UNICEF International Consultant to support a review on public spending efficiency Jobs 2022 – Nigeria NGO Jobs

UNICEF International Consultant to support a review on public spending efficiency Jobs 2022 – Nigeria NGO Jobs. UNICEF Nigeria looking for “International Consultant to support a review on public spending efficiency”. Applicants with a Masters or higher degree Education may apply on or before 22 September 2022.

UNICEF, also the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund, is a United Nations agency responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide. The agency is among the most widespread and recognizable social welfare organizations in the world, with a presence in 192 countries and territories.

UNICEF International Consultant to support a review on public spending efficiency Jobs 2022

The UNICEF has published a job vacancy announcement on 09 September 2022 for qualified Nigeria’s to fill in the vacant post of International Consultant to support a review on public spending efficiency to be based in Abuja, Nigeria.

UNICEF Job Vacancy 2022

Scope of Work:

UNICEF Nigeria is seeking expertise on strengthening the country’s basic education system, specifically on making education spending more efficient, inclusive, and responsive to the needs of the most vulnerable children, with due emphasis on gender and disability. The Country Office is requesting support concerning the following areas:

• Conduct a structural review of the education finance system in Nigeria.
• Develop a generic methodology to analyze education finance in Nigeria.
• Conduct a five years (2018-2022) trend analysis on education financing in Nigeria. Assess adequacy, efficiency, equity, transparency, and accountability of education finance in Nigeria using global, national level, state level and education institutional level data.
• Formulate results of estimates of adequate level of funding per pupil and identify factors contributing to better education finance for basic education with equity lens from policy perspectives.
• Building on the comprehensive review and analysis, produce a report, policy brief(s) and PowerPoint presentation(s) with key findings and concrete recommendations to improve education financing in Nigeria.

Qualification & Experience:

• Masters or higher degree Education in Public Policy, Economics, Education/ECE policy, or related discipline
• A minimum of 5-year relevant professional experience in public sector analysis and its financing is required.
• At least 5 years experience conducting analysis and assessments, research, and writing technical papers and policy briefs or other publications on social sector and/or ECE/education and fiscal policy required.
• Experience in conducting efficiency analysis in the education sector with education data, and quantitative research, including conducting econometric modeling and microsimulations, programmatic and statistical support required.
• Knowledge of child- and gender-sensitive inclusive education, theories, and practices.
• Demonstrated experience working in the Sub-Saharan Africa region and knowledge of their education systems
• Experience in using school/district level data including assessment of learning outcomes is an asset

Other Details

• Job no: 555006
• Contract type: Consultant
• Duty Station: Abuja
• Level: Consultancy
• Location: Nigeria
• Categories: Education

How to Apply UNICEF International Consultant to support a review on public spending efficiency Jobs 2022

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The Closing Date: 22 September 2022

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.