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Contract type: Consultant
Duty Station: Beirut
Level: Consultancy
Location: Lebanon
Categories: Child Protection
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.
UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture., coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.
For every child, Safety
Lebanon’s child protection system has been heavily affected by recent crises, increasing children’s vulnerability - especially in early childhood settings. In response to critical gaps highlighted by recent daycare maltreatment cases, the Ministry of Public Health, in partnership with UNICEF and key stakeholders, has developed a new Child Safeguarding Policy for Daycares. This programme aims to strengthen safety and accountability in daycare facilities by raising awareness of the policy, building staff capacity, and supporting nationwide implementation to ensure consistent safeguarding standards for young children.
How can you make a difference?
Work Assignment Expected Results
Tasks/Milestone
Deliverables/Outputs:
Timeline 20 days
One Meeting with key stakeholders ( syndicate of daycares/ SCI / IRC and UNICEF and MoSA) to develop training material and criteria for the selection of the safeguarding Focal Points from the daycares that will be trained.
Training material developed based on the content of the policy of Child Safeguarding Policy for Daycares.
4 days
End of December 2025.
Online induction training for all 450 FPs from all daycares across Lebanon about the content of the policy and the minimum safeguarding requirement needed in the daycares under MoPH
Online induction session completed.
1 day
January 2026
15 training for FPs in daycares targeting 300 FPs from 300 daycare in Lebanon
15 trainings in all 8 governorates in Lebanon completed.
15 days
June 2026
If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: 2025_Safeguarding Consultant_TOR.docx
Minimum Requirements
UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).
To view our competency framework, please visit here.
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic background, and persons with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization. To create a more inclusive workplace, UNICEF offers paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements. Click here to learn more about flexible work arrangements, well-being, and benefits.
According to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), persons with disabilities include those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual, or sensory impairments which, in interaction with various barriers, may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others. In its Disability Inclusion Policy and Strategy 2022-2030, UNICEF has committed to increase the number of employees with disabilities by 2030. At UNICEF, we provide reasonable accommodation for work-related support requirements of candidates and employees with disabilities. Also, UNICEF has launched a Global Accessibility Helpdesk to strengthen physical and digital accessibility. If you are an applicant with a disability who needs digital accessibility support in completing the online application, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF.
UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.
Remarks
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.
The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.
UNICEF does not charge any fee during any stage of the recruitment process.
Advertised: 27 Nov 2025 Middle East Standard Time
Deadline: 07 Dec 2025 Middle East Standard Time
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Contract type: Consultant
Duty Station: Beirut
Level: Consultancy
Location: Lebanon
Categories: Child Protection
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.
UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture., coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.
For every child, Safety
Lebanon’s child protection system has been heavily affected by recent crises, increasing children’s vulnerability - especially in early childhood settings. In response to critical gaps highlighted by recent daycare maltreatment cases, the Ministry of Public Health, in partnership with UNICEF and key stakeholders, has developed a new Child Safeguarding Policy for Daycares. This programme aims to strengthen safety and accountability in daycare facilities by raising awareness of the policy, building staff capacity, and supporting nationwide implementation to ensure consistent safeguarding standards for young children.
How can you make a difference?
Work Assignment Expected Results
Tasks/Milestone
Deliverables/Outputs:
Timeline 20 days
One Meeting with key stakeholders ( syndicate of daycares/ SCI / IRC and UNICEF and MoSA) to develop training material and criteria for the selection of the safeguarding Focal Points from the daycares that will be trained.
Training material developed based on the content of the policy of Child Safeguarding Policy for Daycares.
4 days
End of December 2025.
Online induction training for all 450 FPs from all daycares across Lebanon about the content of the policy and the minimum safeguarding requirement needed in the daycares under MoPH
Online induction session completed.
1 day
January 2026
15 training for FPs in daycares targeting 300 FPs from 300 daycare in Lebanon
15 trainings in all 8 governorates in Lebanon completed.
15 days
June 2026
If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: 2025_Safeguarding Consultant_TOR.docx
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in law, social science, gender, political science or any related field.
- 10 years of experience in child protection and safeguarding and early childhood.
- Previous experience in developing training materials and facilitation of trainings on child protection and child safeguarding.
- Demonstrated advanced knowledge about early childhood, child protection and child safeguarding issues, with advanced expertise in Judicial protection.
- Proven experience in efficient communication in multinational environments and significant organizational skills in Arabic and English.
- Fluency in written and oral Arabic is required.
UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).
To view our competency framework, please visit here.
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic background, and persons with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization. To create a more inclusive workplace, UNICEF offers paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements. Click here to learn more about flexible work arrangements, well-being, and benefits.
According to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), persons with disabilities include those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual, or sensory impairments which, in interaction with various barriers, may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others. In its Disability Inclusion Policy and Strategy 2022-2030, UNICEF has committed to increase the number of employees with disabilities by 2030. At UNICEF, we provide reasonable accommodation for work-related support requirements of candidates and employees with disabilities. Also, UNICEF has launched a Global Accessibility Helpdesk to strengthen physical and digital accessibility. If you are an applicant with a disability who needs digital accessibility support in completing the online application, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF.
UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.
Remarks
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.
The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.
UNICEF does not charge any fee during any stage of the recruitment process.
Advertised: 27 Nov 2025 Middle East Standard Time
Deadline: 07 Dec 2025 Middle East Standard Time
Back to search results Apply now
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