Job Description

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential. 

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone. 

And we never give up. 

For every child, Hope

Purpose of Activity/Assignment:

The objective of this assignment is for expert technical support for countries in West and Central Africa in the reinforcement and/or development of a government and inter-agency owned child protection case management system and as part of strengthening resilient child protection systems across all contexts including climate change, public health emergency and conflict. The main focus will be on the support to governments and inter-agency partners in countries where the child protection information management system (CPIMS+/Primero) is in place. To facilitate cross-border child protection case management (noting the significant number of children in Africa ‘on the move’ for a variety of reasons), the expert will also provide technical support for review and harmonisiation of child protection case management tools that align with international guidelines and good practices. The technical expert will also lead analysis and dissemination of case management data including trends and aligned with existing data protection standards. In order to systematically collect and analyse case management data across contexts, the consultant will support countries in strengthening the disaggregation of data (including age, sex, type of protection issue and context) and aligned with global standards. As case management is undertaken by a social service workforce (SSW), human centered design principles will be employed for their engagement and to help ensure SSW ownership and take-up at national, subnational and cross-border levels.