[Hiring] Consultancy for Technical Assistance to Strengthen Diversion, Probation and Alternative Measures for Children in the Turkish Child Justice System @AGORA

Role Description

Under the EU-funded project “Protective and Restorative Approaches for Children in Judicial Processes in Türkiye” (Direction for Children / Çocuklar için YÖN), the assignment will provide high-level international technical expertise to:

• Design, pilot, monitor and refine structural tools.
• Develop procedural guidelines.
• Create specialized reintegration and rehabilitation programmes.
• Establish capacity-building frameworks for the Turkish child justice system.

Qualifications

• Education: Law, Human Rights, Criminology, Forensic Sciences, Public Policy, or a relevant field.
• Work Experience: Minimum 10 years of international professional experience in child protection sector reform, child-friendly justice systems and juvenile criminal justice policy.
• Language Requirements: Fluency in written and spoken English is mandatory.
• Knowledge/Expertise/Skills:
  • Extensive experience designing, implementing or evaluating child-sensitive diversion mechanisms, restorative justice frameworks and non-custodial alternative measures across multiple jurisdictions.
  • Demonstrated expertise authoring or peer-reviewing SOPs, risk/needs assessment tools, and evidence-based cognitive-behavioral rehabilitation programmes for juveniles.
  • International advisory experience with UN agencies (including UNICEF), the EU, the Council of Europe or major international human-rights organizations in similar reform projects.
  • Strong experience in capacity-building frameworks, Training of Trainers models and nationwide roll-out/scaling blueprints for public justice sectors; excellent drafting, analytical and policy-formulation skills.
• Desirables: Knowledge of the Turkish justice context or regional context is an asset. Strong analytical, organizational, interpersonal and coordination skills; computer literacy; sensitivity to ethics, child rights, diversity and gender.

Requirements

• UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it.
• UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does.
• UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence.
• 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.
• All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Benefits

• Diverse opportunities for professional and personal development.
• Attractive compensation and benefits package.

Company Description

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.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture.