United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
Education Officer at United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF). Please ensure you read the job requirements before applying for this position.
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 below:
Job Title: Education Officer
Job No: 557180
Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Contract Type: Fixed Term Appointment
Level: NO-2
Categories: Education
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
- Support to programme development and planning
- Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results
- Technical and operational support to programme implementation
- Networking and partnership building
- Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building.
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.
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
- Works Collaboratively with others
- Thinks and Acts Strategically
- Drives to achieve impactful results
- Manages ambiguity and complexity.
- Builds and Maintains Partnerships
- Innovates and Embraces Change
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply
Application Deadline 28th November, 2022.
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