Vacancies at the United Nations Children's Fund, 23rd October, 2018

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UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential. Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone. We are recruiting to fill the position below:     Job Title: WASH Specialist - P4 Job Number: 517226 Location: Abuja Work Type: Fixed Term Staff How can you make a Difference?

• The WASH Specialist reports to the Chief WASH Level 5 for general guidance and direction.
• The Specialist supports the Chief in managing the WASH section, and in leading the development, preparation, management, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the WASH programme within the country programme.
• The Specialist provides technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes, to ensure the achievement of the WASH-related output results in the country programme.
• The Specialist provides authoritative advisory services to government and sector support agencies, and interacts with government at senior levels and with senior staff in the International Development Banks.

Key Function, Accountabilities and Related Duties/Tasks Management support to the Chief of WASH:

• Advise the Chief of WASH in establishing the annual work plan and annual workplan outputs, activities and developmental priorities of WASH section staff, determining priorities and performance measurements. Monitor workplan implementation, to ensure that WASH output results are achieved to schedule and performance standards.  Report critical issues to the Chief of WASH for timely action.
• Provide technical advice to WASH section staff on all aspects of programming and implementation.

Programme development and planning:

• Draft the WASH inputs for the situation analysis.  Provide comprehensive and current data to inform WASH policy and programme development, planning, management and implementation. Keep abreast of WASH sector developments, for maximum efficiency and effectiveness in WASH programme design, management and implementation.
• Work collaboratively with internal and external colleagues and partners to discuss national WASH priorities, resources, strategies and methodologies to ensure the most strategic use of the collective resources of external support agencies.
• Participate in strategic WASH programme planning discussions and the formulation of the WASH outcome and output results, related indicators, baselines, targets and means of verification, ensuring alignment with the UNICEF's Strategic Plan, UNICEF's global WASH strategy and the country programme as well as government plans and priorities, and the role of other WASH external support agencies.
• Prepare WASH donor proposals, ensuring alignment with the WASH output results in the country programme.

Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results:

• Draft documentation for programme reviews and analytical statements on progress and constraints of WASH outcome and output results.
• Provide technical and operational support throughout all stages of programming processes for the achievement of the WASH output results.  Ensure effective collaboration with other UNICEF sectors, where needed.
• With other external support agencies, analyze national government WASH sector programmes and projects, with a focus on WASH outcomes (behaviors), using bottleneck analysis tools available in the sector (WASH-BAT, CSOs, SDAs).
• Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises, programme reviews and annual sectoral reviews with government and other partners and prepare reports for the Chief of WASH and CO management.
• Monitor, report and certify the use of sectoral programme resources (financial, administrative and other assets), verify compliance with approved allocations, organizational rules, regulations/procedures and donor commitments, standards of accountability and integrity. Report issues to the Chief of WASH, for timely resolution.
• Prepare sectoral progress reports for management, donors and partners.

Advisory services and technical support:

• Participate in strategic discussions to influence national WASH policies and strategies, including the reduction of inequalities, contributing global sector learning.
• Advise senior officials in government, NGOs, UN agencies and WASH sector donor agencies on WASH policies, strategies and best practices.
• Draft policy papers, briefs and other strategic materials for use by management, donors, UNICEF regional office and headquarters.
• Plan for the use of technical experts from the Regional Office and HQ, as and where appropriate in the WASH programme, through remote support and on-site visits.

Advocacy, networking and partnership building:

• Build and strengthen strategic partnerships with government counterparts, UN agencies, donor agencies, WASH institutions, NGOs, research institutes and the private sector to stimulate coordination and collaboration.
• Support analysis of national budgets for WASH, cost analysis and value-for-money studies, to advocate for improvements in sector efficiency.
• Produce materials for WASH programme advocacy to promote awareness, establish partnerships and support fund-raising.
• Participate in inter-agency discussions, ensuring that UNICEF's position, interests and priorities are fully considered and integrated in the planning and agenda setting.
• Interact with global and regional initiatives and partnerships for WASH.

Humanitarian WASH preparedness and response:

• Manage all aspects of UNICEF's preparedness for WASH in emergencies.
• Ensure the coordination arrangements for humanitarian WASH are in place, for instant robust coordination in case of an emergency.
• Ensure that all UNICEF WASH staff are familiar with UNICEF's procedures for responding in an emergency.
• Take up leadership/managerial role in an emergency response and early recovery, as and when the need arises.

Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building:

• Manage the implementation, monitoring and documentation of WASH action research and innovation (technical or systems), ensuring rigorous monitoring and wide sharing of results.
• Prepare learning/knowledge products, covering innovative approaches and good practices, to support overall WASH sector development.
• Support the professional development of UNICEF WASH staff, to ensure our sector capacity remains up-to-date with latest developments.
• Initiate and contribute to the systematic assessment of WASH sector capacity gap analysis, in collaboration with government and other stakeholders, and support the design of initiative to strengthen capacities systematically.
• Participate as a resource person in capacity building initiatives to enhance the competencies of clients/stakeholders.

Requirements To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• A Master's Degree in public health, social sciences, behavior change communication, sanitary engineering or other specialist field related to WASH is required.
• A minimum of eight years of professional work experience in WASH-related programmes for developing countries, including one year deployment in a developing country.
• Oral and written proficiency in English is required.  Knowledge of another official UN language or a local language is an asset.

Technical requirements:

• Rural water supply for low- and middle-income countries - including water safety, sustainability
• Rural sanitation for low- and middle-income countries, including sustainability; applying CATS principles
• Urban sanitation for low- and middle-income countries, including sustainability
• Handwashing with soap
• WASH-in-Schools and Health Centers
• Menstrual hygiene management
• National government WASH policies, plans and strategies
• Analysis of national budgets and expenditure for basic WASH, and related advocacy

For every Child, you demonstrat

• UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

View our competency framework at:http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply     Job Title: TA Education Specialist P4, (6 months) Job Number: 517166 Location: Abuja-Nigeria Work Type: Temporary Appointment How can you make a difference?

• Under the guidance and general supervision of the Senior Education Specialist / GEP3 Manager (Level 5), the Specialist supports the development and preparation of the Education programmes and is responsible for managing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating and reporting the progress of education programmes/projects especially the Girls Education Project Phase 3 (GEP3) and the Educate a Child (EAC) project as technical lead, within the country programme.
• The Specialist provides technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes to facilitate the administration and achievement of results on education programmes/projects to improve learning outcomes and equitable and inclusive education, especially for children who are marginalized, disadvantaged and excluded in society.

Key Functions, Accountabilities and Related Duties/Tasks Support to programme development and planning:

• Assist supervisor set priorities, strategies, design and implementation plans. Keep abreast of development trends to enhance programme management, efficiency and delivery.
• Participate in strategic programme discussion on the planning of education programmes. Formulate, design and prepare programme proposals for the sector, ensuring alignment with UNICEF's Strategic Plans and Country Programme and coherence/integration with the UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF), regional strategies and national priorities, plans and competencies.
• Prepare required documentations for programme review and approval.
• Work closely and collaboratively with internal colleagues and partners to discuss strategies and methodologies, and to determine national priorities to ensure the achievement of concrete and sustainable results.
• Provide technical and operational support throughout all stages of programming processes and to ensure integration, coherence and harmonization of programmes/projects with other UNICEF sectors and achievement of results as planned and allocated.

Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results:

• Plan and collaborate with internal colleagues and external partners to establish monitoring benchmarks, and performance indicators to assess/strengthen performance accountability, coherence and delivery of concrete and sustainable results for the assigned interventions and output areas of the education programme.
• Participate in monitoring exercises, programme reviews and annual reviews with the government and other counterparts to assess progress and to determine required action/interventions to achieve results.
• Prepare and assess monitoring and evaluation reports to identify gaps, strengths and weaknesses in programme management.
• Identify lessons learned and use knowledge gained for development planning and timely intervention to achieve goals.
• Actively monitor programmes/projects through field visits and surveys, and exchange information with stakeholders to assess progress, identify bottlenecks and potential problems, and take timely decisions to resolve issues and/or refer to relevant officials for timely resolution.
• Monitor and verify the optimum and appropriate use of sectoral programme resources (financial, administrative and other assets) confirming compliance with organizational rules, regulations/procedures and donor commitments, standards of accountability and integrity, ensuring timely reporting and liquidation of resources.
• Prepare and contribute to regular and mandated programme/project reports for management, donors and partners to keep them informed of programme progress.

Technical and operational support to programme implementation:

• Provide technical guidance and operational support to government counterparts, NGO partners, UN system partners and country office partners and donors on interpretation, application and understanding of UNICEF policies, strategies, processes and best practices and approaches on education and related issues to support programme management, implementation and delivery of results.
• Participate in education programme meetings including programme development and contingency planning to provide technical and operational information, advice and support.
• Draft policy papers, briefs and other strategic programme materials for management use

Networking and partnership building:

• Build and sustain effective close working partnerships with relevant government counterparts, national stakeholders, global partners, donors, and academia through active networking, advocacy and effective communication to build capacity, exchange knowledge/expertise and to reinforce cooperation to achieve sustainable and broad results on education programmes.

Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building:

• Apply and introduce innovative approaches and good practices to build the capacity of partners and stakeholders and to support the implementation and delivery of concrete and sustainable programme results.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of policies and procedures to ensure optimum efficiency and efficacy of sustainable programmes and projects.
• Organize and implement capacity building initiatives to enhance the competencies of clients/stakeholders to promote sustainable results on education and related programmes/projects.

Technical Competencies Technical competencies must be demonstrated in the following areas:

• Understanding of the overall global development context, including issues such as: poverty, conflict and the impact of these factors on education and vice-versa; and inter-sectoral approaches to address such issues in collaboration with other sectors (including Social Policy, Child Protection, Nutrition, WASH, Health, and Communications within UNICEF).
• Programme management in education, including programme design, costing, value for money monitoring and evaluation and reporting.
• Education sector planning knowledge/ability, including the range of modalities for delivering education, linkages between different sub-sectors (e.g. ECD, Primary, Inclusive Education), cost-effectiveness and efficiency issues, key institutional structures, components and processes, as well as governance issues with a focus on school based governance and management.
• Ability to support policy dialogue: translation of analytical findings and evidence into development programme and policy discussions around equity and learning with partners, including government, development partners, CSOs and academia in relevant areas.
• Education and policy sector analysis capacity, including understanding of the core education data sets and indicators; tools for analysis of equity; determinants of student access and learning; budget, costing, and financial management in education systems; political economy; and education policy and strategic planning.

Job Requirements To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have:

• An advanced university Degree in one of the following fields is required: Education, Economics, Psychology, Sociology, or another relevant technical field.
• A minimum of eight years of professional experience in programme planning, management, and/or research in education is required.
• Experience of working with Government departments and understanding of government systems will be an advantage.

UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results: View our competency framework at: http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply     Job Title: TA Reporting Officer, P2 (364 days) Job Number: 517169 Location: Abuja Work Type: Temporary Appointment Key Expected Results/Major Responsibilities

• Work with relevant programme sections and operations (as required) in the preparation of high quality funding proposals and donor reports by standardizing formats, contents and ensuring adherence to donor requirements.  Provide quality assurance of reports and proposals.
• Maintain and improve a donor proposal database to track fundraising against programme needs and to inform the RM Specialist on development, submission status of proposals and to monitor funding received and utilized.
• Support the UNICEF team through information sharing and donor visit preparation and execution when required. Research and identify new and non-traditional funding sources, as appropriate, including humanitarian pooled/basket funds (e.g. Central Emergency Response Fund, Human Security Fund).
• Provide assistance in the lessons learnt from UNICEF's operations experience for adoption of the best practices and standards for subsequent interventions. Collate and analyse data from national and field office locations, and prepare trend analysis.
• Support effective engagement with key partners and donors, establish an online partnership database with up to date in-country and HQ donor contacts, funding profiles and current regional/global funding status.
• Other duties to support the Office as may be required.

Qualifications To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have:

• Education: University degree in Social Sciences, Development Planning, Planning, Evaluation, Survey Implementation, Advanced Statistical Research or related field.
• Work experience: At least five years of relevant professional work experience at the national and/or international levels in programme/project development, planning, implementation, and/or monitoring.
• Language Proficiency: Fluency in English. Knowledge of other official UN language an asset

For every Child, you demonstrat

• UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

View our competency framework at:http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply   Application Deadline 6th November, 2018   Note

• UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.
• 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.
• UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

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