The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programs, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favouritism. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, nutrition, education and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens — addressing inequity — not only will give all children the opportunity to fulfil their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries. This is why the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations.

UNICEF’s Nigeria Country Office (NCO) works with the Government of Nigeria and other stakeholders to strengthen the country’s health product supply chain, promote local manufacturing of health consumables and increase climate resiliency of the country’s health system. The UNV will support these streams work by working with the NCO health team, other NCO teams, technical partners and the Government.

Under the direct supervision of the Risk & Compliance Manager, Abuja, the UN volunteer will –

a) Risk management support
• Provide support to the office(s) in risk assessment processes and support the monitoring, reliability of reports and their compliance with applicable rules and regulations.
• Provide support in the monitoring of risk mitigation actions plans to include a regular review.
• Provide support during the peer reviews process, provide support to office(s) management team in ensuring the risk management approach is embedded in any project/proposal, in office governance committees’ review of submissions and in any major decision made by the management.
• Provide support in following-up the internal audit recommendations.

b) Compliance support
• Provide support in the review of the office(s) systems, procedures, and processes for compliance with organizational rules and regulations. Update the compliance effectiveness trackers and develop summary of key findings.
• Support the office(s) in enforcing and strengthening internal controls to ensure that systems are in place to prevent, detect and report non-compliance. Support the process for the preparation of the Internal control Self-Assessment (ICSA) by the office.

• Review internal work processes in Programme and Operations to ensure that accountabilities are clear and placed at the adequate levels as per global policies and/or best practices.
• Support the office(s) to ensure smooth preparedness of audit, conduct a quality assurance and follow-up on the implementation of the recommendations and provides feedback to the management.
• Support in the review the conformity of statutory and non-statutory committees, assess committee members have been trained/oriented on their roles and responsibility.

c) Fraud risk management support
• Support the office(s), under the leadership of the Risk & Compliance Manager, to ensure the implementation of the country anti-fraud strategy, suggest internal fraud prevention mechanisms and alert the management on any fraudulent issues as well as unethical behaviours detected.
• Support in assessing the fraud risk across UNICEF Nigeria’s programmes. Follow up on the implementation of actions plan.
• Support the management of the office(s) in collecting evidence to respond to OIAI’s queries when initially assessing allegations of fraud and misconduct or during actual investigations.

d) Create awareness/capacity building.
• Support the implementation of a continuous learning and development plan for the Risk and Compliance function.
• Support the Risk & Compliance Manager in providing staff with access to relevant training and that staff and other personnel understand key UNICEF policies including Fraud and Ethics.
• Support in providing training in UNICEF Fraud Risks policies and procedures, to staff and others.

I. UNICEF Core Values
• Care
• Respect
• Integrity
• Trust
• Accountability

II. Core Competencies
• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness
• Works Collaboratively with others.
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships
• Innovates and Embraces Change
• Thinks and Acts Strategically
• Drive to achieve impactful results
• Manages ambiguity and complexity

III. Functional Competencies
• Analysing & Verification
• Learning and Researching
• Planning and organizing
• Training

Risk and Compliance or another directly relevant area, such as internal audits, internal controls, quality assurance and monitoring.
– Experience in financial management, particularly developing and implementing financial control systems, ERM, audits, internal control preferably with international organizations, NGO’s and UN.

Nigeria (fondly called ‘Naija’ by its people), is Africa’s most populated country and has a rich cultural and ethnic diversity. It is situated between the Republic of Benin to the West, Cameroon and Chad to the East, Niger to the North and the Gulf of Guinea to the South. Nigeria has a population of about 167 Million, with about 250 cultural groupings, each having an ethnic affiliation that is identifiable by a common language. However, English is Nigeria’s official language and it is the medium of instruction at all levels of education except in some lower primary and nursery schools. The capital of Nigeria was moved to Abuja when it became obvious that population pressures, political and ethnic divisions necessitated a move from Lagos. Nigeria is politically divided into six geo-political zones, North West, North East, North Central, South West, South East, and South South. Administratively the country is divided into 36 states and a Federal Capital territory (Abuja). Visitors to the South are unlikely to meet many young people with whom they cannot communicate in English, but in the Northern part of the country, English is less widely spoken. Pidgin, often known as Broken English, though informal is widely used as a form of communication.