Education Specialist, P3, Unicef Amman, Jordan Country Office

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 104,359 USD and 136,650 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, Development

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is leader in the region for the rights of its children. Working closely with the Government of Jordan, civil society, the private sector and communities, UNICEF Jordan Country Office aims to sustain results achieved for children to date, and strive to further improve policies, national institutions and programmes, for the well-being of every child in Jordan, in line with Jordan's Vision 2025 and the National Human Resources Development Strategy (2016-2025) towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Our programmes focus on improving the lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children in the Kingdom, irrespective of their nationality, gender, religion or background. Our main pillars include: Child Protection; Education; Water, Sanitation & Hygiene; Adolescent and Youth Engagement; Health and Nutrition; Social Protection; and Operations.

How can you make a difference?

The Education Specialist who reports to the P5 Chief of Education, will support UNICEF Jordan’s efforts to support children’s access and retention, as well as to ensure children’s learning. The P3 (TA) provides technical guidance to the design and delivery of programs to enable children to access education and progress in their learning, whether through formal, non-formal or informal service provision. The post holder will provide technical direction to the JCO education priorities under the Country Program Document. Specific tasks and responsibilities are highlighted below :

Programme management

• Work closely and collaboratively with cross-sectoral colleagues, MOE and bilateral partners to help determine national priorities in support of vulnerable children and learning recovery and to ensure the achievement of sustainable results that enable Jordan to deliver for vulnerable children within the National Education Sector Plan.
• Leading on development of reports cross Section including progress, final, and CERs)/ Prepare MOE, ISWG, ad-hoc donor requests for information etc., cross-checking the accuracy of information received, coordinating with partnerships,
• Provide quality assurance to grant leads on donor compliance by using monthly grant management meetings to identify donor compliance risks and coordinating with partnerships for target changes and amendments needed to projects/budgets.
• Under the guidance of the Section Chief, lead and coordinate development of proposals, including budget and log frames, in line with donor requirements in coordination with partnerships and section colleagues. Ensuring alignment with UNICEF’s Strategic Plans and Country Programme, regional strategies and national priorities.
• Ensure that program leads utilize section management tools to track spend and results. Support colleagues to understand and follow up on targets, amendments needed to project and highlight compliance issues.

Technical and advisory functions

• Engage in field visits and collating outcome data to document the educational progress and the assessment results from these programs into full reports.
• Establish monitoring and evaluation systems with and through MOE and partners to track UNICEF funded results, as well as strengthen the national education system, with a focus on children at risk of drop out, as well as learning progress.
• Use data and evidence for advocacy and planning to support improved education outcomes and reduction in education inequality.
• Develop TORs, contract and manage institutional and individual service providers needed to deliver results.

Engaging partners and sharing learning

• Develop strategic partnerships, with particular focus on AAI 2.0 partners and USAID/RAMP. To include providing guidance to the MOE’s ESP Technical Working Groups in areas of Access and Equity and System Strengthening
• Contribute to quarterly communication plans and activities to support advocacy and fund raising for UNICEF Country Office.
• Prepare policy papers, briefs and other knowledge products to share the findings, challenges and opportunities arising from UNICEF programming national, regional and global level.

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

• Education: An advanced university degree in education or relevant field.
• Experience: A minimum of five years of professional experience in programme planning, management, and/or research in education is required. Experience working with government in a developing or middle-income country context. Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset. Familiarity/background with emergency is considered as an asset.
• Languages: Oral and written proficiency in English is required. Knowledge of Arabic 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…

(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: 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’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children.

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.

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). 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.