National Consultant – Justice for Children at the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making 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 vacant position below:
Job Title: National Consultant – Justice for Children
Job Number: 515302
Locations: Abuja? Nigeria
Work Type: Consultancy
Duration: 6 months
Purpose of Assignment
- Under the guidance of Chief of Child Protection and direct supervision of the End Violence Against Children/System Strengthening manager, the consultant will contribute to the implementation of UNICEF Nigeria Justice for Children programme and 2018-2019 Rolling Work Plan.
Tasks
- Provide technical support to amend the CRL and for the enactment of secondary legislation to the CRL for Lagos, Cross River and Plateau
- Advocate for the adoption of police guidelines and SOPs at Federal and state levels (Cross River, Gombe, Lagos and Plateau)
- Provide technical assistance and advocacy for the development of prosecution guidelines Federal and state level (Cross River, Lagos and Plateau)
- Provide technical assistance for the development of legal aid guidelines for children in contact with the law at Federal and state levels (Cross River, Lagos and Plateau)
- Provide technical assistance for the development of Family Court Rules at Federal and state levels (Cross River, Lagos and Plateau)
- Provide technical assistance to strengthen capacity of prosecutors at Federal and state levels (Cross River, Gombe, Lagos and Plateau)
- Provide technical assistance to strengthen capacity of legal aid providers at Federal and state levels (Cross River, Gombe, Lagos and Plateau)
- Provide technical assistance to strengthen capacity of the judiciary
Deliverables
First month deliverables:
- Consultancy work plan and August plan developed
- Signature of institutional contract for the strengthening of legal frameworks
- High level advocacy conducted with Police Inspector General for adoption of SOP and harmonized guidelines
- NPF bidding process for renovation of police units finalized
- TOR developed and DCT processed for Lagos legal aid programme
- Advocacy conducted for adoption of prosecution guidelines conducted in 1 state
- Monitoring visit report submitted
- Monthly report submitted and September work plan
Second month deliverables:
- Advocacy conducted for adoption of legal aid guidelines in 1 state
- NPF renovation of police units work monitored by UNICEF quality assurance team
- Consultations on Child Protection regulations conducted in Lagos and Cross River
- Consultations on family court rules held in Lagos and Cross River
- ToT on legal aid completed in Abuja
- Family court personnel trained on adjudication of children’s cases in Plateau
- Monitoring visit report submitted
- Monthly report submitted and October work plan
Third month deliverables:
- Working tools printed and delivered to focus states
- Training on legal aid conducted in Lagos and Cross River
- Draft family court rules submitted to chief judge for approval in 1 state
- Monitoring visit report submitted
- Monthly report submitted and November work plan
Forth month deliverables:
- Consultations on Child Protection regulations held in Plateau
- Family court personnel trained on adjudication of children’s cases in Cross River
- Monitoring visit report submitted
- Monthly report submitted and December work plan
Fifth month deliverables:
- Training for prosecutors in Lagos and Plateau conducted
- Training for legal aid providers in Gombe and Plateau conducted
- Documentation of diversion programme initiated
- Monitoring visit report submitted
Sixth month deliverable:
- Family court personnel trained on adjudication of children’s cases in Lagos
- Assessment report on pilot of police SOPs and harmonized guidelines for specialized units and recommendations by January 2018
- Final consultancy report by January 2018
Qualifications or Specialized Knowledge/Experience Required
- University degree in Law (Masters or equivalent level)
- Five years experience of relevant professional work experience on child rights, child protection and justice for children
- Good knowledge of international standards related to justice for children
- Experience of project management
- experience supporting government to apply international standards in the justice sector
- Excellent planning and organizational skills
- Excellent communication and advocacy skills – both oral and written
- Familiarity with the systems strengthening approach to child protection
- Experience working with UNICEF is considered and asset
Application Closing Date
23rd August, 2018.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Note
- Applicants should quote an all inclusive fee
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
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