Child Protection Specialist (Justice for Children)

UNUNICEF — the United Nations Children's Fund is an international non-profit organization that aims to help every child reach their potential in life. UNICEF covers more than 190 countries and territories around the world. UNICEF Burundi has a large country program, and the Social Policy and Advocacy Program (SPA) plays a key role in research and analysis to guide evidence-based policy development and programming for the promotion of children's rights in Burundi.

Burundi is the second most densely populated country in Africa, with a population that is among the youngest, poorest, and most rural worldwide. It consistently ranks near the bottom of the Human Development Index, currently occupying position 187 out of 188 countries ranked. Children make up 48 per cent of the population, and face a range of protection challenges, including high risks of vio-lence, abuse, and exploitation, and limited access to child-friendly justice. UNICEF continues to strengthen the child protection and the justice system at the national and community levels, while developing models of programming to address the needs of the most vulnerable girls and boys, including children without parental care, children on the move, and children living with disabilities. UNICEF is supporting the government in setting up a child-friendly justice system, to make special-ized services available to child victims, perpetrators and witnesses, through advocacy to improve the legal framework, capacity-building for justice and law enforcement actors, strengthening children's access to quality legal aid, and support for the reintegration of children in conflict with the law.

Under the direct supervision of the Child Protection Specialist (Justice and Birth Registration), the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:
- Plan, monitor and evaluate interventions in the field of justice for children, in collaboration with colleagues and external partners.
- Provide technical support and operational guidance to government and NGO partners for effective implementation of program activities to strengthen child-friendly justice at coun-try level.
- Create and maintain strategic and operational partnerships necessary for the conduct of ac-tivities under his/her responsibility notably with Justice and Law Enforcement actors.
- Represent UNICEF to the government and partners in the human rights and justice sectors.
- Contribute to resource mobilization efforts for the implementation of interventions in the field of justice for children.