VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT AT UNFPA

INTERNAL/EXTERNAL VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

THE UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND (UNFPA), THE LEADING UN ORGANIZATION IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND POPULATION ABD DEVELOPMENT, IS RECRUITING PERSONNEL FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS IN THE FIELD OFFICE IN ABUJA:

1. NATIONAL PROGRAMME ADVISER/HEAD, (POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT (P&D) - NOD (ICS 11)

POST LEVEL: NOD (ICS 11)
DUTY POST: ABUJA
TYPE OF CONTRACT: FIXED TERM
DURATION: ONE YEAR (SUBJECT TO RENEWAL UPON SATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE)


QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE SHOULD:

- BE A NIGERIAN NATIONAL (MALE OR FEMALE)
- HAVE AT LEAST A MASTER'S DEGREE IN DEMOGRAPHY, POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT, AND/OR OTHER RELATED SOCIAL SCIENCE FIELD; AND /OR HAVE A PH.D IN A RELATED SOCIAL SCIENCE FIELD.
- POSSESS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE OF A MINIMUM OF 15 YEARS PREFEREABLY IN PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT IN THE PUBLIC AND/OR PRIVATE SECTOR
- POSSESS GOOD TECHNICAL DRAFTING AND REPORT/PROPOSAL WRITING SKILLS AND PRESENTATION AND INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS
- BE EXPERIENCE IN WORKING WITH GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS AND DONOR ORGANIZATIONS
- HAVE A STRONG CAPABILITY TO COMMUNICATE CLEARLY AND CONCISELY IN BOTH ORAL AND WRITTEN ENGLISH
- HAVE THE ABILITY TO WORK UNDER PRESSURE
- HAVE PROFICIENCY IN CURRENT OFFICE SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS


RELATED PROGRAMME SKILLS FOR ALL POSTS
BECAUSE THE NATURE OF WORK ARE PROGRAMME FOCUSED, INVOLVING OTHER GROUPS AND VARIOUS TIMELINES AND ACTIVITIES, RELATED SKILLS OF GOOD TIME MANAGEMENT, MANAGING DEADLINES AND GOOD TEAM RELATIONSHIPS ARE ESSENTIAL. KNOWLEDGE OF THE UN SYSTEMS IS DESIRABLE.


METHOD OF APPLICATION
ALL APPLICATIONS SHOULD INCLUDE FUNCTIONAL E-MAIL ADDRESSES AND MOBILE PHONE NUMBERS, LETTER OF APPLICATION AND DETAILED CV, ATTACHED AS ONE FILE IN MS WORD FORMAT ONLY.

APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE UNFPA RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE, ABUJA AND FORWARDED TO THIS EMAIL: vacancypdu.ng@unfpa.org

LATEST BY 30TH OCTOBER, 2009 AND EACH APPLICATION SHOULD CLEARLY REFLECT THE POST TO WHICH AN APPLICANTS IS APPLY.

PLEASE NOTE THAT UNFPA WILL RESPOND ONLY TO THOSE APPLICANTS IN WHOM IS HAS A FURTHER INTEREST.
KINDLY ALSO NOTE THAT ONLY APPLICATIONS SENT BY E-MAIL WILL BE ACCEPTED. QUALIFIED WOMEN ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.

* UNFPA RESERVES THE RIGHT TO APPOINT AT THE INDICATED OR LOWER LEVEL AND PRIOR TO THE CLOSING DATE.