Consultancy for learning passport - Nationals only (11.5 months)

Consultant Teaching & Training Programme & Policy

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Objective:

The consultant will contribute to the deployment and promotion of the Learning Passport Platforms to ensure students in Egypt, including children on the move, have access to quality education and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, the consultant will also contribute to promoting digital education in Egypt through the curation, contextualization and development of relevant teaching and learning materials.

Methodology:

The consultant is requested to participate in an on-boarding call with the deployment team. Under the supervision of the Education Specialist, Egypt Country Office, the consultant will work closely with the Learning Passport Global Program Manager in New York, the global and regional Learning Passport Deployment Team and ICT officer at UNICEF Egypt on the deployment of the Egypt Learning Passport Platform for MoETE. The consultant is requested to provide technical guidance to MoETE and support the curation, contextualization and development of relevant content.

As the original Egypt Learning Passport Platform (https://egypt.learningpassport.unicef.org), which targets children on the move, will remain separate from the MoETE Learning Passport, the consultant is requested to continue managing this platform and liaise regularly with members of the Education Working Group and UNICEF implementing partners. Based on the already existing platform the consultant will identify, prepare and upload available digital resources and learning materials. Where necessary, and in collaboration with the Education Specialist, the consultant will support the digitalization of learning materials for educators, learners and parents targeting children on the move.

The consultant is expected to regularly analyze the usage of the learning passport through data available from the platform, customize Egypt Learning Passport website to the needs of the targeted users based on regular feedback and suggest ways to improve the platform to ensure user-friendly experience. The consultant is highly encouraged to come up with new EdTech ideas to further develop and promote the Learning Passport in Egypt and liaise with other UNICEF country offices to learn from best practices and share Egypt’s experience.

ACTIVITIES, DELIVERABLES AND TIMELINES, PLUS BUDGET PER DELIVERABLE:

Under the supervision of the Learning Passport Global Program Manager and the Education Specialist, Egypt Country Office, an individual consultant is required to provide the following services:

1. Deployment of the Learning Passport Platform for the Ministry of Education and Technical Education (MoETE) with focus on Non-Formal Education
   1. Support UNICEF Egypt Country Office in the rapid deployment of the Learning Passport Platform for the MoETE, providing technical assistance in localising the technology, curating content, coordinating various actors as requested, and providing regular reports to the Country Office and the global teams;
   2. Curate available content relevant for MoETE Non-Formal Education to support employability skills as well as gender equality as well as work with consultancy firms on contextualization of available content;
   3. Lead the implementation and roll-out of the offline Learning Passport in remote areas, in coordination with the Global Learning Passport team, with the support of relevant education section colleagues;
   4. Scope complimentary ICT for learning and Edtech tools that could be integrated to support Learning Passport related technology efforts;
   5. Liaise with private sector colleagues to negotiate zero rating for the Learning Passport Platform.
2. Manage the Learning Passport Platform for children on the move
   1. Work with UNICEF Implementing Partners on the promotion and scaling up on the existing Learning Passport Platform for children on the move and provide technical assistance and capacity building where necessary;
   2. Provide on-the-ground support to users (NGO staff, learners, educators) and stakeholders at key moments of engagement. Support may include sourcing and uploading content in collaboration with Education Staff and implementing partners, creating categories, courses, and lessons, and providing analytical reports from data aggregated by the platform;
   3. Develop a wide set of learning paths for the Learning Passport to guide students learning;
   4. Curate available content relevant for children on the move and support contextualization of available content; liaise with the UNICEF Sudan Country Office on content developed for the national curriculum and upload available content on the platform;
   5. Lead the community-based quality assurance mechanism to ensure high quality of the developed digital content;
   6. Lead the implementation and roll-out of the offline Learning Passport in refugee community schools, in coordination with the Global LP team.
3. Promote digital education in Egypt
   1. In close collaboration with our private sector team, initiate partnerships to support the promotion of digital education in Egypt;
   2. Provide technical support to the Country Office procuring digital content services (e.g. curation, digitization, localization, production), quality assuring their deliverables from a digital perspective;
   3. Coordinate the digitization and operationalisation of relevant training packages and toolkits;
   4. Under the overall supervision of the Education Section Chief, support a wide range of digital education initiatives, i.e. E-9 initiative, all digital education initiatives led by UNICEF Egypt Country Office, the rolling out of reimagine education (digital components) as well as engage in the United Nations Joint Team on Technology & Innovation.
4. Other relevant tasks
   1. Serve as focal point to management, content creators, regional and global UNICEF stakeholders;
   2. Create and assist in the management of a Learning Passport Platform community among UNICEF staff and national partners engaged in deployments, producing knowledge management resources and organizing activities to ensure collaboration among members of the community and documenting lessons learned, challenges, and good practices;
   3. Develop monitoring tools to monitor the impact of the Learning Passport interventions and provide recommendations for programmatic adjustments and future investments;
   4. Provide technical inputs to donor proposal, reports, briefing notes, case studies to internal and external stakeholders of the Learning Passport;
   5. Other activities needed to support the promotion of the Learning Passport Platform and digital education in Egypt.

EXPECTED DELIVERABLES

TENTATIVE TIMELINE 2021-22

TENTATIVE WORKING DAYS

1. Deployment of the Learning Passport Platform for MoETE

2. Learning Passport for MoETE Non-Formal Education deployed

Q4

30

2. Content for MoETE Learning Passport (employability skills and gender equality) curated or available content contextualized

Q4-Q1

10

3. Offline learning passport in remote areas deployed (phased approach)

Q4-Q2

30

4. Complimentary ICT for learning and Edtech tools identified

Q1

5

5. In collaboration with the UNICEF Private Sector Team, zero rating negotiated with service providers

Q3-Q4

5

2. Manage the Learning Passport Platform for children on the move

3. Registration of children on the move on the Learning Passport Platform increased and all refugee community schools registered

Q3-Q4

10

2. Egypt Learning Passport Platform adjusted to the needs of beneficiaries based on regular feedback collected from beneficiaries and partners.

Ongoing

10

3. Available content relevant for children on the move curated, contextualized (e.g. digital education, language and life skills, among others) and uploaded on the platform

Q3-Q4

10

4. Interactive content related to the Sudanese curriculum uploaded on the Learning Passport platform

Q3

5

5. Relevant learning paths developed and groups established for relevant user groups

Q3

5

6. Local quality assurance mechanisms established and content assessed before uploaded on the Learning Passport

Q3

25

7. Offline version of the Learning Passport rolled out in selected community schools (phased approach)

Q4-Q2

15

3. Promote digital education in Egypt

4. New partners identified and partnerships initiated to support the promotion of digital education

Ongoing

10

2. Quality digital content curated or created as requested by the Country Office

Q4-Q1

30

3. Digital content (training packages and toolkits) pre-tested and rolled-out

Q2

5

4. Inputs provided for various digital education initiatives

Q3

15

4. Other relevant tasks

5. 1. Lessons learned, challenges, and good practices documented.

Quarterly

8

2. 2. Monitoring plan developed. Monitoring data analysed and corrective measures proposed were needed.

Q3

4

3. 3. FAQs, presentations, case studies, briefing notes and other visibility materials developed and inputs for donor proposals and reports provided.

Ongoing

10

Total workdays

242

As a long-term consultancy with on-going responsibilities throughout the consultancy timeframe, the consultant will be paid on a monthly basis on submission of the monthly progress report document progress on deliverables.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• Advanced degree in education, public administration, public policy, project management or other relevant field.
• Previous experience and/or postgraduate education in EdTech is desirable.
• At least 3 years of professional work experience managing projects in development or humanitarian field required. Previous experience with the UN is plus.

• Good technical understanding and familiarity with learning management systems (LMS) is an advantage.

• Experience in digital education, curation and/or development of digital learning materials is an advantage.

• Experience in establishing and managing partnerships and building capacity of partners is required.

• Fluency in English and Arabic is a requirement.

Conditions of work:

The consultant will report to the Education Specialist, working closely with the Education Section Chief, Learning Passport Global Program Manager in New York, the Global Learning Passport Deployment Team, IT Officer, Private Sector Partnerships team and other colleagues in the Education section and other sections when required. The consultant will be office-based when needed, and the consultant will be provided a laptop by UNICEF Egypt. The consultant might be requested to travel to selected governorates to follow-up on the roll-out of relevant training packages and toolkits. The costs for travel will be covered by UNICEF Egypt.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

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UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

UNICEF is committed to promoting the protection and safeguarding of all children.

Remarks:

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.

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