Child Protection Information Management Officer

Mission and objectivesAbout us United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realized. We believe that nurturing and caring for children are the cornerstones of human progress. UNICEF was created with this purpose in mind – to work with others to overcome the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease and discrimination place in a child’s path. We advocate for measures to give children the best start in life, because proper care at the youngest age forms the strongest foundation for a person’s future. UNICEF is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to advocate for the protection of children's rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. It is guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and strives to establish children's rights as enduring ethical principles and international standards of behaviour towards children. UNICEF provides long-term humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in 191 countries through country programmes and National Committees. What We Do UNICEF works to protect the rights of every child in South Sudan

Context UNICEF’s programming in South Sudan focuses on addressing urgent humanitarian needs while strengthening fragile national systems. Core priorities include child protection, education, health, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), and social protection. UNICEF supports vaccination campaigns, treatment for malnutrition, and safe water access, while advocating for children’s rights and equity. In child protection, efforts target family tracing, reintegration of children released from armed groups, and care for survivors of violence. UNICEF also expands access to education, particularly for displaced and marginalized children. Through emergency response and long-term systems building, UNICEF remains a critical actor for children’s survival, protection, and development. UNICEF is committed to support humanitarian coordination through the cluster approach. Introduced as part of the humanitarian reform, the cluster approach, aims at ensuring clear leadership, predictability and accountability in international responses to humanitarian emergencies by clarifying the division of labor among organizations and better defining their roles and responsibilities within the different sectors involved in the response. As a member of the IASC, UNICEF work along with national and local stakeholders (including national and local authorities, CSOs, and communities) to support humanitarian coordination and to improve the collective impact of humanitarian response. Whether the cluster approach is activated or not, UNICEF plays a key role in both global and country-level interagency coordination for its areas of programmatic responsibility. As Cluster Lead Agency (CLA) for Nutrition, WASH, CP (co-led), and Child Protection Area of Responsibility (AoR) within the Protection Cluster, UNICEF is committed to fulfil the core functions defined by the IASC when the clusters are activated or when UNICEF is asked to support sectoral coordination. Humanitarian action is of fundamental importance to UNICEF and encompasses interventions aimed at saving lives, alleviating suffering, maintaining human dignity, and protecting the rights of affected populations wherever there are humanitarian needs, as well as interventions addressing underlying risks and causes of vulnerability to disasters, fragility and conflict. UNICEF’s humanitarian action is guided by the Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action (CCCs) which set organizational, programmatic and operational commitments and benchmarks against which UNICEF holds itself accountable for the coverage, quality and equity of its humanitarian action and advocacy and which are mandatory for all UNICEF personnel.

Task DescriptionWithin the delegated authority and under the supervision of Child Protection Specialist or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the UN Volunteer will fill the role of Child Protection Information Management Officer and will: manage the Information Management (IM) function of the Child Protection (CP) Section and the CP Area of Responsibilty (AoR). They are responsible for ensuring IM processes effectively contribute to a well-coordinated, strategic, adequate, coherent, and effective response by participants in the Section and the AoR that is accountable to those who are affected by the emergency. In their effort to enable an efficient and effective response to the humanitarian crisis, the IM Officer is responsible for managing the collection, analysis and sharing of information that is essential for the Section/CPAoR to make informed, evidence-based, strategic decisions and for ensuring they are adequately coordinating with the national level. Key Tasks and Responsibilities 1. Coordination & Representation • As a member of the coordination team, contribute to the effective roll out and monitoring of the core cluster functions (as outlined by the IASC Reference Module) and to the Humanitarian Programme Cycle (HNO, HRP and CCPM). • Support the Child Protection AoR (CPAoR) IM function and ensure effective communication, reporting and engagement. • Represent CPAoR in IM Working Groups at national and sub-national levels, including inter-cluster forums. • Promote harmonized approaches to information management across partners, clusters, and OCHA. 2. Information Management Systems • Develop and implement IM strategies and data collection and analysis plan for CPAoR and UNICEF CP Section that consider the information needs of stakeholders and that are compliant with standards and protocols for ethical data and information management and that is aligned with the national level IM strategy and plans. • Conduct secondary data reviews and design primary data collection tools including designing questionnaires using appropriate tools. • Process, validate, and analyse data to ensure quality and reliability. • Produce and disseminate timely, accurate, and accessible information products. • Maintain secure, shared data storage systems and improve IM products based on feedback. 3. Needs Assessment & Strategic Planning • Working collaboratively with other members of the Cluster at national and sub-national level, contribute to the planning and implementation of needs assessment and analysis, including joint assessments and analysis, as requested. • Analyse needs assessment data to provide required information for the HNO including estimating People in Need (PIN). • Work with sub-national Cluster participants to identify information gaps, agree and implement ways to bridge those gaps by providing technical support to partners. • Map partner presence and support strategic response planning, prioritization, and HRP development. • Contribute to the comparison and alignment of joint needs analysis findings with other AoRs/ Clusters/ Sectors/ Working Groups and participate in developing reports as relevant at sub-national level. 4. Strategic response planning for the CPAoR and the UNICEF CP Section • Implement partner presence mapping at national and sub-national level for the CPAoR and UNICEF CP Section. • Contribute to strategic planning, response prioritization and the development of the HRP or other response plans as relevant, including the formulation of objectives, indicators and targets, prioritizing response modalities and activities, identifying and quantifying inputs and the curation of data. • Monitor and analyse the national and sub-national Cluster financial situation and support financial tracking, • Support and advocate with Cluster partners for financial reporting on the Financial Tracking Service (FTS), • Support evidence-based advocacy and resource mobilization by providing accurate, relevant and timely data, information and information products 5. Implementation and monitoring for the CPAoR and the UNICEF CP Section • Implement and maintain a National and sub-national Cluster monitoring plan and associated databases, including a response monitoring (3/4/5Ws) database that is in line with and contributes to national level databases. • Implement and maintain a National and sub-national UNICEF CP Section monitoring plan and associated databases, including a response monitoring database that is in line with and contributes to UNICEF standardized reporting needs. • Ensure the National and sub-national Cluster/ Sector/ Working Group monitoring plan, and 3/4/5Ws include programme delivery modalities (in-kind, cash, voucher and services). • Support national and sub-national Cluster members to contribute timely and qualitatively to periodic monitoring reports on Cluster/ Sector/ Working Group and OCHA platforms. • Support national and sub-national CP staff members to contribute timely and qualitatively to periodic monitoring reports. • Support monitoring in the areas of information flows, dissemination, processing, analysis and dissemination for the CPAoR and UNICEF CP Section. • Contribute to quantitative and qualitative gap and coverage analysis to identify spatial and temporal gaps, overlaps and coverage of the sub-national Cluster/ Sector/ Working Group humanitarian response. • Monitor adherence to relevant sector quality standards, regulations and codes at sub-national level. 6. Strengthen national and local capacity for the CPAoR and the UNICEF CP Section and accountability to affected populations • Support or implement actions to strengthen local and national leadership and capacity by encouraging participation of local and national actors in the IM activities of the sub-national Cluster/ Sector/ Working Group and providing support to partners to overcome technical and operational challenges in participating in IM activities, • Implement an IM capacity assessment and capacity development plan for sub-national Cluster/ Sector/ Working Group partners and the UNICEF CP Section. • Support accountability to affected populations by encouraging the meaningful participation of affected people, maintaining an effective feedback mechanism and handling complaints appropriately, by ensuring data about the most vulnerable is systematically collected and analysed, and by encouraging partners to work accountably, • Ensure the inclusion of cross cutting issues (age, child protection, disability, gender, gender-based violence (GBV) mitigation and response and HIV & AIDS) in Cluster/ Sector/ Working Group data collection, analysis and dissemination. • Adhere to child safeguarding and PSEA policies including procedures for challenging and reporting incidents. • Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor. Results/expected outputs: As an active UNICEF team member, efficient, timely, responsive, client-friendly and high-quality support rendered to UNICEF and its beneficiaries in the accomplishment of her/his functions, including: 1. Functional IM Systems and Quality Information Products • Established and maintained IM strategy, databases (3/4/5Ws, response monitoring, financial tracking), and secure shared storage systems for CPAoR and UNICEF CP Section. • Regular production and dissemination of accurate, timely, and user-friendly information products (dashboards, maps, analytical reports, fact sheets). 2. Evidence-Based Needs Assessment, Monitoring, Reporting, and Advocacy Tools • Partner presence mapped, data gaps identified and addressed, and joint analysis aligned across clusters/sectors to inform HRP objectives, indicators, and response prioritization. • Operational monitoring frameworks in place (national and sub-national) with partners consistently contributing data for periodic reports (OCHA, HRP, donor updates). • Gap and coverage analyses produced to track response adequacy and adherence to standards. 3. Capacity Strengthening and Accountability to Affected Populations • Capacity development plan for local/national actors implemented, improving participation in IM processes. • Feedback and complaints mechanisms integrated into IM systems, with data on vulnerabilities systematically captured. • Cross-cutting issues (GBV, gender, disability, HIV/AIDS) mainstreamed in all IM activities, ensuring accountability and safeguarding. • Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) perspective is systematically applied, integrated and documented in all activities throughout the assignment • A final statement of achievements towards volunteerism for peace and development during the assignment, such as reporting on the number of volunteers mobilized, activities participated in and capacities developed

Competencies and values Core Values • Care • Respect • Integrity • Trust • Accountability • Sustainability Core Competencies (For Staff without Supervisory Responsibilities) * • Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1) • Works Collaboratively with others (1) • Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1) • Innovates and Embraces Change (1) • Thinks and Acts Strategically (1) • Drive to achieve impactful results (1) • Manages ambiguity and complexity (1) • Professionalism • Integrity • Teamwork and respect for diversity • Commitment to continuous learning • Planning and organizing • Communication • Flexibility • Genuine commitment towards the principles of voluntary engagement, which includes solidarity, compassion, reciprocity and self-reliance; and commitment towards UNICEF mission and vision, as well as to the UN Core Values.

Living conditions and remarksThis is a National UN Volunteer assignment the volunteer is responsible for their accommodation.