Inclusion Coordinator at United Nations Resident Coordinator (UNRCO)

Job Title: Inclusion Coordinator

Mission and objectives:

The United Nations Resident Coordinator is the highest-ranking UN representative in country and leads the UN Country Team (UNCT) in Nigeria, coordinating the UN System support to the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) and peoples of Nigeria in achieving their development priorities and the Sustainable Development Goals. Towards achieving this, the UN Resident Coordinator’s Office (RCO) supports and maximizes, in a coordinated fashion, the work of the UNCT to enable the UN Development System (UNDS) provide a collective, joined-up, coherent, timely and country-driven integrated response to support Nigeria meet its national priorities, within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other international commitments. The RC system convenes stakeholders and connects knowledge across sectors and pillars to facilitate solutions that advance the 2030 agenda and facilitate the achievement the SDGs, providing visibility and synergies from the collective assets and capacities of the UN development system. These coordination investments enable the UNDS to offer an integrated approach and a joined-up response to the development needs through policy support and strategic interventions that are catalytic and aligned to Nigeria’s vision, increasing efficiencies and leveraging economies of scale wherever possible.

Context

UN Nigeria aims to strengthen disability inclusion analysis, programming, internal systems and processes- making the UN more disability friendly and increasing the number of persons with disability working within the UN. The UNCT is implementation its UN Disability Inclusion Strategy (UNDIS) and accountability scorecard on disability inclusion- covering the four core areas of leadership, strategic planning and management; inclusiveness; programming; and organizational culture. However, UN Nigeria rating since 2021 have remain all-time low of less than 50%. The national UNV will provide vital support in UNDIS coordination, implementation and reporting. Under the United Nations Partnership on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNPRPD) funding for inception phase in Nigeria, the UN is working to build capacity on disability inclusion among UN staff, government and Civil Society as well as conducting a situation analysis to provide needed data for programming. Hopefully, the inception phase when completed will translated to having a full project from UNPRPD to advance disability inclusion in Nigeria.

Task description

Under the direct supervision of the RCO Team Leader, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

•  Implement the DCO Disability Inclusion Strategy at the country level.
•  Support the Disability Inclusion Technical Working Team (DITWG) to coordinate the implementation, monitoring and reporting of the UNCT’s disability inclusion strategy and reporting on the accountability scorecard on disability inclusion.
•  Support analysis and design of joint and agency-driven work on disability inclusion especially for women, girls and young people. ed6arf8 DmlsT2
•  Support UNPRPD Inception phase project coordination including networking with key project partners in Government, Civil Society and OPDs for timely implementation and reporting.

The UNV will support: the work of the interagency group where disability is represented and implementation, monitoring and reporting of the UNCT’s UNDIS including assisting in monitoring and data gathering on disability within the UN;-Work on disability inclusion analysis and design of joint and agency-driven work on disability inclusion especially for women, girls and young people in line with the Nigeria 2023 -2027 United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation framework(UNSDCF).-; -Work on key cross-cutting issues for disability inclusion digitalization; integration of gender and youth in DI programming and the use of data to draw out implications for disability inclusion. -Provide support (not implementation) to the UNPRPD Inception phase project. Assist in increasing integration of Civil Society and civic groups into the work on the UN, including strengthening links with OPDs networks in Nigeria.

NB: Only candidates with a disability are eligibles for this assignment. To confirm your eligibility, we would be grateful if you could provide official confirmation of your disability by uploading it to your profile during the application process. Confirmation provided by a General Practitioner or ‘Recognised’ disability organization in your country; and copies of any other relevant documents (if applicable).

Please note that any document you share with us will be treated as confidential and will only be used to prove your eligibility for this UNV assignment.

Eligibility criteria

Age: 18 – 80

Nationality

Candidate must be a national or legal resident of the country of assignment.

Requirements

Required experience

3 years of experience in working with persons with disabilities on their rights and inclusion in a range of development settings with relevant professional experience in supporting planning, programme implementation, monitoring and evaluation, knowledge management and capacity development.

•  Strong analytical and communication skills.

Area(s) of expertise

Community development, Social work, Development programmes

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Languages

English, Level: Working knowledge, Required

Required education level

Bachelor degree or equivalent in social policy, public policy, politics, economics, development studies, human rights law, disability studies, psychology, sociology or a related area.

Competencies and values

•  Communication:
•  Professionalism:
•  Working in Teams.

Other information

Living conditions and remarks

The UN system wishes to create an inclusive workplace and commits to taking appropriate measures to enable persons with disabilities to access and benefit equally from employment and other engagement opportunities such as volunteering, by providing reasonable accommodation. In this context, “reasonable accommodation” means necessary and appropriate modifications and adjustments not imposing a disproportionate or undue burden, where needed in a particular case, to ensure to persons with disabilities the enjoyment or exercise on an equal basis with others of all human rights and fundamental freedoms. [Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Article 2].

Inclusivity statement

United Nations Volunteers is an equal opportunity programme that welcomes applications from qualified professionals. We are committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, care protected characteristics. As part of their adherence to the values of UNV, all UN Volunteers commit themselves to combat any form of discrimination, and to promoting respect for human rights and individual dignity, without distinction of a person’s race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.

Note on Covid-19 vaccination requirements

Selected candidates for certain occupational groups may be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) in line with the applicable host entity policy

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Application Instructions:

The application deadline is on Sunday, 17 November 2024. Therefore qualified and interested candidates can “CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT APPLICATION” It is important to visit the official website (link found below) for detailed information on how to apply successfully for this vacancy.

Website:

Official Job Website: https://www.unv.org/host-entity/unrco