Education Officer (Digital Education), NOB, TA, Ankara Turkiye, Turkish Nationals Only

Contract

This is a NO-2 contract. This kind of contract is known as National Professional Officers. It is normally only for nationals. It's a staff contract. More about NO-2 contracts.

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.

And we never give up.

For every child, education

For more than 70 years, UNICEF has been operating in Türkiye and we have witnessed remarkable progress, especially in the area of maternal and child health. Still, gaps and inequalities remain and UNICEF continues to support systemic reforms in education, social and child protection and justice, through the provision of technical assistance to improve access and quality of services as well as ‘modeling’ of service delivery at both central and local level, especially for the most vulnerable children and young people.

How can you make a difference?

Education Officer, Digital Education (NOB), is responsible for the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Digital Ecosystem for Teacher Training project activities in relation to digitalization, digital content development, platform development and establishment of teacher learning labs. The officer will support the development and preparation of the project deliverables in relation to digitalization, digital content development, platform development and establishment of teacher learning labs. S/he will work primarily in close cooperation with the Ministry of National Education, as well as other relevant project partners including civil society, knowledge institutions and the media; represent UNICEF in project meetings, trainings and other events. S/he will directly report to the Education Specialist.

Support to project development and planning

• Contribute to the development, design and management of Digital Ecosystem for Teacher Training project. Research and report on data for use in project development, management, monitoring, evaluation and delivery of results.
• Support preparation of technical reports and provide inputs for project preparation and documentation ensuring accuracy, timeliness and relevancy of information.
• Provide technical and administrative support throughout all stages of programming processes by executing and administering a variety of technical project transactions, preparing materials and documentations, and complying with organizational processes and management systems, to support programme planning, results based planning (RBM) and monitoring and evaluation of results.
• Prepare required project documentation/materials to facilitate project deliverable review and approval process.

Project management, monitoring and delivery of results.

• Work closely and collaboratively with internal colleagues and partners to collect, analyze and share information on implementation issues.
• Suggest solutions on routine project implementation and submit reports to alert appropriate officials and stakeholders for higher-level intervention and/or decisions. Keep record of reports and assessments for easy reference and/or to capture and institutionalize lessons learned.
• Participate in project monitoring and evaluation exercises, project deliverable reviews and project steering committee and management meetings with government and other counterparts and prepare minutes/reports on results for follow up action by higher management and other stakeholders.
• Monitor and report on the use of project resources (financial, administrative and other assets), verify compliance with approved allocation, organizational rules, regulations/procedures and donor commitments, standards of accountability and integrity. Report on issues identified to ensure timely resolution by management/stakeholders. Follow up on unresolved issues to ensure resolution.
• Prepare draft inputs for donor reporting.

Technical and operational support to project implementation

• Undertake field visits and surveys and share information with stakeholders to assess progress and refer to relevant officials for resolution. Report on critical issues, bottlenecks and potential problems for timely action to achieve results.
• Provide technical and operational support to all project partners and stakeholders, UN system partners and the donor on the application and understanding of UNICEF policies, strategies, processes and best practices on education related issues to support project implementation, operations and delivery of results.

Networking and partnership building

• Build and sustain effective close working partnerships with government counterparts and project stakeholders through active sharing of information and knowledge to facilitate project implementation and build capacity of partners and stakeholders to achieve and sustain results on Digital Ecosystem for Teacher Training project.

Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

• Contribute to identifying, capturing, synthesizing, and sharing lessons learned for knowledge development and capacity development of project partners and stakeholders.
• Apply innovative approaches and promote good practice to support the implementation and delivery of concrete and sustainable project results.
• Research and report on best and cutting edge practices for development planning of knowledge products and systems.
• Participate as a resource person in capacity building initiatives to enhance the competencies of project partners and stakeholders.

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

• A university degree in education, psychology, sociology, computer and instructional system technologies or another relevant technical field is required.

• An advanced degree (Masters/PhD) in instructional systems technologies is highly desirable.

• A minimum of two years of professional experience in instructional systems technologies and other related areas is required.

• Professional work experience in digital instructional material design, teacher education, and research.
• Experience working with the government, EU and UNICEF is an asset.
• Analytical report-writing and presentation skills (both in Turkish and English).
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills, especially the ability to work with in-service teachers, teacher education programs, education policy makers, and Government officials.
• Fluency in English and Turkish is required.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: https://uni.cf/UNICEFValues

UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others.

During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework here.

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.

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 is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. 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.

Remarks:

UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children.

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

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Appointments are also subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.