Child Protection Officer (Reporting)

Manage MONUSCO child-protection reporting in Goma by harmonizing records of grave violations, safeguarding confidential sources, verifying field reports, producing submissions for mission and Security Council audiences, training personnel, supporting child DDR and justice follow-up, and coordinating referrals.

Department: Child Protection Section, Child Protection/Reporting Unit

• Harmonize collection and entry of grave-violation data with UNICEF and the CTFMR
• Draft accurate reports for MONUSCO leadership and international child-protection bodies
• Protect the confidentiality, neutrality and security of information and sources
• Verify daily, weekly, monthly, flash and incident reports with field offices
• Conduct field visits to document grave violations against children
• Advise child DDR processes on protection standards and priorities
• Support judicial follow-up involving child victims, witnesses and alleged offenders
• Train mission and civil-society personnel and coordinate child referrals

• Knowledge of Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism reporting and strong spreadsheet and database capability
• Experience managing, entering, extracting and analysing data
• Knowledge of human rights and child protection issues
• Practical experience in child-rights or human-rights programming, advocacy and training
• Field experience in armed-conflict settings
• English and French proficiency
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and follow safeguarding and data-protection standards

• UN Volunteer assignment based in Goma, a non-family duty station with security constraints
• Field visits may be required to gather evidence of grave violations against children