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This is a P-4 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 7 years of experience, depending on education.

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Vacancy Announcement: Education Manager, P4, Temporary Appointment, based in Yangon, Post No. 116705

(Temporary appointment, with an initial duration of 1 year, then up to 31 December 2022, and up to maximum of 2 years, with possible extension subject to funding availability and performance)

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 Education

The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life — in its social, political, economic, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens — addressing inequity — not only will give all children the opportunity to fulfill their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries. This is why the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations.

How can you make a difference?

The Education Manager reports to the Chief, Education, P5.

Under the overall guidance and direction of the Chief, Education, the Education Manager supports the Chief in managing the section, playing a key role in bringing innovation to the development and preparation of education programmes. The Education Manager provides high level technical guidance and operational support throughout all stages of programming to facilitate the management and delivery of results to promote safe, quality and continuous learning for early education and basic education. In the current country context, the Education Manager is required to carry out functions in a most agile, responsive and fastest way to assist UNICEF Myanmar Education team in its programming for supporting safe, quality and continuous learning for children, with focus on most advantaged children in the country.

While the current context would require flexibility and resilient programming, the Education Manager contributes to the achievement of concrete and sustainable 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 functions and accountabilities of the position (detailed job description attached): - Education Manager TA L4 JD UNICEF MCO Final.pdf

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

  1. Advisory support to the Chief and the education managers
  2. Programme development and planning
  3. Programme management, monitoring and quality control of results
  4. Advocacy, networking and partnership building
  5. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

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 eight years of professional experience in education programme management within international development/humanitarian organization(s) is required.
  • A minimum of 8 years of education programme planning, monitoring and evaluation is required.
  • A minimum of 5 years of experience in international donor relations is required.
  • A minimum of 3 years of professional experience working in countries in emergencies is required.
  • Experience working in UNICEF is considered as an asset.
  • Experience working with Global Partnership for Education is considered as an asset.
  • Experience working in Myanmar is considered as an asset.
  • Relevant experience in a UN system agency or international organization is considered as an asset.
  • Experience working with and managing civil society organization partnerships is considered as an asset.

Technical competencies must be demonstrated in the following areas:

    • Good understanding of the overall global development context, including issues such as: poverty, conflict, and the impact of these factors on education and vice-versa; and inter-sectoral approaches to address such issues in collaboration with other sectors (including Social Policy, Child Protection, Nutrition, WASH, Health and Communications within UNICEF).
    • Good knowledge of global developments in education and international engagement strategies, including the application of the equity lens and human rights perspectives to programming.
    • Good ability to support policy dialogue: translation of analytical findings and evidence into development programme and policy discussions around equity and learning with partners, including, development partners, CSOs and academia in relevant areas.
    • Good education sector planning knowledge/ability, including the range of modalities for delivering education, linkages between different sub-sectors (e.g. early childhood, basic education, alternative education and education in emergencies), cost-effectiveness and efficiency issues, key institutional structures, components and processes, as well as governance issues.
    • Good education and policy sector analysis capacity, including understanding of the core education data sets and indicators; tools for analysis of equity; determinants of student access and learning; budget, costing, and financial management in education systems; political economy; and education policy and strategic planning.
    • Good ability to support engagement with partners e.g. Sector Wide Approaches, Global Partnership for Education, Education in Emergency Clusters/sectors, and networking and coordination with education development partners.
    • Good ability to support and co-manage team members to achieve results, including helping teams to find adequate solutions, respond unexpected challenges and to improve collaboration and good team dynamics while following UNCIEF principles and rules.
    • Good understanding of gender and inequity issues in relation to education and development and the application of gender / equity analysis to policy and planning in education.
    • Good understanding of policies and strategies to address issues related to resilience: risk analysis and risk management, education in conflict situations, natural disasters, and recovery for CO and RO based post and where relevant.

Selection Criteria are:

The selection criteria are the knowledge, abilities, skills and personal attributes that will be used to determine whether or not a candidate is able to perform the job successfully.

Selection criteria are:

Meet the required qualifications listed above and presented in the JD.

1. Experience in developing education sector strategy/plans, as well as Theory of Change.

2. Experience in systematic monitoring of education programmes, including development of Monitoring & Evaluation framework and support for its operation.

3. Experience in developing innovative approaches to support learning continuity of most disadvantaged children in emergency situations.

4. Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly both orally and in writing to a wide range of stakeholders.

5. Demonstrated ability to work cross sectorally and with diverse partners.

6. Demonstrated ability to work constructively in teams and support drive for results dynamics.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability (CRITA) and

core competencies in the following:

  • Build and maintains partnerships
  • Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
  • Innovates and embraces change
  • Drive to achieve results for impact
  • Manages ambiguity and complexities
  • Thinks and acts strategically
  • Works collaboratively with others
  • Nurtures, leads and manages people

The Functional Competencies required for this post are:

  • Formulating strategies/concepts (II)
  • Analyzing (III)
  • Relating and networking (II)
  • Deciding and initiating action (II)
  • Applying Technical Expertise (III)

View our competency framework at

http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

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 also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. 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 is a workplace that welcomes diversity and equal opportunities. If you require any reasonable accommodation for your test, please let us know two days ahead of the test.

UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children.

Remarks:

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 advanced to the next stage of the selection process.

Added 2 years ago - Updated 2 years ago - Source: unicef.org