UNICEF is seeking a temporary Child Protection Specialist in Nigeria. The purpose of this temporary appointment is to manage the Public Financing for Child Protection programme component under Output 6.1 of UNICEF Nigeria Child Protection Rolling Work Plan 2018-2019 with the Federal Government of Nigeria. The post holder is responsible for lading the advocacy efforts and provision of technical support to the Government and Houses of Assembly at federal and focus states to increase public budget allocation, release and expenditure on basic child protection services.
This will involve:
- Financial Benchmark Report/s and Economic Burden of VAC report printed, disseminated and officially launched
- Related advocacy materials finalized, printed and disseminated.
- Advocacy strategy developed and key high level advocacy meetings conducted.
- Team of international and national consultants recruited and managed.
- Child protection budget lines included by key selected Federal and State agencies in their submissions for 2019 cycle.
- Budgetary guidelines developed by the consultancy firm/individual consultants to fund the child protection services validated by key agencies at Federal and State level.
- DCTs and direct payments to partners timely submitted, processed and liquidated.
- Payments to the consultancy firm/individual expert consultants timely processed.
Application deadline is 6 July 2018.