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.
UNICEF’s Nigeria country programme:
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Aims to accelerate the realization of the rights of all children and women to survival, development, protection and participation.
Promotes efforts to reduce infant, child and maternal mortality; expand access to quality basic education; and strengthen social and child protection systems.
Uses a rights-based and gender-sensitive approach
Plays a catalytic role in supporting federal, state and local governments in identifying key bottlenecks that hinder realization of the rights of disadvantaged children, supported by equity-focused, inclusive advocacy, planning, action and monitoring at all levels.
Supports adolescent development.
Purpose Of Assignment:
Many staff have expressed interest in learning more about sustainable entrepreneurship, business start-up, and financial wellbeing, both for long-term pl
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Under the general guidance of the Health Manager and in close coordination with SBC Section, contributes to/responsible for the design, management, monitoring and evaluation
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Under the close supervision and instructions of the Chief Field Office, provides professional support and effective teamwork for the implementation of field office emergency pr
Background
In line with UNICEF’s global People Strategy and the Nigeria Country Office’s (NCO) staff wellbeing and development priorities, the People & Culture Section continues
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Under the close supervision and guidance of the Human Resource Officer, the Human Resources Associate (Data & Systems support) provides administrative, proc
Purpose of Activity/ Assignment
The consultant will provide expert contextual understanding and local expertise on basic education in Lagos State Nigeria.
The consultant will also leverage the
Background
Nigeria is home to an estimated 237 million people, 49.7 per cent of whom are children aged 0–18.
The child population is growing at 1.5 percent per year.
The ra
Background
Nigeria has striven to provide quality education, learning and skills development opportunities to the increasing number of children, but it has fallen short of the goal.
Although b
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The Education Officer (Gender), under the guidance of the Gender and Development Manager and the Education Manager, is responsible for providing technical support to ensure ge
The Security Officer reports to the Security Specialist or CFO. Under the direct supervision of the CFO and general guidance of the Security Manager, the Security Officer provides professional te
Purpose for the job
Accountable for developing, leading, and implementing a comprehensive communication and advocacy strategy that supports UNICEF Nigeria’s mission, priorities, and programme
Background
The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programs, in advocacy and in operations.
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Background
In Nigeria, malnutrition and food insecurity are prevalent. Nigeria is ranked number one in Africa and number two in the world in terms of the magnitude of malnourished children (unde
Under the direct supervision of the Chief (PMR), the Programme Budget Specialist (P3) will be responsible for tracking, analyzing and reporting income and expenditures, including donor contributions,
The guidelines emphasize a mother/caregiver-infant pair approach, integration of nutrition services into health systems, and context-specific implementation strategies. The 2023 WHO guideline updat
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Scope of work:
The scope of work for this consultancy is to:
Develop a national SBC strategy with leadership and guidance from the FME. This will include four pa
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Teachers play a pivotal role in ensuring children learn. To facilitate this, UNICEF initiated an innovative school base professional learning model for teachers in Nigeria
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To ensure effective delivery of Education among agencies, departments and development partners, the Honourable Minister has called for review of the coordination mechanisms in
