Education Specialist, P-3, Fixed-Term, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh #564245 (For Non-Bangladeshi Nationals Only)

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, an advocate.

How can you make a difference?

Under the guidance and general supervision of the Education Manager (P4), the Specialist (P3) provides technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes to facilitate the achievement of education programme results to improve learning outcomes and equitable and inclusive education, especially for children who are marginalised, disadvantaged and excluded in society.

The Specialist will be responsible for multi-year, multi-million institutional education donor grants and must ensure quality programme results are achieved, evidenced and funds are utilised according to donor requirements. The Specialist will plan, develop, implement, monitor, evaluate and report on education programmes and approaches within the Rohingya education response with linkages to national level interventions. The Specialist further leads monitoring and review processes for the entire education section, coordinating monitoring approaches, ensuring timely review, feedback and response to monitoring findings, completion of field monitoring action points and dissemination of learning and knowledge management products.

The Specialist provides technical guidance within UNICEF Cox’s Bazar Field Office, with Implementing Partners (IPs) and with the Education Sector, ideally having expertise in teacher professional development and/or Early Childhood Development. The Specialist contributes to achievement of results according to plans, funding allocations, results-based management approaches and methodology (RBM), as well as UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, standards of performance, and accountability framework. The Specialist will line manage 1-2 persons.

Major duties and responsibilities:

1. Support to programme development and planning including utilisation of monitoring findings for learning and adaptation

2. Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results

3. Technical and operational support for evidence-driven, quality programme implementation

4. Networking and partnership building

5. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

Please see attached TOR for details: JD - Education Specialist P3.docx

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

- An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: education, teaching, or another relevant technical field.

- A minimum of five years of professional experience in education programme planning, education programme management, monitoring and evaluation or as an education adviser or researcher in education is required.

- Experience working in a developing country is essential and in the Rohingya response is considered an asset.

- Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset.

- Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of Burmese or Bangla 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: UNICEF Values

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. the 8th competency (Nurtures, leads and manages people) for supervisory role]

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:

This position has been assessed as an elevated risk role for Child Safeguarding purposes as it is:a role with direct contact with children, works directly with children, is a safeguarding response role. Additional vetting and assessment for elevated risk roles in child safeguarding (potentially including additional criminal background checks) applies.

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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.

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