Application Deadline: 01 Oct 2016
Education Specialist, NOC, POSITION DESCRIPTION:
Education Specialist, NOC, Zanzibar, Tanzania (For nationals only)
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Work type: Fixed Term Staff
Location: Tanzania,United Republic
Categories: Education, NO-3
If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about
making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's
rights organization would like to hear from you.
For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries
and territories to promote children's survival, protection and
development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing
countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and
sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the
protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is
funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals,
businesses, foundations and governments.
Purpose of the Position
Under the guidance and general supervision of the Chief, Field Office,
Zanzibar who is at Level 4, with technical oversight of the Chief of
Education, level 5, the Specialist supports the development and
implementation of the Zanzibar Education Sector Development Plan
including UNICEF's basic education programme and is responsible for
managing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating and reporting of progress
of education programs/projects in Zanzibar within the country program.
The Specialist provides technical guidance and management support
throughout the programming processes to facilitate the administration
and achievement of results on education programs/projects to improve
learning outcomes and equitable and inclusive education especially for
children who are marginalized, disadvantaged and excluded in society.
The Specialist contributes to achievement of results according to
plans, allocation, results based-management approaches and methodology
(RBM) and UNICEF's Strategic Plans, standards of performance and
accountability framework.
Key Expected Results
1. Support to programs/projects development and planning
Participate in and provide technical support to Zanzibar Education
Policy development/implementation and Sector Strategic Planning.
Formulate, design and prepare sub-sector plans for the education sector,
especially in ECE, Quality Primary Education and Equity and
Inclusiveness, ensuring alignment with the overall UNICEF's Strategic
Plans and Country Program and coherence/integration with UN Development
Assistance Programme (UNDAP), regional strategies and national
priorities, plans and competencies.
Work closely and collaboratively with internal and external education
development partners and provide leadership in coordination of global
(GPE) and in-country partnership programmes. Lead discussions on
strategies and methodologies and to determine national
priorities/competencies to ensure the achievement of concrete and
sustainable results.
2. Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results
Provide technical leadership in the education sector in joint planning
and/or collaborate with internal and external partners to establish
monitoring benchmarks, performance indicators and other UNICEF/UN system
indicators and measurement to assess/strengthen performance
accountability, coherence and delivery of concrete and sustainable
results for the Education Sector Strategic Plan, including UNICEF's
assigned sector on education programs
3. Networking and Partnership building
Provide technical leadership in assisting decentralised government
structures strengthen local partnerships with civil society
organisations like school committees to strengthen community
participation and local accountability systems.
Qualifications of Successful Candidate
An Advanced University Degree in education, economics, psychology, sociology or other social science field is required.
A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in social development
planning and management in education and related areas at the
international level, some of which preferably in a developing country is
required. Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is
an asset.
Strong ability in education sector strategic planning
knowledge/ability, including the range of modalities for delivering
education, linkages between different sub-sectors (e.g. ECD, Primary,
Secondary, Tertiary, Inclusive Education), cost-effectiveness and
efficiency issues, key institutional structures, components and
processes, as well as governance issues.
Strong education policy and sector analysis capacity, including
understanding of the core education data sets, indicators, tools for
analysis of equity, determinants of student access and learning, budget,
cost and financing, education system management, political economy and
application to education policy and strategic planning.
Fluency in English and another UN language.
Competencies of Successful Candidate
Core Values
Commitment
Diversity and inclusion
Integrity
Core competencies
Communication (II)
Working with people (II)
Drive for results (II)
Functional Competencies
Leading and supervising (I)
Formulating strategies and concepts (II)
Analyzing (III)
Relating and networking (II)
Deciding and Initiating action(II)
Applying technical expertise (III)
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