Education Officer PDET (Fixed Term), NO-1, Bogotá - Colombia

Contract

This is a NO-1 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-1 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,

At UNICEF COLOMBIA we work to generate positive changes in the lives of children and adolescents. Our current work plan runs from 2021 to the end of 2024 and aims to ensure that children and adolescents enjoy their rights through equitable access to social services, improve their learning and live protected from all types of violence.

We work throughout Colombia, with special focus on the departments where children have fewer opportunities: Chocó, Cauca, Nariño, Antioquia, Córdoba, Amazonas, Putumayo, La Guajira, Caquetá, Atlántico, Arauca and Norte de Santander.

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Purpose of the Position

Under the supervision of the Education Specialist (Migration outcome Manager), the Education Officer NOA provides professional technical assistance and support for programme/project design, planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and administration of programme/project activities, including data analysis, progress reporting, knowledge networking and capacity building, in support of achievement of planned objectives of the work plan, aligned with education programme goals and strategy.

The Education Officer reports to the Chief Education or Education Specialist for close guidance and supervision. (Level 1 is an entry professional level and should therefore be normally used as a trainee level for the purpose of acquiring organizational knowledge of rules, regulations and processes to supplement academic and theoretical knowledge of the profession for upward mobility to higher responsibilities). Incumbents at this level are not expected to remain for an extended period of time in the post.

The Education Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the education programmes/projects through the application of theoretical and technical skills in researching, collecting, analyzing and presenting technical programme information while learning organizational rules, regulations and procedures to support the development and formulation of the Education Programme within the Country Programme.

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

Candidates with a medium-high level of English will be attractive:

• A university degree in one of the following fields is required: education, psychology, sociology, or another relevant technical field.
• Work experience in projects to ensure educational trajectories in rural and/or urban areas, at departmental and municipal level.
• Experience in flexible educational models, inclusive approaches and/or ethno-education is desirable.
• Communication skills with different levels of coordination such as: community, institutional, municipal and departmental, as well as educational coordination entities at national level.
• Willingness and willingness to travel and work in coordination with teams, partners and beneficiary population in the territory.}
• A minimum of one (1) year of professional experience in programme planning, management, and/or research in education is required.
• Experience working in a developing country is considered as an asset.
• Candidates with intermediate or high level of English will be attractive. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
• Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset.

FIND THE COMPLETE JOB DESCRIPTION HERE:

Education Officer Level 1.pdf

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s core values are Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability & Sustainability

The Core competencies required for the post are:·

• Builds and maintains partnerships (L2)

• Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (L2)

• Drive for results with impact (L2)

• Innovates and embraces change (L2)

• Manages ambiguity and complexity (L2)

• Thinks and acts strategically (L2)

• Working collaboratively with others (L2)

• Nurtures, leads and manage people (L1)

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

Remarks:

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

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