UN VOLUNTEER DESCRIPTION OF ASSIGNMENT
Preamble:
The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is the UN organization that promotes volunteerism tosupport peace and development worldwide. Volunteerism can transform the pace and nature ofdevelopment and it benefits both society at large and the individual volunteer. UNV contributes to peaceand development
elopment by advocating for volunteerism globally, encouraging partners to integrate volunteerism
into development programming, and mobilizing volunteers
volunteers.
In most cultures volunteerism is deeply embedded in long
long-established,established, ancient traditions of sharing andansupport within the communities. In this context, UN Volunteers take part in various forms of volunteerism
and play a role in development and peace together with coco-workers,
workers, host agencies and local communities.
In all assignments, UN Volunteers promote vo
volunteerism
lunteerism through their action and conduct. Engaging involunteer activity can effectively and positively enrich their understanding of local and social realities, aswell as create a bridge between themselves and the people in their host community. This will make thetime they spend as UN Volunteers even more rewarding and productive.
1. UNV Assignment Title:

Child Protection Officer, Children with disabilities- For promoting the rights of children with disabilities and enhancing basic
service delivery -2. Type of Assignment:International UN Volunteer

3. Project Title:

Child Protection, Social services for children with disabilities

4. Duration:

12 months

5. Location, Country:

Tajikistan

6. Expected Starting Date:

ASAP

7. Brief Project Description:
In line with the equity agenda, in 20122012-2013,2013, the child protection program focuses on the most vulnerable
children: children without parental care (especially those below 3 years of age), children with disabilities,
children affected by violence and children in conflict with the law. UNICEF will focus on strengthening
sector reform for social protection and justice for these most vulnerable groups of children throughsupporting the government in three main ways: 1) policy reform; 2) sservice
ervice delivery; 3) capacity building.
The institutional and human capacity of the relevant sectors are strengthened for stronger coordination,
adoption of common strategies, data collection and analysis, development of a continuum of integrated
services andnd effective communication for social change. The program is implemented in partnership withrelevant government counterparts at the national and district level, donors and other key players under thecoordination of the National Commission on Child Rights (NCCR).. Support is provided to boost theinstitutional and human capacity of the NCCR. Service delivery is strengthened through decentralised
implementation in the priority districts.
In the area of the Child Care System Reform, UNICEF support
supports the Government in developing a national
policy framework and in planning for its implementation, with a focus on prevention of placement ofchildren under 3 in institutions, and promotion of community based rehabilitation services for children withdisabilities. Priority is given to building capacity of child protection/social protection staff in data collection,
coordination, detection, assessment, referral, and follow up of placement of children.
children Capacity building
focuses on emphasising early interventiintervention
on services for prevention of institutionalisation whenever possible
and ensuring that children stay in institutions for the shortest possible time if this is the only option.
Guidelines are developed and trainings provided to facilitate development of a monitoring system and topromote proactive collaboration in case management among social protection, health, education and childprotection bodies in the selected priority districts.

As part of a joint UN programme, UNICEF support
supported the Ombudsman’s Officee to establish a child rights
department for better monitoring of the rights of children in Tajikistan, especially children in institutions, aswell as conduct sensitive research for informed policy development. UNICEF’s Child Protection
Programme continues to encourage stronger coordination and adoption of common strategies among key
national and international partners especially with the EU, GIZ, and Soros Foundation. Furthermore,UNICEF advocates for inclusion of children’s issues in all relevant rule ooff law initiatives.
8. Host Agency/Host Institute: UNICEF Tajikistan Country Office
9. Organizational Context:
UNICEF aims to contribute to protecting children’s rights to survival, development, protection andparticipation, with a particular emphasis on the most vulnerable.The current UNICEF Tajikistan Country
Programme spans across 2010-2015
2015 and consists of four programme components and a fifth componentfocused on support. The four programme components are Child Survival and Development, Basic
Education and Gender Equality, Child Protection, and Policy and Planning. The latter programme also
supports the three sectoralctoral programmes and consists of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), Social andEconomic Policy, and Communication and Partnerships.
The UNV will be working with the UNICEF Child Protection Section which is responsible for implementing
the Child Care System
em Reform Project among others, working in close cooperation with the Health,
Education, Communication,, Social Policy and the Monitoring
onitoring and Evaluation sections within UNICEF..
UNICEF.
To implement planned activities under Child Protection Program, especially for the Child Care Reform
Project, UNICEF Tajikistan works primarily with the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection ofo theRepublic of Tajikistan and its affiliated institutions, such as the Scientific Research Centre for Social
Protection, Innovation
nnovation Centre, Agency for Social Protection, and others. The programme also collaborates
with the district level partners. Development partners such as UN Agencies (UNDP, UNWomen, UNDESA,,etc) and GIZ, EU, and others are also involved. UNICEF also collaborates
aborates with international NGOs suchas the Handicap International and Operation Mercy, as well as local NGOs such as the Association ofParents with Children with Dsiabilities. Qualified specialists will also be hired to undertake actual
assignments and will be supervised by the Chief of Child Protection Section. The UNV will closely workwith the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection
Protection,, development partners and UNICEF staff as well as theother partners as needed in carrying out the required tasks.
UNICEFNICEF is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to advocate for the protection of children'srights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. UNICEF
is committed to ensuring special protection for the most disadvantaged children - victims of war, disasters,extreme poverty, all forms of violence and exploitation and those with disabilities.

10. Type of Assignment Place: family
11. Description of tasks:
Under the direct supervision of the Chief of Child Portection, UNV will undertake the following tasks:
Enhance UNICEF work related to child care reform and especially to children with disabilities by:•Disseminating information about and carrying out awareness raising campaign related to UN
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) using readily available tools such
as Its about ability;•Overseeing development of informational materials related to rights of CWD working incollaboration with MLSP, local NGOs, and Assoc
Association of Parents with CWD;

•Supporting the Child Protection Section in drafting backgrounds documents,documents good practices andthother documents needed in preparation of the 4 Child Protetion Forum on Disabilities;•Supporting enhanced delivery and use of basic services for CWD at the local/district level incollaboration with the priority districts
districts,, and relevant NGOs within the Community Based
Rehabilitation Framework;;•

Supporting work with the Assocatiation of Parents with Children with Dsiabilities andestablishment
shment of new ones at the jamoat level to promote their voluntary participation inrehabilitation
habilitation of CWD and involvement in local decision-making at the priority district;•Undertaking monitoring visits to the districts and writing monitoring reports and humanhuinterest stories;•Providing inputs into the work related to Ombudsman’s Office as it relates to protection ofthe rights of children especially CWD.

Furthermore, in accordance with UNV’s policy & programmes and UNV regional Pragramme Strategy,UNV volunteers
lunteers are encouraged to:• Work closely with UNV FU&PO, in order to contribute to development of youth policy andpromotion of volunteerism of GoRT;• Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant
UNV and external
ternal publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events thatmark IVD);• Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country;• Reflect on the type and quality of voluntary action that they are undertaking, including participationin ongoing reflection activities;• Contribute articles/write-ups
ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites,
newsletters, press releases, etc.;• Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for new
newly-arrived UN Volunteers;• Work with UNV FU for contributing to the UNV Country Team’s knowledge management throughorganising workshops on successful articles writing;• Collaborate with UNV FU to organize events and formulate small projects for promoting
volunteerism
lunteerism and youth participation into projects and/or activities;• Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering, or encourage relevant local
individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technicallypossible.
12. Results/Expected Output:
Upon completion of the assignment, the UN Volunteer will demonstrate that:•Information about UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) is
disseminated and awareness raisied for its ratification and implementation;•Informational materials related to rights of CWD are developed, printed, disseminated;•Backgrounds documents, good practices and other documents needed in preparation of the 4Child Protetion Forum on Disabilitie
Disabilities are drafted;•Delivery and use of basic services for CWD at the local/district level are enhanced incollaboration with the priority districts, and other relevant partners;•Role of Association of Parents with Children with Disabilities is enhanced and they areempowered to be involved in national and local level decision making processes
prandrehabilitation activities for their children on a voluntary basis;•Monitoring reports and human interest stories are written;th•

Environment for youth volunteerism espe
especiallycially for children and youth with disabilities isenhanced;•Inputs into the work related to Ombudsman’s Office are provided as needed (on issues related toprotection of the rights of children especially CWD);

13. Qualifications/Requirements:• University degree in international human rights;• At least 2-3 years of experience
xperience in child protection, child rights areas with a focus on rights ofpeople with disabilities, and general child protection issues;• Experience working in other countries in child protection issues;• Demonstrated ability in assisting research and documentation of good practices;
practices• Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively in a multicultural team;• Ability to perform and deliver results under tight deadlines;• Knowledge of Word, Internet, E
E-mail, etc.;• Excellent knowledge of English, knowledge of Tajik is an asset.
14. Living Conditions:
The UN Volunteer will be based in Dushanbe with travel from time to time to project areas. Dushanbe hasa population of around 1 million (total population in Tajikistan being around 8 million). The official language
is Tajik, although there are some other languages spoken by various ethnic groups. English is not spoken
by many in the Dushanbe-area,area, However, Russian is also useful, especially with the older generation,
population outside the capital and in normal interaction with taxi drivers, shopkeepers etc.
et Houses orapartments are available for rent. Living conditions are considered quite good, and improving rapidly.
There are good hotels and restaurants which offer various types of food and supermarket chains which
offer most things needed by internationinternationals living in Dushanbe. Dushanbe has many economic and social
facilities at a reasonable price but occasionally influenced by commodity prices in Moscow. Security isrecently relatively calm. There is no immediate threat of violence but security environment
environmen could be volatile,
depending on security situation in northern Afghanistan due to influx of militant groups to the easternborder. As a mountainous area, occasional slight earthquakes can be felt. Summers, between May andSeptember, are very hot ranging from 30 to 40C, while winters, from November to March, are relatively
cold and dry with little snow; spring time (March, April) is usually rainy. International UNV for this position is
expected to be flexible with volunteer spirit sufficient to survive and enjoy the life in the country whereavailability of electricity and water is ocasionary limited.

15. Conditions of Service
A 12 - monthly contract; monthly volunteer living allowance (VLA) intended to cover housing, basic needsand utilities, equivalent
nt to US$ 1,777 (for a single volunteer), US$ 2,027 (for a volunteer with onedependant) or US$ 2,227 (for a volunteer with 2 or more dependants); settling
settling-in--grant (if applicable); life,
health, and permanent disability insurance; return airfares (if applapplicable);
icable); resettlement allowance forsatisfactory service.

Description of Assignment prepared by the Project Manager/UN Agency:
Siyma Barkin Kuzmin; Chief, Child Protection UNICEF Tajikistan
Approved by: Laylee Moshiri,, Representative
Representative, UNICEF Tajikistan Country OfficeDate: 8 February 2013

Description of Assignment approved by UNV Country Office Teams/Support Office:Keiichi Sato, UNV PO
Date: 11 Feburary, 2013
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