Saturday, September 24, 2016

Latest Job Vacancy at The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Saturday 24, September 2016

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) – For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children’s survival, protection and development. The world’s largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.


If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world’s leading children’s rights organization would like to hear from you.


We are recruiting to fill the position below:


TA CHILD PROTECTION IN EMERGENCIES MANAGER, P-4


Job Number: 499287

Location: Borno Maiduguri Nigeria

Work Type: Temporary Appointment


PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

The overall objective of the post is to manage the child protection in emergencies response in North East Nigeria and to lead the scale up of UNICEF’s response to the acute and complex child protection needs in the newly accessible areas in Borno State.

Output 36: By 2017, the capacity of key institutions and civil society is strengthened to monitor and report violence against children especially in humanitarian context and implement gender and age-appropriate prevention and response measures in at least three states.


MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Manage the Child Protection Section’s Emergencies Programme and rapidly growing team in Borno and Yobe States

Scale up and strengthen UNICEF’s response for children affected by the armed conflict in the North East of Nigeria with a focus on child protection case management, unaccompanied and separated children, children associated with armed groups, survivors of conflict related sexual violence, psychosocial support and mines risk education

Supervise the expansion of the child protection programme in the newly accessible areas and put in place contingency measures for rapid expansion as additional areas become accessible

Oversee and expand partnerships with state and non state bodies

Mobilise and manage resources for the North East, ensuring timely implementation of donor funded programmes, donor reporting and adherence to visibility requirements

Represent UNICEF on inter-agency coordination mechanisms


QUALIFICATIONS OF SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE

Education:

Advanced degree in Social Work, Social Science, Development or related field

First university degree with additional two-years of relevant work experience is acceptable in lieu of an advanced university degree.


WORK EXPERIENCE:

A minimum of 8 years of experience in child protection programming and/or programming in emergencies

A minimum of 3 years of experience in child protection programming in emergencies

Experience of programming for unaccompanied and separated children and children associated with armed groups is desirable

Experience of managing teams

Excellent communication skills

Proven ability to work independently under difficult conditions


Language:

Fluency in English

Competencies of Successful Candidate


CORE VALUES:

Commitment

Diversity and inclusion

Integrity


CORE COMPETENCIES:

Communication (II)

Working with people (II)

Drive for results (II)


FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES:

Leading and supervising (I)

Formulating strategies/concepts (II)

Analyzing (III)

Relating and networking (II)

Deciding and initiating action (II)

Applying Technical Expertise (III)

Remarks


The successful candidate for this emergency recruitment MUST be available to commence work within 31 days of receiving an offer.

Please note that Maiduguri is a non-family duty stationn

This position is based in Borno, Nigeria, with travel to Abuja, Yobe and Adamawa


CLICK HERE TO APPLY


DUE DATE: 29 September, 2016




Latest Job Vacancy at The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Saturday 24, September 2016

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