Stretch Project – Schooling Specialist (P3), Maiduguri, Nigeria

Location:         Maiduguri, Nigeria

Stage:               P-3

Period:         3 months – Onsite

Begin date:        15 April 2024

Finish date:         14 July 2024

Eligibility: All Fastened-Time period, Everlasting or persevering with appointment UNICEF workers members presently working in UNICEF worldwide.

BACKGROUND

Nigeria is probably the most populous nation in Africa with roughly 213 million folks. Half of the inhabitants is under 18 years of age. The nation has strived to offer high quality inclusive schooling for all youngsters below the Sustainable Growth Aim 4 (SDG4), by growing entry to schooling and shutting gender gaps, significantly in major schooling. Nevertheless, signficant inequalities persist in all ranges of the schooling system.

Nigeria accounts for the biggest international share of out of faculty youngsters (15 per cent). Roughly 10.2 million youngsters at major college age and eight.1 million youngsters at junior secondary college age are nonetheless out of faculty, though primary schooling turned obligatory in 2004. Studying outcomes are additionally poor on account of a scarcity of certified lecturers and inadequate instructing and studying supplies. As an illustration, in 2021, about 70 per cent of scholars in grade 5 didn’t have foundational literacy and numeracy abilities. These instructional challenges will not be equally distributed throughout the nation, with youngsters from poor households, rural areas, and northern areas with the next safety threat extra more likely to be excluded from correct schooling and studying alternatives.

The dearth of entry to high quality schooling has a major influence on the way forward for youngsters and the nation. Youngsters who don’t full primary schooling and purchase foundational abilities are much less more likely to discover a job in an more and more knowledge-based financial system. These youngsters are additionally much less more likely to be actively engaged residents and to nurture wholesome and affluent households. This in flip limits the alternatives for the nation to advance its financial system, scale back poverty and construct a extra inclusive and democratic society.

PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT

This stretch task offers knowledgeable growth alternative for these UNICEF workers curious about deepening their expertise working in an schooling and emergency response context.

Below the steering and supervision of the Schooling Supervisor, the Specialist helps the event and preparation of schooling programming and is answerable for managing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating and reporting the progress of schooling programmes/initiatives inside the nation programme. Notably, the Specialist offers technical steering and administration help all through the programming processes to facilitate the administration and achievement of outcomes associated to enhancing equitable entry to high quality and inclusive schooling, particularly for kids who’re affected by battle, marginalized, deprived and excluded in society.

The Specialist contributes to the achievement of outcomes in response to plans, allocation, outcomes based-management approaches and methodology (RBM), in addition to UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, requirements of efficiency, and accountability framework.

Period
This stretch task can be for a interval of three (3) months.

Key anticipated outcomes

1. Employees administration and management

• Straight line handle one Schooling Specialist (NOC) and one Schooling Officer (NOB), utilizing alternatives to usually talk about efficiency, present constructive suggestions, establish studying objectives for crew members and making certain a supportive surroundings for growth.
• Dedicate time and power to the wellbeing of workers.
• Preserve a office surroundings in keeping with UNICEF core values.

2. Assist to programme growth and planning

• Present steering and help in making certain adherence to the annual work plan.
• Take part in strategic programme discussions on the planning of schooling programmes.
• Assist supervisor set priorities, methods and plans together with on scaling of fashions on OOSC, creating fashions on transition and completion and accrediting alternate studying pathways.
• Coordinate the preparation of mission proposals in alignment with priorities decided by UNICEF, the Authorities and Schooling in Emergencies Working Group (EiEWG).
• Contribute to the event of funding circumstances and mission reality sheets to method donors.

3. Programme administration, monitoring and high quality management of schooling outcomes

• Plan and collaborate with inside colleagues and exterior companions to determine monitoring benchmarks, efficiency indicators and different system indicators to evaluate/strengthen efficiency accountability, coherence and supply of concrete and sustainable outcomes for enhancing entry to high quality schooling in an emergency context.

• Commonly monitor work plan implementation to make sure high quality outcomes are achieved in a well timed style in keeping with set indicators and targets.
• Arrange coordination conferences with members of different UNICEF sections and with exterior companions in help of reaching work plan targets.
• Present steering in managing grants, together with HACT and DCTs via common funds utilization overview. Assist the well timed closure of open commitments and the disbursement/liquidation of DCTs to/by Companions.
• Conduct subject monitoring visits to evaluate the standard of exercise implementation.
• Assist the preparation of high-quality overview of donor reviews for well timed submission.

4. Technical management, advisory and steering

• Present technical steering, coordination and operational help to authorities counterparts, NGO companions, UN system companions and nation workplace companions and donors on UNICEF approaches on schooling and associated points to help programme administration, implementation and supply of outcomes.
• Apply progressive approaches and good practices to construct the capability of companions and stakeholders and help the implementation and supply of sustainable programme outcomes.

• Guarantee planning, implementation and monitoring of pilot/scale-up interventions on thematic areas corresponding to multigrade instructing, distant studying and college grant administration.
• Take part in strategic discussions on preparedness, programming, and contingency planning.

• As wanted, draft papers, briefs and different strategic programme supplies for administration use.

5. Efficient networking and partnership constructing

• Strengthen strategic partnerships via networking and advocacy with all Ministries offering Schooling within the Northeast, UN Businesses, NGOs and INGOs and different related stakeholders.
• Take part and/or signify UNICEF in inter-agency discussions and planning on schooling in emergencies to make sure organizational positions are built-in within the Humanitarian Motion for Youngsters (HAC) enchantment, North East Multi 12 months Technique, Nation Programme Doc (CPD), and United Nations Growth Help Framework (UNDAF) processes.

6.    Tangible and Measurable Outputs/Deliverables of Work Project:

• Present technical and operational steering for actions outlined within the annual work plan.
• Direct the implementation of actions within the costed work plan for the launch of schooling actions supported via the World Partnership for Schooling fund.
• Work with the Sector Coordinator on actions for the Schooling in Emergencies Working Group.
• Present administration help to doc actions associated to the rollout of the Protected Colleges Declaration on the Native Authorities Space and college stage, college grants and money transfers.
• Present technical help for the conclusion of the Schooling Can not Wait and the KfW 1 and a couple of grants, together with steering on the ultimate analysis of those initiatives.
• Interact with the Borno and Yobe State Ministries of Schooling and the UNICEF Nation Workplace on the event of schooling finance profiles for every state.

 Schooling

Required qualification.

• An Superior College Diploma in schooling or any of the next: economics, psychology, sociology or different social science subject is required.

Experiences

Required expertise.

• Minimal of 5 (5) years of progressively accountable related work expertise in programme planning, implementation, administration, and/or analysis in schooling on the worldwide stage.
• Robust communication abilities (verbal and written).

Desired expertise

• Expertise in and familiarity with emergency response is a powerful asset.
• Expertise in participating schooling programme administration in creating international locations, ideally in Western Africa, is an asset.
• Expertise working within the UN system company or UN organisation is an asset.

 Language

Required competencies

• Fluency in English (verbal and written).
• Robust interpersonal abilities

Funding and DSA

This can be a short-term growth alternative and there can be no adjustments to the workers member’s standing (place quantity, stage, and so forth.).

HOW TO APPLY

If , please talk about the task together with your supervisor and procure your supervisor’s settlement to your utility to be submitted. Upon receipt of supervisor’s settlement, please ship an utility by way of the TMS hyperlink no later than 3 April 2024, with the next paperwork:

• A Cowl Letter and your up-to-date P-11 or e-recruitment profile
• Your two newest PERs
• An approval out of your supervisor

UNICEF workers ought to talk about this chance with their supervisor and search the approval of their administration earlier than making use of.

Employees members chosen for this stretch task will proceed to obtain wage and emoluments from the releasing workplace throughout the task based mostly on the mother or father responsibility station location. UNICEF Maiduguri Area Workplace pays for spherical journey financial system class journey and 100% DSA for the primary two weeks and 50% for the rest of the task interval. Candidates thought-about doubtlessly well-matched for the stretch task can be contacted for an off-the-cuff interview. Supervisors might also be contacted for references.