Education Specialist (Ed-Tech), P3, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh #556723 (Not for Bangladeshi nationals)

Contract

This is a P-3 contract. This kind of contract is known as Professional and Director staff. It is normally internationally recruited only. It's a staff contract. It usually requires 5 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 74,649 USD and 97,747 USD.

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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, opportunity.

How can you make a difference?

The Specialist supports the integration of technology into teaching practice to connect pedagogy and technology use to improve teaching as well as to facilitate and improve teacher professional development activities. Other areas of EdTech use with the Rohingya population include: with parents, caregivers and community members to increase participation and involvement in education; with school administration to support record keeping and the collection, analysis and use of data for decision making; for digitalized personal learning and to support girls’ education. In host communities, EdTech interventions should enhance the digital skills of adolescents and young people. This recognizes digital literacy as a 21st century skill for improved livelihood options, social interactions, wellbeing and confidence.

Major duties and responsibilities:

1. Lead technology component of education programme development and planning.
2. Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results including Programme Document (PD) management.
3. Technical and operational support to integrate and harness technology approaches in programme implementation to overcome challenges of access, inclusion, quality of instruction and learning loss.
4. Networking and partnership building to support use of technology in education programming in the Rohingya education response and with host communities.
5. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building on Education Technologies (EdTech).

Please see attached TOR for details: ToR - Education Specialist (EdTech) P3 TA CXB.docx

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

• An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: teaching, education, technology, psychology, sociology, or another relevant technical field.
• A minimum of five years of professional experience in programme planning and implementation of technology-based education.
• Experience working in education as a teacher, teacher administrator, inspector, or director.
• Experience supporting use of education technologies in varied contexts including complex environments is preferred.
• Knowledge of the Rohingya refugee response and technology landscape strongly desired.
• Experience working in different contexts and countries is advantageous.
• Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

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…

• Nurtures, Leads and Manages People
• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness
• Works Collaboratively with others
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships
• Innovates and Embraces Change
• Thinks and Acts Strategically
• Drive to achieve impactful results
• Manages ambiguity and complexity

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 does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.

*Internal candidates may be given preference over external candidates. The term "Internal" refers to all staff members with fixed term, continuing or permanent appointments.

*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.

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