National Consultant (GEP 3 State Monitoring & Evaluation Officer) at United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), is supporting the Government of Nigeria to strengthen prevention of and response all forms of violence against children. In particular, assistance will be provided to strengthen the child protection system, including through modelling the system in four States, in order to demonstrate the impact of a well-functioning child protection system, to develop a common model for operationalizing the Child Rights Act at State level and to develop standardized tools, including regulations, working protocols and training manuals to govern the system.

If you are a passionate and committed professional and want to make a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: National Consultant (GEP 3 State Monitoring & Evaluation Officer)

VN No.: VN-NGR-53-2015
Location: Sokoto
Level: NOB
Type of Appointment: Special Service Agreement (SSA) for 11 months with possible extension

Purpose of the Consultancy

• The consultant will ensure the effective monitoring, data collection, maintain records end reporting on at Girls Education Project Phase 3 (GEP3) interventions in the respective GEP3 focus state according to monitoring and evaluation framework.

Minimum Qualification

• Advanced degree in Education, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science
• At least 5 years of experience and demonstrated ability in data collection and monitoring, statistics
• Demonstrated skilled in the use of data analysis packages (Excel, SPSS, and Access)
• Strong analytical skills using diverse and complex quantitative and qualitative date
• Extensive knowledge and skills of education and social sectors in Nigeria, in northern Nigeria will be an added advantage.
• Demonstrates, applies end shares technical knowledge.
• Good understanding of girls’ education issues, community involvement and participation
• Communicates effectively, both orally and in writing, to varied audiences.
• Able to set high standards for quality of work and consistently achieves project goals.
• Fluency in English language and writing skills.
• Fluency in language of the immediate environment.

Application Closing Date
Tuesday, 18th August, 2015

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their application, accompanied by an updated CV in English and a completed United National Personal History Form, which can be download below and sent to: nrecruit@unicef.org

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