Support assistant to Education Troika

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Overview

Support UNICEF's leadership in the education sector through coordination and collaboration.

You have:

• Some professional work experience in the area of knowledge management.
• Experience with the education sector in Mozambique is an asset, as is experience working in the UN or other international development organizations.
• Excellent oral and written skills; excellent drafting, formulation, reporting skills in both Portuguese and English.
• Accuracy and professionalism in document production and editing.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; culturally and socially sensitive; ability to work inclusively and collaboratively with a range of partners.
• Ability to work effectively in a multicultural team of international and national personnel.
• Solid overall computer literacy, including proficiency in various MS Office applications (Excel, Word) and email/internet.
• Self-motivated, ability to work with minimum supervision; ability to work with tight deadlines.
• Have affinity with or interest in working for children and volunteerism as a mechanism for durable development, and the UN System.

Contract

This is a UNV National Youth contract. This kind of contract is known as National UN Volunteer. It is normally only for nationals. More about UNV National Youth contracts.

This UNV assignment aims to contribute to UNICEF’s leadership role in the education sector.

UNICEF is co-leading the education Troika – a mechanism that coordinates the contribution of external partners to the education sector dialogue, and facilitates the dialogue with the Ministry of Education and Culture and civil society partners, with the aim to ensure efficient and effective implementation and monitoring of the Education Sector Plan to ensure equal access to quality education for all children.

The dialogue structure that drives the engagement and dialogue between the Ministry of Education and its external partners – both cooperating partners and civil society organizations, stems from the late nineties and emerged around the development of the sector’s first strategic plan (ESP 1998-2003/4) and has evolved over time.

The current structure of dialogue between the Ministry of Education and its external partners is organized through the Local Education Group (LEG) and is guided by Terms of Reference for Dialogue. The external partners are organized through the education Troika (for cooperating partners) and civil society organizations coordinated through MEPT (platform of CSOs active in education).

Taking on this leadership role implies the organization and minuting of regular meetings as part of the dialogue, and ensure flow of communication and information amongst the coordination partners, as well as with the Ministry and MEPT. At the same time, the Troika lead seeks to provide strategic leadership around aid effectiveness and support to the Ministry.

The Troika lead is responsible for aligning the coordinating partners around one advocacy and policy agenda and ensure high standards of predictability, accountability, and partnership in aid that is provided to the Ministry. It is about achieving strategic responses and better prioritization of available resources by clarifying the division of labor among the different partners.

The assignment is based in Maputo and the UNV will directly work under the supervision of the Education Chief, who is leading the strategic dialogue in the sector.

The UNV will be responsible for: 1. Support the organization of the standard and ad-hoc meetings under the Education Troika, including the LEG a. Ensure the development and sharing of agenda of meetings b. Ensure the logistics of the meetings c. Ensure the development and distribution of the minutes of the meetings 2. Setting up and management of the joint platform for knowledge sharing and collaboration amongst Coor a. Ensure mapping of partners working in the education sector (financial and otherwise) b. Organize collaborative platforms for exchange and sharing of information c. Identify and ensure sharing of relevant information to all partners 3. Support the Troika UNICEF lead in improving the effectiveness of existing dialogue through: a. Identification of key priorities for dialogue in 2025/2026 b. Streamlining of working groups and taskforce c. Further the engagement of CSOs and provincial level dialogue

• Adaptability and flexibility • Creativity • Judgement and decision-making • Planning and organizing • Professionalism • Self-management

• Some professional work experience in the area of knowledge management • Experience with the education sector in Mozambique is an asset, as is experience working in the UN or other international development organization; • Excellent oral and written skills; excellent drafting, formulation, reporting skills in both Portuguese and English; • Accuracy and professionalism in document production and editing; • Excellent interpersonal skills; culturally and socially sensitive; ability to work inclusively and collaboratively with a range of partners, including grassroots community members, religious and youth organizations, and authorities at different levels; familiarity with tools and approaches of communications for development; • Ability to work and adapt professionally and effectively in a challenging environment; ability to work effectively in a multicultural team of international and national personnel; • Solid overall computer literacy, including proficiency in various MS Office applications (Excel, Word, etc.) and email/internet; familiarity with database management; and office technology equipment; • Self-motivated, ability to work with minimum supervision; ability to work with tight deadlines; • Have affinity with or interest in working for children and volunteerism as a mechanism for durable development, and the UN System.

As this is a national UN Volunteer assignment, the UN Volunteer will be responsible for arranging his/her own housing and other living essentials.

Conditions of Service for national UN Volunteers

The contract lasts for the period indicated above with possibility of extensions subject to availability of funding, operational necessity and satisfactory performance. However, there is no expectation of renewal of the assignment. The applicable Volunteer Living Allowance is provided monthly to cover housing, utilities and normal cost of living expenses. Life, health and permanent disability insurance are included (health insurance for up to 3 dependents - except for UN Community Volunteers), as well as final repatriation (if applicable). You can check full entitlements at https://app.unv.org/calculator .

Furthermore, in non-family duty stations that belong to hardship categories D or E, as classified by the ICSC, a Well-Being Differential (WBD) will be provided monthly

In addition to duty station specific vaccine requirements, appointments 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 appointment. It does not apply to UN Volunteers 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 contracts.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for UN Volunteers 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 recruitment process and afterwards in your assignment.

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