Job Title: Education Officer
Organization: UNICEF
Job no: 557180
Contract type: Fixed Term Appointment
Duty Station: Maiduguri
Level: NO-2
Location: Nigeria
Categories: Education
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.
And we never give up.
For every child, education
In Nigeria, UNICEF works in a complex humanitarian and
development setting to fulfill and protect children's rights in partnership
with government, civil society, children and families. UNICEF Nigeria is
one of the largest UNICEF Country Offices globally - click the link to learn
more about UNICEF in Nigeria: https://www.unicef.org/nigeria/
How can you make a difference?
Under the supervision of Education Specialist, the
Education Officer provides professional technical, operational and
administrative assistance throughout the programming process for education
programmes/projects within the Country Programme from development planning to
delivery of results, preparing, executing, managing and implementing a variety
of technical and administrative programme tasks to facilitate programme development,
implementation, programme progress monitoring, evaluating and reporting
Summary of key functions/accountabilities:
1. Support to programme
development and planning
2. Programme
management, monitoring and delivery of results
3. Technical
and operational support to programme implementation
4.
Networking and partnership building
5.
Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
To view the full job description, please refer to the
attached…
Education
Officer, Maiduguri.doc
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will
have…
- A
university degree in a subject area relevant to information management is
required.
- A
minimum of two years of professional experience in programme planning,
management, and/or research in education is required.
- Experience
working in an emergency context is considered as an asset.
- Fluency
in English and working knowledge of the local language at the duty station
are required.
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust,
Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we
do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: https://uni.cf/UNICEFValues
UNICEF competencies required for this post are...
UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and
Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with
People and Drive for Results.
The UNICEF competencies required for this post are...
- Demonstrates
Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1)
- Works
Collaboratively with others (1)
- Builds
and Maintains Partnerships (1)
- Innovates
and Embraces Change (1)
- Thinks
and Acts Strategically (1)
- Drives
to achieve impactful results (1)
- Manages
ambiguity and complexity (1)
To view our competency framework, please visit here.
Click here to learn more
about UNICEF’s values and competencies.
UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged
children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those
children. The
UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their
race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion,
nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.
We offer a wide
range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave,
breastfeeding breaks and reasonable
accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the
use of flexible working arrangements.
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 is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding
of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous
reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these
standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of
academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be
required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.
Remarks:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to
the next stage of the selection process.
UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance.
Appointments are also subject to inoculation (vaccination)
requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Government employees that
are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from
their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves
the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if medical
clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met,
within a reasonable period for any reason.
Advertised: 15 Nov 2022 W. Central Africa
Standard Time
Deadline: 28 Nov 2022 W. Central Africa Standard Time
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