International consultant to provide support to the Ministry of Education and the Local Education Partners to develop a partnership compact to apply for the Global Partnership for Education S

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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.

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For every child, [Education

Find out how UNICEF programmes drives change for children in Timor-Leste by visiting https://www.unicef.org/timorleste.

How can you make a difference?

Under the supervision of Chief Education, the consultant will provide support to the Ministry of Education to develop a Partnership Compact for GPE using the guidance issued by the GPE, so that Timor-Leste can access the System Transformation Grant (STG). This compact shall enable the identification of reforms in areas whose delivery could be supported through the STG in equity, and efficiency of domestic finance; gender-responsive inclusive sector planning, policy and monitoring; data and evidence; and sector coordination. The compact will identify education system bottlenecks, including gender inequalities within the system, and mobilizes partners at the country level to make strategic choices to address them, including the strategic focus to be financed by the regular system transformation grant.

The partnership compact shall address the following four items:

1. the reasons for addressing specific enabling factors or areas,
2. how what is proposed will address the specific issues identified,
3. how the proposed actions will lead to system transformation reinforcement, and
4. value for money proof that the proposed interventions have reasonable chances of success based on national, regional, or global evidence.

It should also indicate how gender equality has been hardwired through the program design, including systematically applying a gender lens and identifying key challenges and design of program activities from a gender-equality perspective.

WORK ASSIGNMENT:

1. Prepare an Inception Report using the partnership compact development guidelines issued by the GPE. The inception report must contain a suggested methodology, details of activities undertaken as per the GPE guidance and work plan with a timeframe (remote work - 3 days)

https://assets.globalpartnership.org/s3fs-public/document/file/2022-02-gpe-partnership-compact-development-guidelines.pdf?VersionId=QWtXsVyBvIyJ17_52O_l.rQY4pXoQw3o

2. Using GPE’s Enabling Factor Screening Template, undertake an analysis of enabling factors in the education system and challenges based on available data, reports and studies. Develop a deeper analysis of the specific obstacles that impede achievement of the selected policy outcomes, focusing on why the impediment exists. Review the enabling factors that are critical to effective implementation of system transformation. (remote work - 15 days)

3. Working closely with MoE, organise a one-day workshop with the Ministry and the Compact Working Group to share the key findings of the above analysis and facilitate the discussions to identify ONE priority reform to be included in the Partnership Compact based on the Enabling factor analysis. (in-country - 2 days)

4. Informed by the workshop discussions and the analysis of the enabling factors, develop the partnership compact for the priority reform area. This should be done in close consultation with the Compact Working Group. The compact must outline how the country plans to use GPE resources to address system transformation. (in country - 10 days)

5. Present the partnership compact to MOE and ACETL and obtain feedback. Revise the draft compact based on feedback from MOE and ACETL. (in-country - 6 days)

6. Support MOE and the Coordinating Agency of ACETL to submit the Compact to GPE. (remote work - 2 days)

7. Address comments by GPE Secretariat. (remote work - 2 days)

8. Support preparation of materials for application to System Capacity Grant (8 days)

DELIVERABLES:

1. Inception report with methodology and workplan presented to the MOE and UNICEF for approval

2. A comprehensive yet succinct report on the findings

3. Minutes and workshop reports.

Endorsement on the one policy priority by LEG

4. Draft partnership compact and monitoring framework developed as per the GPE guidelines and presented to the ACETL

5. Partnership Compact reviewed based on feedback from MoE and ACETL

6. Partnership Compact submitted to GPE

7. Final partnership compact document submitted

8. Concept note and Budget.

Duration of Assignment: 48 days (between October 2023 to January 2024)

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

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Education or Social Development
• Excellent research experience in the field of education
• At least 10 years of relevant experience in education sector planning and policy formulation
• Sufficient consultancy experience in undertaking education sector related research and development of compacts, preferably in developing countries and/or small states.
• Effective communication skills, with fluency in written and spoken English. Fluency in Tetum or Portuguese would be an advantage.
• Good analytic and report writing skills.
• Good reputation in capacity development of government counterparts, including facilitation of structured group work and individual coaching and mentoring activities.
• Experience working with government ministries, preferably the Ministry of Education and Development Partners.
• Experience with the Timor-Leste country context and education context is essential.

For every Child, you demonstrate UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).

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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.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.

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.

Remarks:

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

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 not 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.

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. 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.