UNICEF Job Recruitment 2022/2023 – United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (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 of:
Job Title: Health Manager (Immunization), P4
Job No: 547315
Location: Abuja
Contract Type: Fixed Term Appointment
Level: P – 4
Categories: Health
Job Description
- Under the direct supervision of the Health Manager, P5, the incumbent will be responsible for professional leadership and innovation in the development, planning, implementation, delivery, monitoring, evaluation and oversight management of the Routine Immunization programme in conjunction with the Primary Health care Systems strengthening and Maternal, New-born and Child Health components within the country programme to achieve the UNICEF’s immunization goals and objectives for the country.
Job Responsibilities
- Contributes towards the preparation of the Situation Analysis by overseeing collection, analysis and evaluation of information, and providing the technical guidance and input. Ensures the timely preparation of the Situation Analysis related to Immunization (EPI) interventions in the country including COVID 19 vaccination roll out and its periodic update. Coordinates to make quality contributions to other related interventions (e.g. Measles, Health and Nutrition) as part of the integrated immunization activities.
- Ensures the quality sectoral input to the Country Programme Document (CPD) and all related documents (e.g. Plan of Operations, Project Plans of Action, Country Programme Summary Sheet) of the immunization programme.
- Collaborate with other UNICEF sectors, particularly Health, Nutrition, WASH and programme communication to ensure integration of the Immunization Programme with other interventions (e.g. malaria).
- Participates with UNICEF, Government, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and other partners in the development of the immunization strategies and approaches. Ensures achievement of strategic results in line with agreed Annual and Country Programme objectives and adopts corrective action to meet programme/project objectives.
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- Contributes to the identification, development and dissemination of new strategies, methodologies, approaches and tools for improving programme delivery with emphasis on project management, evaluation, sustainability of intervention and community participation based on Human Rights framework and cross sector approach, in collaboration with other partners (e.g. WHO).
- As Immunization Manager, exercises managerial and technical leadership for and participates in the development of the results-based sectoral work plan and technical decisions as well as for administration, implementation, monitoring and follow-p of sectoral project activity, consistent with the defined project strategies and approaches.
- Ensures objectives and targets are timely met and achieved meeting the requirements and quality standards, through full coordination between activities, by leading and supporting a team of professional and support staff.
- Meets with national and international agencies overseeing the management of programmes/projects.
- Participates in meetings with ministries responsible for programme/project review, and follows up on implementation of recommendations and agreements, and integration of gender mainstreaming across sectors.
- Undertake field visits to monitor programmes as well as participates in periodic programme reviews with government counterparts and other partners. Identifies necessary action for programme adjustments.
- Provides technical advice and assistance to government officials and implementing partners in the planning and management of the immunization programme and ensure sustainability of interventions.
Job Requirements
- Candidates must possess a minimum of a Master’s Degree in Medicine, Public Health, Pediatric Health, Global/International Health, Health Policy and Management, Family Health, Socio-medical Sciences, Health Education, Epidemiology, or other fields relevant to immunization.
- A minimum of eight years of professional work experience at the national and international levels in developing, planning, programming, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and managing of health/Immunization programmes.
- Professional work experience in a managerial position, or a technical expert position in child survival & health care preferred.
- Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
- Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
Competencies
- Builds & maintains partnerships
- Demonstrate self-awareness and ethical awareness.
- Innovates & embraces change
- Drive to achieve results for impact
- Manages ambiguity and complexity
- Thinks and acts strategically
- Works collaboratively with others
- Nurtures, leads and manages people.
Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply online
Job Title: Nutrition Sector Coordinator, P4
Job No: 547503
Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Contract Type: Fixed Term Appointment
Level: P – 4
Categories: Emergency Programme
Job Description
- As part of Unicef’s Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian action, the Nutrition Sector Coordinator is expected to provide leadership and support to the Nutrition coordination structure in the north-east Nigeria.
- On behalf of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Humanitarian Co-ordinator in Nigeria and UNICEF as the lead agency for the IASC Nutrition Cluster and in collaboration with the State Authorities, the Nutrition Sector Coordinator will facilitate a timely and effective nutrition response in Nigeria and ensure that the capacity of national and local institutions is strengthened to respond to and coordinate emergency-development-peace building nutrition interventions that demonstrate results and achieve impact.
Job Responsibilities
- Maintain a coordination mechanism that facilitates the effective achievement of the Sector functions and the requirements of the Humanitarian Project Cycle (Humanitarian Need Overview, Humanitarian Response Plan and Cluster Coordination Performance Monitoring) and which builds on pre-existing coordination structures where appropriate and furthers the development of current or future national and subnational capacities.
- Ensure effective communication, reporting, engagement and co-ordination between different levels in each of the three States (Borno, Adamawa and Yobe), to enable alignment of work and priorities.
- Supervise and manage the Sector coordination team (i.e. Sector Co-coordinator, Yobe and Adamawa State Facilitators, Nutrition Information Management Officer, Strategic Advisory Group, ect..)
- Build partnerships with all relevant sector stakeholders including government counterparts and national authorities, local, national and international organizations, affected populations and other AoRs/Sectors especially UNICEF led (WASH, Child Protection and Education) and Health and Food Security and Livelihood.
- Build complementarity of partner actions within the Sector, proactively negotiating with partners to avoid and resolve duplication and gaps and harmonize actions and accountability.
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- Represent the Sector with stakeholders across all sectors, including the Humanitarian Coordinator on prioritization, resource mobilization and advocacy and through inter-Sector coordination fora, develope cross-sectoral relationships as appropriate.
- Promote emergency response actions while at the same time considering the need for early recovery planning as well as prevention and risk reduction concerns.
- Lead the planning and implementation of needs assessment and analysis, including representing the Sector in multi-sectoral needs assessments and joint analysis of needs.
- Analyse needs assessment data and work collaboratively with the Sector partners to create analytical products (reports, powerpoints, briefs, etc.), based on evidence-generated.
- Synthesize evidence and provide near real-time information to stakeholders to strengthen planning and implementation
- Develop standard assessment formats for use within the sector including for Rapid Response Mechanism.
- Lead and coordinate strategic planning, response prioritization and the development of a context specific-gender transformative sectoral response plan across the triple nexus.
- Lead early warning, contingency planning, and emergency preparedness efforts for the Sector, ensuring adequate Sector participation in inter-sector early warning, contingency planning and emergency preparedness activities.
- Draw lessons learned and adapt strategies and action plans on a regular basis in response to the evolving situation.
- Establish indicators by which performance of the cluster can be measured
- Develop an exit, or transition, strategy for the Sector and in-partnership with the government
- Ensure all programme delivery modalities (in-kind, cash, voucher and services) are given equal consideration in the strategic response planning and establish and implement systematic measures for supporting their consideration and use.
- Provide technical expertise and advice to Sector partners to ensure activities are relevant, appropriate and in line with context priorities and communities’ needs.
Job Requirements
- Candidates must possess a minimum of a Master’s Degree in Nutrition, Public Health, Nutritional Epidemiology, Global/International Health and Nutrition, Health/Nutrition Research, Policy and / or Management, Health Sciences, or another Health-related science field.
- 8+ years of professional experience in nutrition, public health, nutrition planning and management, or maternal, infant and child health/nutrition care is required with experience at international level.
- Relevant experience in health/nutrition programme/project development and management in a UN system agency or organization is considered an asset.
- Prior experience in a similar role with a minimum of two years of experience of Nutrition Cluster/ Sector coordination is highly desirable and considered an asset.
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- Experience working in emergency/humanitarian contexts away from country of residence is essential.
- Experience of demonstrating analytical and persuasive writing and reporting skills, editing skills, and the ability to convey complex information in a clear manner to a diverse audience is required.
- Ability to multi-task and deliver against workplan and tight deadlines.
- Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
Competencies
- UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA).
Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply online
Job Title: Information Management Officer (Child Protection)
Job No: 547502
Location: Abuja
Contract Type: Temporary Appointment
Level: NO-2
Categories: Child Protection
Job Description
- Under the direct supervision of the Child Protection System Strengthening Manager and under the overall guidance of the Chief Child Protection, the Information Management Officer (For Child Protection) will be responsible for the provision of quality data on integrated case management system across the Child Protection UNICEF programme in Nigeria, especially for the Almajiri programme and the Spotlight Initiative focus states to address violence against girls.
- The Information Management Officer (For Child Protection) will work closely with the UNICEF M&E team to ensure that all CP/VAC data are timely and accurately submitted for reports and adequate programming.
- The incumbent will also support the planning processes, partnerships and technical guidance for the deployment of IMS in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and State level child protection actors.
Job Responsibilities
- Data Collection and Analysis
- Information Management System for case management
- M&E and knowledge management to track results of the prevention and response to violence against children
- Production of monthly/regular analysis of data from partners
- Development of a fact sheet for Nigeria on child protection information management
- Provide monthly progress reports indicating progress in execution of the assignment.
Job Requirements
- Candidates must possess a minimum of a Master’s Degree in Information Systems/Information Management is preferred or a University Degree in Social Work, Public Health or any other related field
- 2+ years of relevant work experience
- 3+ years of experience with the UN and/or NGOs, with a significant portion in child protection is required; specific experience in an emergency setting will be an added advantage. Within the 3 years required, a minimum of 1-year experience on CPIMS utilization rollout coordination.
- Good technical understanding and familiarity with information management systems for case management.
- Demonstrable training and capacity building skills for a range of stakeholders.
- Along with fully understanding Primero/CPIMS+, the CPIM Officer will need to be familiar with cloud-based deployments, understanding provisioning servers, deploying applications, setting up monitoring and other security measures, as well as local server deployments, networks, and hardware configuration (laptops, etc.).
- Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language or local language of the duty station is considered as an asset.
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Competencies
- Nurtures, Leads and Manages People
- Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness
- Works Collaboratively with others
- Builds and Maintains Partnerships
- Innovates and Embraces Change
- Thinks and Acts Strategically
- Drive to achieve impactful results
- Manages ambiguity and complexity.
Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply online
Application Closing Date
21st January, 2022.
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