Readvertisement - Education Cluster Coordinator, P4, TA (364 days), Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Overview

Lead and coordinate education response for humanitarian crisis in Haiti.

You have:

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in education, pedagogy, psychology, sociology, international development, or a relevant technical field is required.
• A minimum of 8 years of professional experience in programme planning, coordination and management, and/or research in Education is required.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience in Education Cluster/Sector/Working Group coordination is desirable.
• Experience working in a senior management role or in cluster coordination within a complex country programme in an emergency response or protracted crisis is strongly desirable.
• Experience in humanitarian contexts is required with experience in developing contexts an added advantage.
• Fluency in written and spoken French and English is required.

Contract

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.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 139,912 USD and 180,387 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

How can you make a difference?

Under the supervision of the Representative, the Education Cluster Coordinator will provide leadership and representation of the Cluster/ Sector/ Working Group. The incumbent will facilitate the processes that will ensure a well-coordinated, strategic, adequate, coherent, and effective response by participants in the Cluster/ Sector/ Working Group that is accountable to those who are affected by the emergency. In their effort to provide an efficient and effective response to the humanitarian crisis, she/he is responsible for building relationships with stakeholders, for securing the overall coordination of sectoral responses and for ensuring inter-sectoral collaboration.

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

Coordination of humanitarian Education actors in Haiti

• Strengthen pre-existing sectoral coordination through increased predictability and accountability.
• Build complementarity of partner actions: avoiding duplication and gaps.
• Ensure adequate resources are mobilized and are equitably allocated for the effective functioning of the cluster and its response.
• Maintain flexibility within the cluster to respond to changes in the operating environment, evolving requirements, capacities, and participation.
• Effectively use and transfer information to, from and between cluster participants and other stakeholders.
• Ensure effective communication, reporting, engagement and coordination between the national and sub-national levels.
• Represent the Education sector in coordination meeting at OCHA and stay involved in inter-clusters meetings and plannings.

Development of sectoral plans and monitoring performance of cluster

• Develop/Update Education needs and gaps analysis for the Humanitarian Needs Overview 2023 involving all relevant partners

• Develop/Update Education response strategies (including prioritization, targets and budget requirements) for the Humanitarian Response Plans 2023 involving all relevant partners

• Provide strategic guidance in the planning and implementation of the education cluster response and its technical components in line with the Haiti humanitarian response plan, common standards and guidelines.
• Ensure effective and comprehensive integration of relevant cross-cutting issues, including age, gender, environment, and HIV/AIDS;
• Monitor and report on activities and needs and measure peformance against the cluster startegy and agreed results, recommending corrective action where necessary.

Networking and partnership building

• Participate in inter-agency discussions on education, representing the interets of the Education Cluster in discussions in inter-cluster group, with the Humanitarian Coordinator as well as donors on prioritization, resource mobilization and advocacy.
• Interact with other clusters humanitarian actors, government counterparts, and relevant authorities for operational planning, engagement, and active contribution of operational partners.

Support to education programme

• Provide technical support to the education section on emergency programs, including providing inputs to proposals, donor reports, evaluations and studies.
• Participate in education programme meetings including programme development and contingency planning to provide technical and operational information, advice and support.

Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

• Apply and introduce innovative approaches and good practices to build the capacity of education cluster members and to support delivery of coherent education response.

• Keep abreast, research, benchmark, and implement best practices in education coordination. Assess, institutionalize, and share best practices and knowledge learned.

• Organize and implement capacity building initiatives to enhance the competencies of partners to promote results on education programs/projects.

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

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in one of the following fields is required: education, pedagogy, psychology, sociology, international development, management, social sciences or another relevant technical field *A first University Degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree.
• A minimum of 8 years of professional experience in programme planning, coordination and management, and/or research in Education is required with experience at international level preferred. Relevant experience in programme management in Education within a UN system agency or organization is considered an asset.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience of Education Cluster/ Sector/ Working Group coordination is desirable.
• Experience of working in a senior management role or in cluster coordination within a complex country programme in an emergency response or protracted crisis, including experience in first phase emergency response, is strongly desirable.
• Experience in effective leadership and management of teams to deliver results in high stress/risk environments is desirable.
• Experience in humanitarian contexts is required with experience in developing contexts an added advantage
• Fluency in written and spoken French and English required.

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. 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. For this position, eligible and suitable female 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). 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) and National Officer (NO) 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.

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