Education Specialist (Migration), P-3, LACRO, Panama City, Panama

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 108,838 USD and 142,515 USD.

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For every child, education.

UNICEF promotes the rights and welfare of all children and adolescents in everything we do. Together with our allies, we work in 190 countries and territories to transform this commitment into practical actions that benefit all children, especially focusing our efforts on reaching the most vulnerable and excluded, worldwide.

The UNICEF Latin America and Caribbean Regional Office is based in in Panama, operating in 36 territories, including 24 country offices. UNICEF works to put the rights and well-being of the most disadvantaged children at the heart of the social, political, and economic agenda, in line with our equity focus, working across our organization and with our partners in government, civil society and the private sector to support shifts in public policy, fuel social engagement, and increase investment for children.

The UNICEF Latin America and Caribbean Regional Office is based in Panama, operating in 36 territories, including 24 country offices. UNICEF works to put the rights and well-being of the most disadvantaged children at the heart of the social, political, and economic agenda, in line with our equity focus, working across our organization and with our partners in government, civil society, and the private sector to support shifts in public policy, fuel social engagement, and increase investment for children.

The education challenges faced by refugee and migrant children and adolescents in the LAC Region have increased by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although most of the schools have already reopened, many refugee and migrant children are still facing multiple obstacles to accessing education services in their host countries, such as lack of spaces or enrollment, lack of documentation, school materials, infrastructure, language issues, lack of financial resources, and among others, poor knowledge of the normative and policies.

Since the beginning of the migration crisis, UNICEF Regional Office has provided LAC Country Offices with technical support to develop and implement context-appropriate strategies to ensure education access and permanence for migrant and refugee children and those in host communities.

For more information about UNICEF and its work, feel free to consult www.unicef.org.

How can you make a difference?

Under the guidance and general supervision of the Education Specialist, the incumbent supports the development and preparation of the Education migration programs and is responsible for managing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating, and reporting the progress of education migration programs/projects within the Regional Education in Emergencies programme. The Specialist provides technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes to facilitate the administration and achievement of results on the education to improve learning outcomes and equitable and inclusive education, especially for refugee and migrant children and adolescents. The Specialist contributes to achievement of results according to plans, allocation, results-based management approaches and methodology (RBM), as well as UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, standards of performance, and accountability framework.

The complete job description can be consulted at the following link: Terms of Reference.pdf

To qualify as a champion for every child you will have…

• An advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in one of the following fields is required: Education, Economics, Psychology, Sociology, or another relevant technical field. Alternatively, a first-level university degree in a relevant field combined with two additional years of qualifying professional experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• A minimum of five years of professional experience in programme planning, management, and/or research in Education is required.
• Education in Emergency experience in humanitarian and/or migration crisis contexts is required.
• Experience working in the coordination of inter-agency initiatives is required.
• Prior experience working within the LAC region is required.
• Experience working in a developing country is considered as an asset.
• Relevant experience in a UN System Agency or Organization is considered as an asset.
• Fluency in English and Spanish is required. Knowledge of French and/or Portuguese will be considered an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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

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.

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.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for International Professional positions. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). 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.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. Nationals of Panama are not eligible to apply to this position.