Schooling Specialist (System Strengthening)

Job no: 571983
Contract kind: Momentary Appointment
Responsibility Station: Addis Ababa
Degree: NO-4
Location: Ethiopia
Classes: Schooling

UNICEF works in over 190 international locations and territories to avoid wasting youngsters’s lives, defend their rights, and assist them fulfill their potential, from early childhood by adolescence.

At UNICEF, we’re dedicated, passionate, and happy with what we do. Selling the rights of each baby isn’t just a job – it’s a calling.

UNICEF is a spot the place careers are constructed: we provide our employees numerous alternatives for private {and professional} growth that can assist them develop a satisfying profession whereas delivering on a rewarding mission. We pleasure ourselves on a tradition that helps employees thrive, coupled with a sexy compensation and benefits bundle.

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For each baby, education

Ethiopia is located within the Horn of Africa and is the second most populous nation on the continent with an estimated inhabitants of 115 million. It borders six African international locations: Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan, and covers 1,104,300 sq. kilometers. Roughly 85 % of the inhabitants lives in rural areas. Ethiopia represents a melting pot of historic cultures with Center Jap and African cultures evident within the non secular, ethnic, and language composition of its folks.

Over the previous two years, youngsters and their households throughout Ethiopia confronted a number of and sophisticated emergencies, such because the battle within the northern Ethiopia and the drought, which resulted in hundreds of thousands of individuals in want of pressing humanitarian help. UNICEF has programmes in Youngster Safety, WASH, Well being, Diet, Social Coverage, and Schooling and serves over 15 million youngsters in Ethiopia. Be a part of UNICEF Ethiopia to contribute to enhancing the lives of kids and girls.

How are you going to make a distinction? 

Roles and tasks:

1. Administration and advisory help to the Chief
   • Present recommendation to the Chief in establishing the annual work plan, together with creating methods, figuring out priorities, and efficiency measurements.
   • Coordinate work progress monitoring and guarantee outcomes are achieved in accordance with schedule and efficiency requirements, and report back to Chief crucial points for well timed motion.
   • Present technical help and recommendation to colleagues within the part on all facets of programming and implementation to allow them to realize efficiency targets.
   • Carry out the complete duties of the Chief in his/her absence
2. Programme growth and planning
   • Advise the Chief on the preparation, design and updating of the state of affairs evaluation for the education programmes to make sure that present and complete knowledge on education points is obtainable to information UNICEF’s strategic coverage, advocacy, intervention and growth efforts on education programmes.
   • Advise the Chief in setting priorities, methods, design and implementation plans. Preserve abreast of growth traits to boost programme management, effectivity and supply.
   • Take part in strategic programme dialogue on the planning of education programmes. Formulate, design and put together programme proposals for the sector, making certain alignment with UNICEF’s Strategic Plans and Nation Programme and coherence/integration with the UN Growth Help Framework (UNDAF), regional methods and nationwide priorities, plans and competencies.
   • Set up particular objectives, targets, methods and implementation plans for the sector utilizing results-based planning terminology and methodology (RBM). Put together required documentations for programme evaluation and approval.
   • Work intently and collaboratively with inner colleagues and companions to debate methods and methodologies, and to find out nationwide priorities to make sure the achievement of concrete and sustainable outcomes.
   • Present technical and operational help all through all levels of programming processes and to make sure integration, coherence and harmonization of programmes/tasks with different UNICEF sectors and achievement of outcomes as deliberate and allotted.
3. Programme management, monitoring and quality control of outcomes
   • Plan and collaborate with inner colleagues and exterior companions to ascertain monitoring benchmarks, efficiency indicators and different UNICEF/UN system indicators to evaluate/strengthen efficiency accountability, coherence and supply of concrete and sustainable outcomes for the assigned sector on education programmes.
   • Take part in monitoring and analysis workout routines, programme critiques and annual critiques with the federal government and different counterparts to evaluate progress and to find out required motion/interventions to realize outcomes.
   • Put together and assess monitoring and analysis reviews to establish gaps, strengths and weaknesses in programme management.
   • Determine classes realized and use information gained for growth planning and well timed intervention to realize objectives.
   • Actively monitor programmes/tasks by area visits and surveys, and alternate data with stakeholders to evaluate progress, establish bottlenecks and potential issues, and take well timed choices to resolve points and/or check with related officers for well timed decision.
   • Handle the optimum and acceptable use of sectoral programme assets (monetary, administrative and different property) confirming compliance with organizational guidelines, rules/procedures and donor commitments, requirements of accountability and integrity, making certain well timed reporting and liquidation of assets.
   • Put together common and mandated programme reviews for management, donors and companions to maintain them knowledgeable of programme progress.
4. Advisory companies and technical support
   • Present technical recommendation to key authorities officers, NGO’s, UN system and different nation workplace companions on insurance policies, methods, greatest practices and approaches on education and different associated points to help programme growth planning, implementation and supply of outcomes.
   • Coordinate and make sure the availability of technical specialists (with Regional Workplace/HQ) to make sure well timed help all through all levels of programming.
   • Take part in strategic discussions to affect coverage and agenda setting for combating poverty and all types of discrimination in opposition to girls/youngsters by advising on and advocating methods and approaches to advertise common entry to high quality, equitable and inclusive education for youngsters within the nation.
   • Put together coverage papers, briefs and different strategic programme supplies for management use, data and consideration.
   • Take part in nation discussions on education emergency preparedness, programming and contingency planning to make sure proactive and acceptable responses are in place to fulfill the onset of emergencies nationally or different designated places.
5. Advocacy, networking and partnership building
   • Construct and strengthen strategic partnerships by networking and advocacy with native/nationwide governments, UN system company companions, donors, internationally acknowledged establishments, NGOs, funding organizations, research institutes and personal sector to bolster cooperation and/or pursue alternatives to advertise objectives and obtain sustainable and broad outcomes on education.
   • Put together communication methods and implementation plans and actions for optimum communication impression and outreach to advertise consciousness, set up partnership/alliances for sustainable outcomes and help fund elevating for UNICEF Nation Workplace education programmes and emergency interventions.
   • Take part and/or characterize UNICEF in inter-agency (UNCT) discussions and planningon education and associated points to make sure organizational place, pursuits and priorities are totally thought of and built-in within the UNDAF course of in growth planning and agenda setting. Collaborate with inter-agency companions/colleagues on UNDAF planning and preparation of programmes/tasks together with emergency preparedness.
6. Innovation, information management and capability building
   • Promote crucial pondering, progressive approaches and good practices for sustainable education programme initiatives by advocacy and technical advisory companies.
   • Preserve abreast, research, benchmark, introduce and implement greatest and cutting-edge practices on education management and data programs. Institutionalize and disseminate greatest practices and information realized.
   • Contribute to the event of insurance policies and procedures and introduce innovation and greatest practices to make sure optimum effectivity and efficacy of sustainable programmes and tasks.
   • Arrange, plan and implement capability building initiatives to boost the competencies of stakeholders to advertise sustainable outcomes on education associated programme s/tasks.

To qualify as an advocate for each baby you should have…

The next minimal necessities:

• Schooling:  A sophisticated college diploma in one of many following fields is required: education, economics, psychology, sociology or one other related technical area.
• Work Expertise: A minimal of eight years {of professional} expertise in programme planning, management, and/or research in education is required. Expertise working in a creating nation is taken into account as an asset. Related expertise in a UN system company or group is taken into account as an asset. Familiarity/ background with emergency is taken into account as an asset.
• Language Necessities: Fluency in English is required. Data of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese language, French, Russian or Spanish) or a neighborhood language is an asset.

For each Youngster, you reveal…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin every part we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Constitution: UNICEF Values

The UNICEF competencies required for this put up are…

1. Nurtures, Leads and Manages Folks (2)
2. Demonstrates Self Consciousness and Moral Consciousness (2)
3. Works Collaboratively with others (2)
4. Builds and Maintains Partnerships (2)
5. Innovates and Embraces Change (2)
6. Thinks and Acts Strategically (2)
7. Drive to realize impactful outcomes (2)
8. Manages ambiguity and complexity (2)

Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its totally different ranges.

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived youngsters and our international workforce should replicate the range of these youngsters. The UNICEF household is dedicated to incorporate everybody, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender id, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or another private attribute.

We provide a big selection of advantages to our employees, together with paid parental depart, day without work for breastfeeding functions, and cheap lodging for individuals with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the usage of versatile working preparations.

UNICEF doesn’t rent candidates who’re married to youngsters (individuals below 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and targets of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority, and discrimination. UNICEF is dedicated to selling the safety and safeguarding of all youngsters. All chosen candidates will bear rigorous reference and background checks and will likely be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules. Background checks will embrace the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to supply extra data to conduct a background test.

UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the responsibility station is required for IP positions and will likely be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments can also be topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with in opposition to SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Must you be chosen for a place with UNICEF, you both should be inoculated as required or obtain a medical exemption from the related division of the UN. In any other case, the choice will likely be canceled.

Remarks:

As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Constitution of the United Nations, the paramount consideration within the employment of the employees is the need of securing the very best requirements of effectivity, competence, and integrity.

UNICEF’s energetic dedication to diversity and inclusion is crucial to ship the very best outcomes for youngsters. For this place, eligible and appropriate females and individuals with incapacity are inspired to use.

Authorities workers who’re thought of for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities positions earlier than taking on an task with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the precise to withdraw a suggestion of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance isn’t obtained, or mandatory inoculation necessities aren’t met, inside an affordable interval for any cause. 

UNICEF doesn’t cost a processing charge at any stage of its recruitment, choice, and hiring processes (i.e., software stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and coaching). UNICEF won’t ask for candidates’ checking account data.

All UNICEF positions are marketed, and solely shortlisted candidates will likely be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of. An inner candidate performing on the degree of the put up within the related practical space, or an inner/exterior candidate within the corresponding Expertise Group, could also be chosen, if appropriate for the put up, with out evaluation of different candidates.

CO/ HQ particular: visa residence necessities: i.e.: UNICEF shall not facilitate the issuance of a visa and dealing authorization for candidates into account for positions on the nationwide officer and basic service class.

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Marketed: 15 Could 2024 E. Africa Customary Time
Deadline: 22 Could 2024 E. Africa Customary Time