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United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Job Opening, May 8th 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:
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