruiting, training and deploying social workers who are assigned to receive and follow up on referrals of violence against children. Despite the limited reach of DSW given its lack of a presence across the country, 1330 cases have been referred to their social work case managers, who are cooperating with local NGOs and line ministries and departments to respond. Increasingly, the social work response of DSW is being linked to a range of needed actions, moving the government and partners away from an issue driven approach to a cross-cutting systems approach that addresses a range of vulnerabilities. Furthermore, ongoing discussions with the Police and Judiciary indicate that increases in child protection cases are recognized as a critical area to strengthen their capacity to respond in coordination with other protection actors and to build trust with communities around the evolving justice responses for children. In Myanmar’s criminal justice system, it is increasingly acknowledged that underlying causes of child offending are often related to psychosocial or socio-economic issues that child and family are facing, necessitating the need for a better partnership with child protection and welfare actors in order to successfully tackle the problem and ensure prevention. All of these shifts in thinking and public demand have helped demonstrate the need for better specialization of justice system professionals to work on most prevalent issues (including child sexual abuse and GBV cases, prevalent offences committed by children), increase focus on prevention and while doing so, establish systematic cooperation with social work case managers, health system practitioners and providers of specialized services to support girls and boys. Experiences from the previous country programme demonstrate that increased cooperation with UNODC and UNDP on rule of law reform, ensuring that UNICEF is in the lead on issues relating to children should continue.
How can you make a difference?
You will support in the capacity building of the justice sector and focus on promoting specialization of police, judiciary and prosecution. While doing so, the position aims to draw on linkages with the social welfare social work capacity in order to develop a comprehensive child protection system. The position also contributes to the development of legal and policy reforms related to the areas of justice sector capacity building and specialization, and supports shaping of UNICEF’s contributions to broader justice sector and rule of law reforms.
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To qualify as an advocate for every child, you will have…
For every Child, you demonstrate…
Our core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.
This position is classified as “rotational” which means the incumbent is expected to rotate to another duty station upon completion of their tour of duty,
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified candidates from all backgrounds to apply.
How to apply:
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organization. To apply, click on the following link http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/?job=506018