About UNICEF
UNICEF contributes to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in Nigeria with a mandate to advocate for the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential.
Tittle: Chief Field Office
Location: Kano state
Key functions, accountabilities and related duties/tasks:
Summary of key functions/accountabilities
1. Effective management of UNICEF presence, staff and assets in the Area of Responsibility.
2. Effective knowledge management systems adopted and utilized to strengthen area/country programme management.
3. Situation Analysis prepared and updated; critical programme intervention points and measures identified; and programme work plans, recommendations and reports prepared.
4. Programme funds optimally used.
5. Programme monitoring and evaluations effectively conducted to improve programme performance, and programme status reports timely prepared. Gender/sex disaggregated data and inputs relevant to the country programme are provided as an integral part of programming.
6. Rights-based and results based programming approach fully incorporated into all phases of programme and project processes.
7. Commitment and institutional capacities of the national and local partners effectively gained and established.
8. Rights perspective and advocacy at the national, community and family levels incorporated in policy analysis for establishing and elevating UNICEF’s credibility in national and international policy debates.
9. Effective partnerships and collaboration achieved and maintained for advocacy, technical cooperation, programme development/management/coordination, information sharing and networking.
The ability of the CFO to comprehensively and timely identify, assess, mitigate, monitor, review and report on the most significant risks that could potentially harm the organization, is a critical element of UNICEF’s risk and internal control performance management framework. Risk management skills are necessary to safeguard UNICEF’s reputation, resources, continuity of operations and reputation to fulfill our primary mission to save and protect children, globally.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Minimum requirements:
Education:
An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: social sciences, international relations, public administration, government and public relations, public or social policy, sociology, social or community development, or another relevant technical field.
Experience:
A minimum of ten years of professional work experience in programme management, planning, monitoring and evaluation, project administration or another relevant area is required. Past experience of working in a similar role is highly desirable. Capability to strengthen the development side without neglecting the humanitarian demands required. Strategic and innovative thinking, ability to take risks, hands-on programmatic experience, and excellent interpersonal and leadership skills required. Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset. Experience in humanitarian settings is strongly desired. Familiarity/ background with emergency is highly desirable. Prior experience working with diverse stakeholder groups or multi-stakeholder partnership is highly desirable. Familiarity with Microsoft Office applications is required.
Application Deadline: W. Central Africa Standard Time.
METHOD OF APPLICATION
Interested and Qualified candidates should use link below to Apply.
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