International Consultancy - Remedial learning Coordinator- BMGF partnership, Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office, Nairobi
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Title of Assignment
Remedial learning Coordinator- BMGF partnership - Individual Consultant
Hiring Section
Education
Location
Nairobi
Duration
11.5 months
Start/End date
01.06.2023
15.05. 2024
Background and Justification
Education is recognized as a critical development priority by the Africa Union, while the Kigali Statement of Outcomes sets out equitable and inclusive access to education for all, skills and competencies among the regional priorities for sub-Saharan countries, as they move toward the Education 2030 goals. However, despite the substantial progress that has been made in terms of access, completion and quality of basic education, disparities persist within and between countries, and learning achievement remains low as 9 in 10 children aged 10 living in Sub-Saharan Africa were unable to read a simple text.
Without urgent remedial action focused on foundational, social and emotional skills, this generation of students is robbed of the essential grounding for ongoing learning for life and work and of the chance to reach their full potential. In fact, it is estimated that this generation risks losing US$21 trillion in potential lifetime earnings, or the equivalent of 17 per cent of today’s global GDP. To address the learning crisis, UNICEF in partnership with Bill Gate and Melinda Foundation is supporting 10 countries in ESARO region in mainstreaming and scaling up remedial and catch-up learning programme to ensure all children acquire basic foundational reading and numeracy skills.
Scope of Work
The scope of the assignment is to provide coordination support to 10 ESARO BMGF partnership countries, provide technical assistance, oversight implementation, consolidate updates from and disseminate with appropriate stakeholders and strengthen monitoring mechanism for the remedial programme and support countries in documenting, disseminating, and integrating remedial and catch learning programme into the national education system.
Major tasks
- Coordinates with 10 BMGF partnership countries[1] in designing workplans and support in implementing remedial and catch-up learning activities
- Provides technical support to 10 countries in strengthening programme designing, development of appropriate learning resources and teacher training and mentoring and monitoring of the programme implementation
- Provides quality assurance and oversight support in development of scale up framework and large-scale demonstration of remedial learning programme
- Creates documentation of best practices, develop knowledge products on remedial learning, organize workshop, webinars, learning sessions and disseminate within UNICEF across stakeholders
Participates in weekly, monthly and quarterly meetings and contribute to providing updates and share insights and reflections from country coordination and implementations
- Outputs/Deliverables:
The consultant will be required to produce the outputs as specified below.
Del. #
Output #
Deliverable
Timeframe
1
Coordinates with 10 BMGF partnership countries in designing workplans and support in implementing remedial and catch-up learning activities
Remedial learning activity plan for BMGF countries available; weekly update meeting activated
30th June 2023
2
Provides technical support to 3 countries in strengthening programme designing, development of appropriate learning resources and teacher training and mentoring and monitoring of the programme implementation
Localized TLM and teacher capacity development plan, manual and guidelines available for 3 countries
30th July 2023
3
Provides technical support to 4 countries in strengthening programme designing, development of appropriate learning resources and teacher training and mentoring and monitoring of the programme implementation
Localized TLM and teacher capacity development plan, manual and guidelines available for 7 countries
30th August 2023
4
Provides technical support to 4 countries in strengthening programme designing, development of appropriate learning resources and teacher training and mentoring and monitoring of the programme implementation
Localized TLM and teacher capacity development plan, manual and guidelines available for all 10 countries
30th Sept 2023
5
Provides quality assurance and oversight support in development of scale up framework and large-scale demonstration of remedial learning programme
Scale up and demonstration of remedial learning plan available and activated for 3 countries
30th October 2023
6
Provides quality assurance and oversight support in development of scale up framework and large-scale demonstration of remedial learning programme
Scale up and demonstration of remedial learning plan available and activated for 7 countries
30th Nov 2023
7
Provides quality assurance and oversight support in development of scale up framework and large-scale demonstration of remedial learning programme
Scale up and demonstration of remedial learning plan available and activated for all 10 countries
30th Dec 2023
8
Creates documentation of best practices, develop knowledge products on remedial learning for 5 countries
Country remedial learning documented with challenges, lesson learning and parameters of success for 5 countries
30th Jan 2024
9
Creates documentation of best practices, develop knowledge products on remedial learning for additional 5 countries
Country remedial learning documented with challenges, lesson learning and parameters of success for 10 countries
28th Feb 2024
10
Organize workshop, webinars, learning sessions and disseminate within UNICEF across stakeholders
One regional and one global webinar and learning sessions organized
30th March 2024
11
Final report consolidated and shared
Regional consolidation on remedial learning
15th May2024
Payment Schedule
The payment will be transferred within 15 days of submission of respected deliverables.
Desired competencies, technical background and experience
- Advanced university degree or equivalent experience in Education, Psychology, Sociology or related field of social science.
- *A first-level university degree in a relevant field combined with seven years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
- At least 5 years of proven experience in the field of education, teacher training, pedagogical practices and designing TLM and implementation of education programmes
- Solid experience in the design and implementation of education programme at scale.
- Excellent writing skills, planning and coordination skills, with proven ability to work independently.
- Previous work with UNICEF (HQ or ROs) is an added advantage.
- Knowledge of French and Portuguese is an added advantage
Must exhibit the UNICEF Core Values of:
Care
- Respect
- Integrity
- Trust
- Accountability
- Sustainability
Competencies:
The consultant must have skill and competencies to adapt and toil-made the FLN approaches for
countries in African continents, high quality documentation and presentation skills and coordination and
negotiation skills with government and partners.
Administrative Issues
- The Consultant will mostly be office-based with missions to supporting countries (at least five during the tenure). Travel will be in economy class. If the Consultant is required to quarantine due to COVID-19 restrictions while traveling, UNICEF will pay for the quarantine if not organized by the host country.
- As per UNICEF DFAM policy, payment is made against approved deliverables. No advance payment is allowed unless in exceptional circumstances against bank guarantee, subject to a maximum of 30 per cent of the total contract value in cases where advance purchases, for example for supplies or travel, may be necessary.
- The candidate selected will be governed by and subject to UNICEF’s General Terms and Conditions for individual contracts.
- Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.
- The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract.
Conditions
- Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered ‘staff members’ under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures and will be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.
Risks
Given the increased workload around supporting RCCE in ESAR, due to the increased number of public health outbreaks in the region, not having this additional support poses a reputational risk to UNICEF. Considering the remote nature of the assignment, the deliverable may get delayed. To address this risk, the education specialist will organize weekly meeting with the consultant for the updates and provide inputs to the deliverables and regularly assess and quality assure the deliverables.
How to Apply Interested and qualified candidates should apply online using the button below. As part of their application, candidates should provide:
1. A cover letter that specifies how you meet the desired competencies, technical background and experience (no more than 2 pages) 2. A short CV (no more than 4 pages) 3. A financial proposal that should include the daily rate and total fees in USD for the assignment. (Any application without a financial proposal will not be considered) 4. 3 Referees.
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