Education Officer

Volunteering Teaching & Training

Overview

Provide technical, administrative, and operational support to education programmes.

You have:

• At least three years of professional work experience at the national and/or international level in education programme planning, management, and/or research in education or other social sciences is required.
• Experience with government and/or think tanks and civil society organization in related field is an asset, as is experience working in the UN or another international development organization.
• Excellent oral and written skills in English and Macedonian, excellent drafting, formulation, reporting skills; knowledge of Albanian considered a strong asset.
• Accuracy and professionalism in document production and editing.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; culturally and socially sensitive; ability to work inclusively and collaboratively with a range of partners, including authorities at different levels, civil society and youth organizations.
• Ability to work and adapt professionally and to effectively address challenges; ability to work effectively in a multicultural team of international and national personnel.
• Solid computer literacy, including proficiency in various MS Office applications (Excel, Word, etc.) and email/internet; familiarity with database management; and office technology equipment.
• Self-motivated, ability to work with minimum supervision; ability to work with tight deadlines.
• Sound security awareness.
• Demonstrate an interest in and commitment to the protection, promotion and realization of child rights, with a focus on the most vulnerable, and volunteerism as a mechanism for durable development, and the UN System.

Contract

This is a UNV National Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as National UN Volunteer. It is normally only for nationals. More about UNV National Specialist contracts.

North Macedonia is home to over 372,000 children, an estimated 120,000 of whom are at risk of being left behind due to poverty or exclusion. The new UNICEF Country Programme Document 2026-2030 aims to ensure every child and adolescent, particularly the most vulnerable and marginalized reaches their full potential and realizes their rights. This is achieved by driving systemic change to ensure that policies, budgets, services and measures advance children’s rights and benefit children living in poverty, Roma children and children with disabilities.

The National UNV Officer will provide technical, administrative and operational support to the development, implementation, monitoring and reporting of education programmes, from pre-primary through secondary focusing on education reforms, policy development and inclusion, as well as expanding adolescents’ green skills, participation and climate action.

By supporting school network optimization, development of strategic education policies; upgrading curricula and teacher training, as well as support system for children with disabilities and Roma, expansion of early childhood education; and strengthening green skills and climate action for adolescents, this role helps to create sustainable changes in the equity, effectiveness and efficiency of the education system and strengthening learning outcomes for every child, particularly the most vulnerable.

The UNV post will be under the direct supervision of the Education Specialist, a senior position in the office. The key function of this position is to support evidence generation and analysis, technical assistance and advocacy efforts in education, with specific focus on education sector reforms, quality teaching and learning, expansion of early childhood education, green skills and climate action.

More specifically, the UNV Education Officer will undertake the following tasks: - Assist in preparing and updating the situation analysis and support the development of gender, inclusive and climate responsive education programme planned results, strategies and key interventions through research, data collection, analysis and reporting - Provide technical and operational support to government counterparts, NGO partners, and other partners/donors on the delivery of gender, inclusive and climate responsive education programme and strategies, UNICEF processes to support programme implementation, operations and delivery of results. - Conduct field visits and surveys, report on progress and challenges, and support partners in understanding and applying UNICEF policies and best practices in gender, inclusive and climate responsive education. - Build and sustain effective close working partnerships with government counterparts and national stakeholders through active sharing of information and knowledge to facilitate programme implementation - Participate in monitoring and evaluation activities, sectoral reviews, and report on the use of resources, ensuring compliance, accountability, and timely resolution of issues, escalating issues that require management attention. - Draft communication and information materials for programme advocacy, and prepare resource mobilization materials and briefs for fund raising and reporting - Contribute to knowledge management and capacity building by sharing lessons learned, promoting innovation and best practices, and participating in training initiatives. - Support other relevant tasks as requested by the supervisor

Core Values • Care • Respect • Integrity • Trust • Accountability • Sustainability

Core competencies • Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1) • Works Collaboratively with others (1) • Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1) • Innovates and Embraces Change (1) • Thinks and Acts Strategically (1) • Drives to achieve impactful results (1) • Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)

Functional Competencies • Persuading and influencing (1) • Applying technical expertise (1) • Learning and researching (2) • Planning and organizing (2)

• At three years of professional work experience at the national and/or international level in education programme planning, management, and/or research in education or other social sciences is required • Experience with government and/or think tanks and civil society organization in related field is an asset, as is experience working in the UN or another international development organization. • Excellent oral and written skills in English and Macedonian, excellent drafting, formulation, reporting skills; knowledge of Albanian considered a strong asset. • Accuracy and professionalism in document production and editing. • Excellent interpersonal skills; culturally and socially sensitive; ability to work inclusively and collaboratively with a range of partners, including authorities at different levels, civil society and youth organizations. • Ability to work and adapt professionally and to effectively address challenges; ability to work effectively in a multicultural team of international and national personnel. • Solid computer literacy, including proficiency in various MS Office applications (Excel, Word, etc.) and email/internet; familiarity with database management; and office technology equipment. • Self-motivated, ability to work with minimum supervision; ability to work with tight deadlines. • Sound security awareness. • Demonstrate an interest in and commitment to the protection, promotion and realization of child rights, with a focus on the most vulnerable, and volunteerism as a mechanism for durable development, and the UN System.

North Macedonia is a landlocked country, geographically located on the Balkan Peninsula, south-eastern Europe with around 1.8 million inhabitants. It is an upper-middle-income country, candidate for EU membership and NATO member. The capital city is Skopje with around 600,000 inhabitants. It is the largest city of North Macedonia, the country's political, cultural, economic centre. There is a wide range of hotels, restaurants, education institutions, access roads, public transport (buses, taxis, trains), public services and places for recreation, airports.

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