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6 Job Vacancies at United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Nigeria

The Job:

• The Health Manager reports to the Chief Field Office for general guidance and supervision.
• The Specialist is responsible for managing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating and reporting of the health (gender, maternal, neonatal, child survival/development) program/s within the country program and providing technical guidance and operational support throughout the programming process to facilitate the achievement of concrete and sustainable results according to plans, allocation, results based-management approaches and methodology (RBM) and organizational Strategic Plans and goals, standards of performance and accountability framework.

6 Job Vacancies at United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Nigeria

The Job:

• Under the direct supervision of the supervisor, contributes to programme planning, design, implementation and administration of the total programme commitment of the Nigeria Country Office with a particular focus on convergent programming including adolescents and achievement of UNICEF’s Priorities.

6 Job Vacancies at United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Nigeria

The Job

• The purpose of this consultancy is to strengthen and ensure the effective development and deployment of effective and sustainable Education Management Information System towards the establishment of functional EMIS across UNICEF supported States Bauchi, Katsina, Sokoto, Zamfara, Gombe, Taraba, Kebbi, Ebonyi and Oyo according to UNICEF State work plan and monitoring and evaluation framework, contributing to support state level evidence-based planning and tracking the progress achieved through the implementation of education programmes.
• UNICEF activities are implemented in close partnership with government education agencies and civil social partners.

(4) WASH Manager

The Job

• The WASH Manager reports to the Chief field Office 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 Manager 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.

6 Job Vacancies at United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Nigeria

(5) National/International Consultant (Assessment of Communication for Development (C4D) in Basic Education)

The Job:

• The purpose of the consultancy is to organise and coordinate a participatory process to collect and consolidate evidence on knowledge, attitudes and practices that affect school enrolment, retention and completion, which will eventually help in the design of a behaviour and social change communication strategy to support efforts to ensure that marginalized children enrol in school, start at the right age, attend regularly, and complete their schooling with meaningful learning outcomes at all levels of the education sector, especially for girls.
• The main focus of the consultancy are Bauchi, Niger, Sokoto, Borno , Ebonyi ,Bayelsa and Oyo states in Nigeria with view on wider implications and recommendations.

(6) Polio Access Analyst

The Job:

• To support the Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI), Nutrition and other humanitarian related programmes, particularly in high-risk states/local government areas (LGAs) in North-Eastern Nigeria.
• To analyse evolving access issues to align with polio campaigns and reaching every settlement strategy (RES) and Nigeria military-sponsored Reaching Inaccessible Children (RIC).
• Specific attention is to be given to those areas where access is required to ensure that programme delivery is conducted in as safe and secure a manner as possible.
• To support and sustain existing polio campaign and catch up strategies to improve access to areas that are hard to reach and/or inaccessible.
• To support the establishment/development of new opportunities to improve programme access, in particular inaccessible settlements and Nigerian islands in Lake Chad.

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Deacon Anekperechi Nworgu, a seasoned economist who transitioned into a chartered accountant, auditor, tax practitioner, and business consultant, brings with him a wealth of industry expertise spanning over 37 years.