Consultant for installing Moodle platforms for schools

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UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion and gender parity within its workforce, and encourages all qualified candidates, irrespective of nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, gender identity and sexual orientation, as well as persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization. UNICEF’s office is accessible to a certain extent, and employees are entitled to reasonable accommodations that are needed for ensuring equitable working conditions.

Since 2020, UNICEF in Serbia and the Ministry of Education (MoE) with the support from the European Union, have been implementing the project “Bridging digital divide in Serbia for most vulnerable children” with the overall objective to strengthen the resilience of the education system to equitably serve all children’s access to learning during times of emergency, with a particular focus on Roma children. After the initial adaptation of schools to distance learning in 2020, the Serbian educational authorities instructed schools to work on introducing a learning management system, as a central place where all online teaching communication and learning takes place. The authorities are promoting the use of the Moodle learning management system as "the only free system that fully enables the realization of quality online teaching based on a constructivist approach to teaching and which enables the application of the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy".

Work Assignment Overview:

The purpose of this assignment is to perform installation and implementation of the Moodle learning system for up to 70 schools as a part of the central management of national LMS solution (My school platform).

Duration of the assignment: 10 July – 10 September 2023 (part-time, remote)

Task description:

• Define the number and type of Moodle classrooms per school to be created,
• Create Moodle classrooms for up to 70 schools as a part of central management of national LMS solution (My School platform).

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required:

• University degree in Science (including Social sciences), Humanities, Technology/Engineering, Mathematics.
• At least 5 years of professional experience in using Moodle learning system as a teacher and as an administrator.
• At least 5 years of professional experience in installing and implementing Moodle learning system.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to meet tight deadlines through excellent time management and organization skills.
• Sound judgement in follow-up on requests.
• Good knowledge of Serbian and English languages.
• Work experience with UNICEF and /or other international organizations would be considered as an advantage.

How to apply:

The application must include a financial proposal in RSD as a separate document, providing the gross fee for the whole assignment.

The closing date for applications is 2 July 2023.

Important notes:

• Please do not forget to specify your name in the financial proposal file while saving (to be uploaded online under the “Financial Proposal” tab).
• Please do not indicate financials anywhere else in the online application form, please mark "n/a” or “00" under the fee-related questions in the online application form.
• Incomplete applications will not be taken into consideration.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be notified and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

For every child, you must demonstrate UNICEF's core values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability and Sustainability.

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, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.