Child Protection Consultant, Maseru, Lesotho, 12 months, UNICEF Office to the AU & ECA (Secondment to ACERWC secretariat), office-based, #594140

Overview

Develop practical, state-facing tools to operationalize ACERWC’s reporting checklist, ensuring alignment with thematic priorities and data needs of Special Rapporteurs on Violence Against Children and on Harmful Practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and deliver a targeted technical workshop on quality periodic and complementary reporting, and implementation of ACERWC’s recommendations on VAG, HP, and SRHR, incorporating guidance on engagement by the SR-VAC and SR-HP.
• Sensitise policymakers, including the Committee, on emerging forms of VAG in the digital space, drawing on the normative frameworks developed by the SR-VAC and SR-HP, and generate advocacy materials that highlight nuanced issues of girls' welfare and SRHR through an intersectional lens.
• Produce evidence-based advocacy material examining survival-driven transactional sex among pregnant and parenting adolescent girls as a form of VAG and an SRHR violation, strengthening both ACERWC's and the Special Rapporteurs' monitoring frameworks on this issue.

Required Experience

A minimum of 5 years of progressive professional experience in human rights, child rights, gender justice, or related fields. Knowledge of child rights. Demonstrated expertise in African regional human rights mechanisms, particularly the African Union human rights system, and relevant AU normative frameworks. Familiarity with gender equality and disability inclusion principles. Knowledge of SRHR policy frameworks and their intersection with child rights, including a gender-transformative and intersectional analytical approach to girls’ rights. Proven experience in research, legal analysis, policy development, or treaty body engagement. Experience in legislative analysis, comparative law research, or law reform processes in the African context.

Qualifications

Advanced university degree (LL.M or equivalent) in human rights law, international law, gender studies, or a closely related field.

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