Programme Specialist (PSEA) job at United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

Description

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is hiring a Programme Specialist (PSEA) to strengthen UNICEF Uganda’s Ebola response by ensuring that PSEA and safeguarding are fully embedded across programmes and partners. It will help make the response safer, more accountable, and more accessible for affected communities by building partner capacity, strengthening reporting and referral systems, monitoring compliance, and reducing risks of sexual exploitation and abuse. Ultimately, the role will protect the rights and dignity of vulnerable populations while improving the quality and integrity of the emergency response.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Programme Integration

• Integrate PSEA and safeguarding across Ebola response programmes.
• Ensure PSEA is reflected in programme design and community engagement.
• Include prevention messaging in outreach and communication materials.

Capacity Building and Technical Support

• Train partners and frontline workers on PSEA, safeguarding and GBV risk mitigation.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to partners.
• Support partners to strengthen implementation quality and consistency.

Monitoring and Partner Compliance

• Conduct field monitoring of partner activities.
• Review partner compliance with PSEA standards.
• Identify gaps and provide practical support to address them.

Risk Assessment and Mitigation

• Identify and assess SEA and safeguarding risks.
• Contribute to risk assessments, safety audits and mitigation measures.

Complaint and Reporting Mechanisms

• Strengthen safe, confidential and accessible reporting channels.
• Promote awareness of SEA reporting pathways.
• Support community complaint and feedback mechanisms.

Survivor-Centred Response

• Strengthen referral pathways for survivors.
• Promote survivor-centred approaches linked to GBV and child protection services.

Coordination and Partnerships

• Support PSEA coordination within UNICEF and inter-agency platforms.
• Collaborate with government, UN and implementing partners.

Monitoring and Reporting

• Monitor overall PSEA integration across the response.
• Provide regular updates and a final report.

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: Download File JD – Programme Specialist (PSEA) NOC TA.doc

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Education: Master or equivalent (Advanced University Degree) in Social Services, Public Health, International Development, Gender studies and any other related fields.

Work Experience: 5 years of relevant work experience in Child Protection, Protection from sexual exploitation and abuse, Safeguarding, Gender based violence, Humanitarian response, Public health emergency response, Community engagement, Capacity building, Accountability to affected populations, Monitoring and reporting and any other related fields.

Skills: IASC PSEA Minimum Operating Standards, GBV guiding principles, risk Assessment and mitigation, Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) principles, multi-sectoral emergency responses, reporting

Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required.

Desirables:

• Ability to Integrate PSEA into multi-sectoral emergency responses, conduct risk assessments and support mitigation measures, Provide technical guidance and quality assurance.
• Excellent coordination, facilitation, communication and reporting skills
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it.

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UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

• Builds and maintains partnerships
• Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
• Drive to achieve results for impact
• Innovates and embraces change
• Manages ambiguity and complexity
• Thinks and acts strategically
• Works collaboratively with others

Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels.

• Integrate PSEA and safeguarding across Ebola response programmes.
• Ensure PSEA is reflected in programme design and community engagement.
• Include prevention messaging in outreach and communication materials.
• Train partners and frontline workers on PSEA, safeguarding and GBV risk mitigation.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to partners.
• Support partners to strengthen implementation quality and consistency.
• Conduct field monitoring of partner activities.
• Review partner compliance with PSEA standards.
• Identify gaps and provide practical support to address them.
• Identify and assess SEA and safeguarding risks.
• Contribute to risk assessments, safety audits and mitigation measures.
• Strengthen safe, confidential and accessible reporting channels.
• Promote awareness of SEA reporting pathways.
• Support community complaint and feedback mechanisms.
• Strengthen referral pathways for survivors.
• Promote survivor-centred approaches linked to GBV and child protection services.
• Support PSEA coordination within UNICEF and inter-agency platforms.
• Collaborate with government, UN and implementing partners.
• Monitor overall PSEA integration across the response.
• Provide regular updates and a final report.

• IASC PSEA Minimum Operating Standards
• GBV guiding principles
• risk Assessment and mitigation
• Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) principles
• multi-sectoral emergency responses
• reporting
• Ability to Integrate PSEA into multi-sectoral emergency responses, conduct risk assessments and support mitigation measures, Provide technical guidance and quality assurance.
• Excellent coordination, facilitation, communication and reporting skills

• Master or equivalent (Advanced University Degree) in Social Services, Public Health, International Development, Gender studies and any other related fields.
• 5 years of relevant work experience in Child Protection, Protection from sexual exploitation and abuse, Safeguarding, Gender based violence, Humanitarian response, Public health emergency response, Community engagement, Capacity building, Accountability to affected populations, Monitoring and reporting and any other related fields.
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.