Education Specialist, P3, Kabul, Afghanistan, Open to Non-Afghan 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 110,481 USD and 144,666 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, Education!

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How can you make a difference?

Under the supervision of the Education Manager Access, the Education specialist will support the education section as a whole and support the implementation of the Education in Emergencies (EiE) component of the Afghanistan country programme. The Specialist supports the development and preparation of the Education programmes and is responsible for managing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating and reporting the progress of EiE programmes/projects within the country programme. The Specialist provides technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes to facilitate the administration and achievement of results on education in emergency programmes/projects to improve learning outcomes and equitable and inclusive education, especially for children who are marginalized, disadvantaged and excluded in society.

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.

Key function, accountabilities and related duties/tasks

Provides Leadership and Technical Guidance for Programmes

• Contributes to the development, implementation and monitoring of UNICEF's Strategic Plan, Education Strategy and associated technical guidance, with a focus on education in emergencies.
• Stays up to date with emerging evidence, best practice and country office approaches and facilitates the sharing of lessons using existing knowledge management platforms.
• Provides leadership and operational technical guidance for programmes in collaboration with partners to national preparedness and response planning for EiE, strategy development, standard setting and advocacy in Afghanistan.
• Initiates new EiE related approaches and develops methodologies to best meet goals and objectives of education in emergencies.
• Contributes to the consolidation of position papers, guidance and other products for use in the development of UNICEF’s country programme policy on EiE within the context of UNICEF's overall equity focused education strategy.
• Liaises with other development activities e.g. Global Partnership for Education and Education Cannot Wait where relevant as well as activities related to Peacebuilding and Social Cohesion where applicable

Coordinates UNICEF Engagement with EiE within and outside UNICEF

• Co-ordinates and ensures integration with UNICEF sections and Clusters (particularly Child Protection, WASH, Nutrition as well as C4D, Supply & Logistics), UN sister agencies, Save the Children and other NGOs, to contribute to the restoration of education in emergencies in conflict and disaster affected/prone regions in the country.
• Liaises with the Interagency Network for Education in Emergencies (lNEE), Global Coalition
• to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) and other relevant EiE platforms and networks.
• Participates in national and regional/international meetings on EiE as relevant to the country’s preparedness and response planning; and, in internal structures and meetings including Emergency Team Meetings.
• Strengthens partnerships and collaborates with key humanitarian assistance agencies and development partners such as OCHA, UNHCR, WFP, UNESCO, and others.

Provides guidance in development and establishment of contingency plans, monitoring, tracking performance and reporting on results

• Provides overall guidance in development and establishment of contingency plans, monitoring, tracking performance and reporting on results.
• In coordination and collaboration with colleagues, establishes and develops effective information and reporting systems to monitor and evaluate the impact of EiE programmes, activities and achievement of targeted in humanitarian crises.
• Ensures organizational targets are fully met in terms of the Core Commitments for Children (CCCs).
• As needed undertakes missions (field visits) to support evaluation of programme effectiveness at national and decentralized levels, identify challenges and assist in instituting remedial measures.

Supports efforts to mobilize resources for education in emergencies and monitor results

• Supports efforts to mobilize resources for EiE, and monitor related results, including contributing to the development of the Rolling Workplan and other relevant country reports; this including relevant data collection, assurance and analysis.
• Supports efforts to strengthen results-based management. Supports engagement with key donors and partners and contributes to the development of new funding proposals related to EiE where applicable.
• Prepares and submits timely situation/progress/status reports for management, donors, budget reviews, programme monitoring and evaluation, annual reports, reports linked to Humanitarian Performance Monitoring (HPM) etc.

Supports human resource and capacity building needs for education in emergencies

• Identifies and follows up on human resource requirements, training and performance planning for UNICEF and within the Education sector as well as needs related to monitoring for emergency and post crisis interventions.

Ensures the development of effective communication materials and strategies to support advocacy and social mobilization efforts for EiE

• Ensures the development of effective communication materials and strategies to support advocacy and social mobilisation efforts for EiE preparedness and response activities, especially in collaboration with C4D and Communication sections.

Contributes to the management of the education section and develops and manages Rolling Work Plans for the EiE component of the Afghanistan country programme.

• Contributes to the management of the Education Section, as a key member of the team.
• Plans and coordinates periodic assessments and evaluations of progress of UNICEF's EiE work towards the education Sustainable Development Goal (SDG4).
• Contributes to Education Section products such as the Rolling Work Plan, the Annual Report, Donor Reports, Funding Proposals and other relevant documents.

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

• An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: education, economics, psychology, sociology or another relevant technical field.
• A minimum of five years 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.
• Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset.
• Familiarity/ background with emergency is considered as an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language or local language of the duty station is considered as 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 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. (8)Nurtures, leads and manages people.

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.

Remarks:

UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable female candidates are encouraged to apply.

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 IP positions. Appointments are also subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be selected for a position with UNICEF, you either must be inoculated as required or receive a medical exemption from the relevant department of the UN. Otherwise, the selection will be cancelled.

All selected candidates will 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.

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.

Eligible UNICEF International Professional (IP) Staff Members on fixed-term, continuing or permanent contracts applying to a Temporary Appointment, which is dedicated to L3 (or L2) Response, may be able to retain a lien and their fixed-term entitlements. The conditions of the temporary assignment will vary depending on the status of their post and their current tour of duty, and relocation entitlements may be limited as per the relevant policies.