Child Protection Officer, NO-2, Fixed Term Position, #00118347, Antananarivo, Madagascar

UN Children's Fund - UNICEF

Staff Closes 08 Oct 2026 8 days left

Overview

The Child Protection Officer provides technical, operational, and administrative support for child protection programming, focusing on strengthening and scaling up evidence-based approaches for the prevention of violence against children.


Key Responsibilities
  • Support to programme development and planning
  • Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results
  • Technical and operational support to programme implementation
  • Networking and partnership building
  • Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
Required Experience

Two years of relevant work experience in Child Protection, Social and Behavior Change, Programme Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, Partnerships, Violence prevention, Community engagement, School safety, Capacity building, Partnership development or any other related field is required. Experience in developing countries, experience in humanitarian contexts, experience in a multilateral agency and programme development in Child Protection are assets. Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.

Qualifications

Completed Bachelor or equivalent (First Level University Degree) in International Development, Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Law, Social Work, Social Science, human rights, social and behavioral change or any other related field.

Other Details
Languages Required
Proficiency in French and intermediate English knowledge are required.
Languages Preferred
Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.
Contract Duration
Fixed Term Position
Work Modality
Not specified
Remuneration
Not specified
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