UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the
world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend
their rights. To help them fulfill their potential. Across 190 countries
and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to
build a better world for everyone.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: TA Education Specialist P4, (6 months)
Job Number: 517166
Location: Abuja-Nigeria
Work Type: Temporary Appointment
How can you make a difference?
- Under the guidance and general supervision of the Senior
Education Specialist / GEP3 Manager (Level 5), the Specialist supports
the development and preparation of the Education programmes and is
responsible for managing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating and
reporting the progress of education programmes/projects especially the
Girls Education Project Phase 3 (GEP3) and the Educate a Child (EAC)
project as technical lead, within the country programme.
- The Specialist provides technical guidance and management
support throughout the programming processes to facilitate the
administration and achievement of results on education
programmes/projects to improve learning outcomes and equitable and
inclusive education, especially for children who are marginalized,
disadvantaged and excluded in society.
Key Functions, Accountabilities and Related Duties/Tasks
Support to programme development and planning:
- Assist supervisor set priorities, strategies, design and
implementation plans. Keep abreast of development trends to enhance
programme management, efficiency and delivery.
- Participate in strategic programme discussion on the planning of
education programmes. Formulate, design and prepare programme proposals
for the sector, ensuring alignment with UNICEF's Strategic Plans and
Country Programme and coherence/integration with the UN Development
Assistance Framework (UNDAF), regional strategies and national
priorities, plans and competencies.
- Prepare required documentations for programme review and approval.
- Work closely and collaboratively with internal colleagues and
partners to discuss strategies and methodologies, and to determine
national priorities to ensure the achievement of concrete and
sustainable results.
- Provide technical and operational support throughout all stages
of programming processes and to ensure integration, coherence and
harmonization of programmes/projects with other UNICEF sectors and
achievement of results as planned and allocated.
Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results:
- Plan and collaborate with internal colleagues and external
partners to establish monitoring benchmarks, and performance indicators
to assess/strengthen performance accountability, coherence and delivery
of concrete and sustainable results for the assigned interventions and
output areas of the education programme.
- Participate in monitoring exercises, programme reviews and
annual reviews with the government and other counterparts to assess
progress and to determine required action/interventions to achieve
results.
- Prepare and assess monitoring and evaluation reports to identify gaps, strengths and weaknesses in programme management.
- Identify lessons learned and use knowledge gained for development planning and timely intervention to achieve goals.
- Actively monitor programmes/projects through field visits and
surveys, and exchange information with stakeholders to assess progress,
identify bottlenecks and potential problems, and take timely decisions
to resolve issues and/or refer to relevant officials for timely
resolution.
- Monitor and verify the optimum and appropriate use of sectoral
programme resources (financial, administrative and other assets)
confirming compliance with organizational rules, regulations/procedures
and donor commitments, standards of accountability and integrity,
ensuring timely reporting and liquidation of resources.
- Prepare and contribute to regular and mandated programme/project
reports for management, donors and partners to keep them informed of
programme progress.
Technical and operational support to programme implementation:
- Provide technical guidance and operational support to government
counterparts, NGO partners, UN system partners and country office
partners and donors on interpretation, application and understanding of
UNICEF policies, strategies, processes and best practices and approaches
on education and related issues to support programme management,
implementation and delivery of results.
- Participate in education programme meetings including programme
development and contingency planning to provide technical and
operational information, advice and support.
- Draft policy papers, briefs and other strategic programme materials for management use
Networking and partnership building:
- Build and sustain effective close working partnerships with
relevant government counterparts, national stakeholders, global
partners, donors, and academia through active networking, advocacy and
effective communication to build capacity, exchange knowledge/expertise
and to reinforce cooperation to achieve sustainable and broad results on
education programmes.
Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building:
- Apply and introduce innovative approaches and good practices to
build the capacity of partners and stakeholders and to support the
implementation and delivery of concrete and sustainable programme
results.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of policies and
procedures to ensure optimum efficiency and efficacy of sustainable
programmes and projects.
- Organize and implement capacity building initiatives to enhance
the competencies of clients/stakeholders to promote sustainable results
on education and related programmes/projects.
Technical Competencies
Technical competencies must be demonstrated in the following areas:
- Understanding of the overall global development context,
including issues such as: poverty, conflict and the impact of these
factors on education and vice-versa; and inter-sectoral approaches to
address such issues in collaboration with other sectors (including
Social Policy, Child Protection, Nutrition, WASH, Health, and
Communications within UNICEF).
- Programme management in education, including programme design, costing, value for money monitoring and evaluation and reporting.
- Education sector planning knowledge/ability, including the range
of modalities for delivering education, linkages between different
sub-sectors (e.g. ECD, Primary, Inclusive Education), cost-effectiveness
and efficiency issues, key institutional structures, components and
processes, as well as governance issues with a focus on school based
governance and management.
- Ability to support policy dialogue: translation of analytical
findings and evidence into development programme and policy discussions
around equity and learning with partners, including government,
development partners, CSOs and academia in relevant areas.
- Education and policy sector analysis capacity, including
understanding of the core education data sets and indicators; tools for
analysis of equity; determinants of student access and learning; budget,
costing, and financial management in education systems; political
economy; and education policy and strategic planning.
Job Requirements
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have:
- An advanced university Degree in one of the following fields is
required: Education, Economics, Psychology, Sociology, or another
relevant technical field.
- A minimum of eight years of professional experience in programme planning, management, and/or research in education is required.
- Experience of working with Government departments and understanding of government systems will be an advantage.
UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core
competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for
Results:
View our competency framework at:
http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf
Application Closing Date
6th November, 2018 by 23:55:00 GMT+0100 (W. Central Africa Standard Time)
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
