Overview
National consultant to provide technical support for child protection programme activities aimed at strengthening the quality of sustainable, integrated protection services, including birth registration for children in Tanah Papua, Indonesia.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical support to monitor implementation of recommendations from the integrated services assessment in 2025, including the roll-out and application of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for integrated child protection services and Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA).
- Support strengthening protection services for women and children (UPTDPPA and other services), including capacity building of the social service workforce.
- Strengthening coordination mechanisms, referral pathways, and community-based prevention approaches.
- Provide technical support in achieving the RPJMN target on birth registration.
- Provide technical support to subnational governments to strengthen policy, planning, programming, and budgeting processes related to the child protection system.
- Support the development of strategies for programme sustainability and scale-up, including documentation of lessons learned and practical recommendations for replication.
Required Experience
- At least 5 years of working experience in service delivery relevant to social welfare, child protection or related field.
- Practical experience on child protection case management is an asset.
- Experience in UNICEF’s children rights and protection, women and girls’ empowerment, gender, disability and social inclusion’s concept is an advantage.
- Demonstrated understanding of government functions to social work reform and child protection and relevant legal framework.
- Demonstrated understanding of Papua context in program and regulations related to child protection and have experiences working in Papua Provinces.
- Knowledge on monitoring and evaluation including information management system for child protection.
- Relevant experience in child protection and related areas, program/project development and management in a UN system agency / UNICEF is an asset.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree on social work, psychology, or related field
