Job Opportunity at United Nations Children’s Fund
(UNICEF) Nigeria 2015
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Nigeria is supporting
the Government of Nigeria to strengthen prevention of and
response all forms of violence against children. In particular,
assistance will be provided to strengthen the child protection
system, including through modelling the system in four States,
in order to demonstrate the impact of a well-functioning child
protection system, to
develop a common model for
operationalizing the Child Rights Act at State level and to
develop standardized tools, including regulations, working
protocols and training manuals to govern the system.
If you are a passionate and committed professional and want to
make a lasting difference for children, the world’s leading
children’s rights organization would like to hear from you.
Job Title: National Education Consultant
VN No.: VN-NGR-35-2015
Locations: Adamawa, Borno and Yobe
(Consultant for each duty station)
Type of Appointment: Special Service Agreement (SSA) for a
months.
Purpose of the Consultancy
- The overall objective of the programme is to oversee and
provide support to the implementation of the Safe Schools
Initiative through engagement and interphase with state
coordination committee, government partners and fellow
development partners in the coordination of SSI Implementation.
Major Tasks to be Accomplished
- Liaise and coordinate with SSC, SUBEB, and Ministry of
Education to support lDP children’s learning in the camps.
- Collaborate with the state level education stakeholders and
attend State level Safe School Initiative (SSI) Coordination
Committee meetings, document and share the minutes to UNICEF
Abuja office
- Facilitate planning, execution, and logistics of ToTs and
Step-down training of teachers in collaboration with Local
Government Education Authorities (LGEs), State Universal Basic
Education Boards (SUBEB) and State Ministries of Education
(SMoE) In the SoE state.
- Regularly communicate with UNICEF Abuja Office education
staff responsible for the SoE state and discuss issues of
concern on the Implementation of SSI project in lDP camps
- Monitor the use of SSI project resources, ensuring
successful implementation of the project and provide monthly
report on the status of the SSl project.
- Liaise with SoE SUBEB and State Ministry of Education in
support provision for assessment of lDP children in host
communities.
- Ensure that the project is implemented and realized in a
timely manner in line with objectives and planned activities
outlined in respective proposals.
- Undertake regular assessment of new lDPs children and track
and keep record of the school age children
- Establish a database of children enrolled in grades and per
gender as well as number of teachers, their qualifications and
grades.
- Establish a routine schedule of site visits to monitor SSI
project operations, record keeping, collection of statistics
and tracking forms, attendance rates, out of school children,
classrooms in use, activity designs, and implementation.
- Support and monitor distribution of Education supplies
including School-in-a-Box kits and School-in-a- Bag through
procurement, tracking distribution and monitoring of use.
- Conduct regular assessment of lDP children attending
schools for quality assurance,
- Identify training needs of teachers and education personnel
in SoE State and provide technical support through interphase
with state actors including Colleges of Education, SoE state
MOE and SUBEB in organizing pedagogical, organizational, and
logistical support in trainings.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualification
- An advance Degree in Education, Economics, Evaluations,
Social Sciences and or related discipline
- Minimum of 5 years working experience in relate field
- Formulating strategies and concepts – Works strategically
to realize goals; sets and develops strategies;
- Analyzing – Analyzes numerical data and all other sources
of information, to break them into component parts, patterns
and relationships; probes for further information or greater
understanding of a problem; makes rational judgments from the
available information and analysis; demonstrates an
understanding of how one issue may be a part of a much larger
system.
- Deciding and initiating action – Takes responsibility for
actions, projects and people: takes initiative and works under
own direction; initiates and generates activities and
introduces changes into work processes; makes quick, clear
decisions.
- Familiarity with North East state context
- Communication – Speaks fluently English and main local
language; presents information with skill and confidence;
projects credibility; structures information to meet the needs
and understanding of the intended audience; presents
information in a well-structured and logical way.
- Relating and networking – Easily establishes good
relationships with external partners and staff builds wide end
effective networks; relates well to people at all levels.
- Drive for results – Sets high standards for quality of
work; independently monitors and maintains quality of work;
works in a systematic, methodical and orderly way; consistently
achieves project goals; focuses on the needs and satisfaction
of internal and external partners; accepts and tackles
demanding goals with enthusiasm.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidate should submit their
application, accompanied by an updated CV in English and a
completed United Nations Personal History Form
to: nrecruit@unicef.org
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