Job Vacancies at United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) – 2 Positions (Onsite & Work From Home)

Job No: 548691
Location: Abuja (Remote / Work From Home)
Contract Type: Consultancy
Categories: Child Protection
Supervisor: CPSS Manager, Amandine Bollinger
Start Date: March 2022
End Date: August 2022
Number of Days (Working): 180

Purpose of Activity / Assignment

• The purpose of this study is to undertake a research on the economic burden of child marriage in Nigeria looking at Spotlight States such as Sokoto and Adamawa and to some extent States with the highest child marriage prevalence such as Kano, Jigawa, Zamfara, Borno and Yobe.
• This study is expected to provide data to understand the consequences of child marriage on the girls, her family and the society as a whole, including for example the loss of current and future productivity, long-term cost of rehabilitation, impact on educational and health outcomes.
• The aim will be to position child marriage as a public policy issue looking at social and economic implications it embeds.

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Scope of Work
The study will focus on the following four key areas:

• Scoping exercise: expenditure baseline assessment and data collection to showcase the scope of the issue (including the cost of marriage, cost for communities, cost of population increase, impact on potential productivity and earnings of young mothers and health of children born to young mothers etc.
• Building evidence on the economic impact of Child Marriage at National Community, Household and Girls levels, looking at education and health) outcomes but also child protection related issues.
• Cost of inaction - economic analysis which considers the economic benefits of ending child marriage and explores alternative practices that will have a direct impact on livelihoods, economic growth and guarantee that girls and women are protected and thrive.
• Economic model for child marriage to be designed taking into account the added impact of the pandemic – economic shocks, school closures.

In carrying out this assignment, the consultant will engage with all relevant government ministries and departments responsible for implementing programmes that address the practice of child marriage (National and state ministries of Budget and Planning, Women Affairs, education, health and justice) and will conduct a systematic review of relevant documents and past surveys, including the 2014 VAC survey and the recent analysis of the integration of ending child marriage policies and plans into budgets. The assessment will also involve a desk review of pertinent literature on the issue, including any previous evaluations, Standard Operating Procedures, legal framework relating to legal aid and access to justice costs, policy documents relating to the social service workforce, etc.

The consultancy will work under the technical guidance of the Child Protection Systems Strengthening manager, the CP Specialist on harmful Practices and the Social Policy Specialist with overall supervision of the Chiefs of Child Protection and Social Policy.

Methodology:

• Develop and submit an inception report and detailed workplan for the scoping study.
• Undertake a desk review of available literature, including documents on end child marriage policy, laws and strategy documents, state (to be discussed) and sector development plans.
• Assess the burden of child marriage using DALY (Disability Adjusted Life Years) as the unit for measuring the consequences of health outcomes of child marriage on girls and their children.
• Conduct a review of education, health, child welfare and criminal justice costs attached to child marriage as it relates to girls, families, communities and State/National levels.
• Conduct a meta-analysis of the budget and plans for ending child marriage.

The Cost Analysis will include the following set of Information and Variables:

• Review of the VAC data set to extract the outcomes of child marriage on education and health;
• Household-based information provided in the VAC survey;
• Geo location looking at education and other factors that affect child marriage economic opportunities.

Work Assignment Overview

Application Closing Date
1st March, 2022.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

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Job No: 548486
Location: Kaduna
Contract Type: Fixed Term Appointment
Level: NO-3
Categories: Monitoring and Evaluation, Planning

Details

• The UNICEF Country Programme in Nigeria has the largest programme in the WCAR, and it continues to rapidly evolve and expand. Managing such Country Programme makes the planning, monitoring and evaluation needs more complex and demanding. These circumstances require strengthening of the monitoring function of the programme.
• This will ensure that the UNICEF Nigeria Country Office and national partners have useful, valid and reliable information on the situation of children and women and on the progress in realizing their rights as well as on the reduction of equity gaps within the country. It will also ensure a coordinated approach to the monitoring of the Country Programme implementation.
• UNICEF Kaduna Field Office, Nigeria, invites applications from highly motivated and committed persons who wants to contribute to results for children. If you are that person, we encourage you to apply and become part of a highly motivated and committed team.

How Can You Make a Difference?

• Under the overall guidance of the Chief, Planning and Monitoring (Management for Results) in Abuja and supervised by the Chief of the Kaduna Field office, the incumbent is accountable for the management and implementation of areas of responsibility under this post.
• The primary function of this post is to improve the innovative monitoring, collation and analysis of UNICEF programme results in the Nigeria Country Office, with particular focus on convergence and through use of technology, towards achievement of UNICEF's organizational priorities and strategies at community, LGA, state and national levels.
• Improve the relevance, quality, availability and use of data and contextual information on children and women throughout UNICEF and externally.
• Support with coordination and dissemination at country level data on key social indicators, including through presentations, MICS, data dissemination platforms and report summaries, and promote its use in corporate planning, policy formulation, programme design, advocacy and flagship publications, and on the progress in realizing their rights as well as on the reduction of equity gaps within the country. It will also ensure a coordinated approach to the monitoring of the Country Programme implementation.

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Responsibilities

• Monitoring and tracking of programme results
• Programme Development and Management
• Development of innovative ways to manage and disseminate data
• Rights-Based and Results-Based Programme Management Approach
• National and Local Capacity Building/Sustainability
• Rights Perspective and Advocacy at the National, Community and Family Levels
• Partnership, Coordination and Collaboration.

To Qualify as an Advocate for Every Child You Will Have

• An Advanced University Degree in a Social Science field or other field related to the work of UNICEF.
• A minimum of five years of experience at national and international levels in programme/project planning; with significant experience in data dissemination/interpretation and data analysis in the sectors of concern to UNICEF and knowledge of new technical developments and software in data dissemination; and some experience in other areas of applied statistics.
• Professional technical expertise in data analysis and dissemination specifically related to UNICEF related indicators
• Well-developed computer skills including proficiency in data dissemination software (e.g. Devinfo)
• Proficiency in displaying data for use by government policy makers, partner organizations and general public.
• Developing country work experience is required.
• Exposure to emergency programming, including preparedness planning.
• Active involvement in a humanitarian crisis response programme required.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language or local language of the duty station is considered as an asset.

For Every Child, You Demonstrate
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:

• 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
• Drives to achieve impactful results
• Manages ambiguity and complexity.

Application Closing Date
28th February, 2022.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

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