Under the overall guidance and direction of the Chief of Field office (P5) and in consultation with the Emergency Manager (P4) and the Chief of Learning and Development (P5), the Education Specialist will support the Education Programme in managing the Education in Emergencies and Recovery/rehabilitation response plan for the Tigray region, contributing to knowledge development/innovation, supporting resource mobilization, grants and project management and developing and preparing education in emergency and recovery strategies, and programs/projects.
The Specialist will provide authoritative technical guidance/operational support throughout all stages of programming to facilitate the management and delivery of results on strengthening the education in emergencies response, and the recovery of institutions and systems to harness the humanitarian-development nexus, improve learning outcomes, promote universal access to and equitable and inclusive primary, pre-primary, secondary and alternative skills development learning programmes.
Under the supervision and guidance of the Chief of Education, the programme associate supports the respective section (s) by carrying out a range of programme support functions to help develop, implement and monitor the country programme, ensuring effective and timely delivery that is consistent with UNICEF rules and regulations.
The Programme Associate works in close collaboration with a range of staff in the Country Office, external partners and agency counterparts in support of programme design and delivery. S/He provides regular feedback on the status of projects through monitoring milestones and advises on improvements to keep activities on track.
Lead the Development of a Comprehensive Theory of Change: Identify and analyze barriers and solutions to girls’ education in Eritrea. Formulate evidence-based, scalable interventions to guide the creation of a detailed program outline.
Develop a Comprehensive Program Outline and Country-Specific Document: Create a detailed program outline and country-specific document based on evidence-based and scalable interventions.
Specific objectives:
The specific objectives of this assignment are to:
1. Conduct a Desk Review of Pertinent Documents: Evaluate existing literature and reports to identify key barriers and opportunities for improving girls’ education and women empowerment in Eritrea.
2. Develop a Theory of Change: Create a detailed theory of change that outlines the pathways to achieving improved educational outcomes for girls and empowering women, based on identified barriers and solutions.
3. Formulate Evidence-Based Interventions: Design scalable and evidence-based interventions that address the identified barriers to girls’ education and women empowerment.
4. Create a Detailed Program Outline: Develop a comprehensive program outline that incorporates the theory of change and proposed interventions.
5. Draft a Country-Specific Program Document: Prepare a detailed country-specific document that outlines the program’s objectives, strategies, and implementation plan.
6. Promote Women Empowerment: Develop initiatives that support women’s leadership, economic opportunities, and participation in decision-making processes within the education sector and beyond.
The Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation Officer reports to the Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist for supervision. The Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the planning, monitoring, evaluation process preparing, executing, managing and implementing a variety of technical and administrative tasks to contribute to evaluation planning, implementation, oversight and reporting to ensure that evaluations are carried out according to schedule and that results and recommendations are implemented and followed up.
ESARO is looking for a dynamic and talent individual to be part of our emergency response to the 21 country offices across the region, focused on Risk Communication and Community Engagement. If you believe you have the skills and experience for this position, we would love for you to apply.
Please note that this is an emergency role and we would expect someone to join within 31 days of accepting the offer.
To maintain the momentum gained in the past years to stemming the scourge of hunger and malnutrition, UNICEF and the African Union Commission (AUC) through the Department of Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development (HHS) is seeking the services of an expert consultant to facilitate the development of the successor ARNS 2026-2035.
The consultant is anticipated to support overview of contracts with financial service providers to design and deliver financial inclusion services, including linkage of cash transfer and other program beneficiaries to uncollateralized microloans through a revolving fund for livelihood support/restoration and resilience-building.
Objetivo general
Desarrollar recomendaciones a MINEDUCYT, MINTRAB, Sector Privado y UNICEF que permitan fortalecer la conexión entre las aspiraciones de empleo de los adolescentes y jóvenes de El Salvador y las oportunidades del sector privado, para facilitar su transición al mundo laboral, con un enfoque especial en la atención a grupos en condición de vulnerabilidad.
The Emergency Specialist - UNICARE Project Coordinator will support the Project Owner overseeing the development and rollout of the UNICARE system across UNICEF and its Partners.
To support fulfilling its responsibility to be accountable to its stakeholders – from affected people to donors, UNICEF is committed to realize the following vision: “UNICEF appropriately addresses all types of feedback and complaints from anyone, anywhere, to build a more accountable world for children and their families”. This is in line with UNICEF’s Core Commitments for Children (CCCs), Safeguarding Policy, Policy on Environmental and Social Safeguards and Sustainability, Policy on Personal Data Protection, Policy on Ethics in Evidence Generation and Procedure on Complaints, Feedback and Redressal Mechanisms (CFRM), as well as the IASC Guidance Note on Inter-Agency Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Referral Procedures, all of which require the establishment of mechanisms to securely, timely and effectively manage feedback and associated redressal processes.
To support UNICEF Offices and Partners operationalizing the above-mentioned commitments, a standardized corporate solution is being jointly developed through a cross-divisional collaboration. This solution, named UNICARE (UNICEF's Community-driven Accountability Response Ecosystem), will include comprehensive guidance, ready-to-use templates, an ICTD-endorsed digital platform, and HQ-level support. UNICARE will enable effective compliance with donor commitments and UNICEF’s Policies, Procedures, and Standards while, simultaneously, enhancing financial efficiency by mitigating duplicative efforts in the independent development of similar products across individual offices.
The Country office is looking for a consultant for a period of 6 months, from 1 October 2024 – 31 March 2025. The GBViE Consultant will report to Child Protection Officer NOB (Children on the move) at UNICEF Country Office, for guidance and general supervision, with technical support from the GBV Risk Mitigation and PSEA Specialist at the Regional Office. S/He will focus on strengthening GBV responses in existing Child Protection, including FGM and integrating efforts to address GBV and SEA in all of UNICEF’s work in Child Protection in the refugee response and UNICEF operation in the country.
Join the UNICEF South Sudan Team as an Executive Associate, reporting directly to the Representative. In this role, you will collaborate closely with the Representative and other senior colleagues to ensure the efficient and effective functioning of the Office of the Representative, contributing to the delivery of impactful results for children. This challenging and exciting opportunity calls for a candidate with strong planning and organizational skills, as well as a high level of confidentiality.
The Early Childhood Development (ECD) Consultant will be based in Nampula Field Office, under the supervision of the Chief of Field Office and with technical supervision of the Maputo based Nutrition Officer. The ECD Consultant is responsible for the coordination, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of early child development programmes in Nampula Province.
Under the supervision of the Resource Mobilization Specialist and the leadership of the Chief of Communication, Advocacy and Partnerships (CAP), the Private Sector Engagement Specialist will help deepen UNICEF’s collaboration with the private sector and provide an interface for environmental scanning, knowledge exchange, policy influence and fundraising. The Specialist will lead in updating and implementation of the private sector engagement strategy. S/he will steward and grow existing corporate partnerships as well as identify and develop new major corporate partnerships. The key result is to ensure greater income and influence for UNICEF in support of its mission in Tanzania.
UNICEF has a growing education programme and is hiring an Education Officer to be based in the Multi-Country UNICEF Pacific Office in Suva, Fiji. Under the supervision of the Chief of Education or Specialist, the Education Officer is expected to provide leadership on targeted components of the Education programme, particularly in Fiji and at Pacific regional level, and throughout the programming process, including development, partnerships, implementation, programme progress monitoring, evaluating and reporting. The role is a temporary assignment on an initial 364-day basis, with potential for extension.
Under the supervision of the Education Specialist Level 3, the Education Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for education programmes/projects within the Country Programme from development planning to delivery of results, preparing, executing, managing and implementing a variety of technical and administrative programme tasks to facilitate programme development, implementation, programme progress monitoring, evaluating and reporting.
Under the guidance and general supervision of the Deputy Representative (Level 4), the Specialist supports the development and preparation of the Education programmes and is responsible for managing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating and reporting the progress of education programmes/projects within the country programme. The Specialist provides technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes to facilitate the administration and achievement of results on education programmes/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), as well as UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, standards of performance, and accountability framework.
Objetivo general
Facilitar y apoyar en la realización de diversas actividades programáticas para el cierre del año 2024 y, además, desarrollar procesos de planificación y monitoreo para el periodo 2025 – 2026, en el marco del actual Programa de Cooperación de UNICEF El Salvador 2022 – 2026.
Malawi is beset by a learning poverty, with less than 20 per cent of children (7-13 years) in Malawi possessing foundational literacy skills and less than 15 per cent having foundational numeracy skills. UNICEF Malawi’s Education programme is therefore prioritizing inclusive foundational learning, focusing its resources on the youngest learners to ensure they are ready for school and equipped with the literacy and numeracy skills essential for lifelong productivity and well-being. Across its work, UNICEF promotes equity and inclusion in all its initiatives, implementing programmes that expand education services for children with disabilities, supporting the enrollment and retention of girls in schools, ensuring continuity of learning during emergencies while it , and prioritizes the most disadvantaged schools and communities, ensuring that limited resources are strategically directed where they can have the greatest impact, particularly in light of rising inequities and hardships across the country..
As the Education Officer focusing on Equity and Inclusion, you will be at the forefront of ensuring that children in Malawi who are the most marginalized and disadvantaged – children with disabilities, girls, children from rural and remote areas, and the like – are given education opportunities that allow them to develop to their full potential.
UNICEF Pacific is hiring an Education Specialist with a focus on Quality & Inclusive Learning and Skills on fixed term appointment to be based in the Pacific Multi-Country Office in Suva, Fiji.
Under the supervision of the Chief of Education, the Specialist leads the Quality & Inclusive Learning and Skills component of the 5-year UNICEF Pacific Education programme across 14 countries and territories as well as Pacific regional-level activities and partnerships. The Specialist is responsible for designing, managing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating, and reporting the progress of education programmes in line with national and regional priorities. The Quality & Inclusive Learning and Skills component focuses on quality, inclusion and relevance in education, including but not limited to: foundational learning, inclusive education, culturally- and contextually-relevant approaches, digital and remote learning, skill development, gender-transformative teaching and pathways, pedagogy, curriculum, learning assessment, use of learning data to improve instruction, school quality standards, school leadership, school improvement planning, digital learning, learning continuity in the face of school closures and emergencies, and/or other related themes as relevant to the programme and context. The Specialist will also collaborate cross-sectorally as relevant on issues related to protection, student well-being, climate resilience, mental health, education in emergencies, etc.
The education programme in each country is responsive to the priorities and systems in that country, so the Specialist will be responsible for working in collaboration with government counterparts, colleagues and partners to select and design the most relevant of the above supports for each country. Accordingly, the Specialist will support strategic regional action as guided by national and regional priorities.
Under the supervision of and in regular consultation with the supervisor, implement country office emergency preparedness and response. Responsible for the technical contribution to the development, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the emergency interventions to advance the survival and well-being of children and mothers and affected communities in an emergency situation.
Under the overall guidance and direction of the Chief of Field office (P5) and in consultation with the Emergency Manager (P4) and the Chief of Learning and Development (P5), the Education Specialist will support the Education Programme in managing the Education in Emergencies and Recovery/rehabilitation response plan for the Tigray region, contributing to knowledge development/innovation, supporting resource mobilization, grants and project management and developing and preparing education in emergency and recovery strategies, and programs/projects.
The Specialist will provide authoritative technical guidance/operational support throughout all stages of programming to facilitate the management and delivery of results on strengthening the education in emergencies response, and the recovery of institutions and systems to harness the humanitarian-development nexus, improve learning outcomes, promote universal access to and equitable and inclusive primary, pre-primary, secondary and alternative skills development learning programmes.
Under the supervision and guidance of the Chief of Education, the programme associate supports the respective section (s) by carrying out a range of programme support functions to help develop, implement and monitor the country programme, ensuring effective and timely delivery that is consistent with UNICEF rules and regulations.
The Programme Associate works in close collaboration with a range of staff in the Country Office, external partners and agency counterparts in support of programme design and delivery. S/He provides regular feedback on the status of projects through monitoring milestones and advises on improvements to keep activities on track.
Lead the Development of a Comprehensive Theory of Change: Identify and analyze barriers and solutions to girls’ education in Eritrea. Formulate evidence-based, scalable interventions to guide the creation of a detailed program outline.
Develop a Comprehensive Program Outline and Country-Specific Document: Create a detailed program outline and country-specific document based on evidence-based and scalable interventions.
Specific objectives:
The specific objectives of this assignment are to:
1. Conduct a Desk Review of Pertinent Documents: Evaluate existing literature and reports to identify key barriers and opportunities for improving girls’ education and women empowerment in Eritrea.
2. Develop a Theory of Change: Create a detailed theory of change that outlines the pathways to achieving improved educational outcomes for girls and empowering women, based on identified barriers and solutions.
3. Formulate Evidence-Based Interventions: Design scalable and evidence-based interventions that address the identified barriers to girls’ education and women empowerment.
4. Create a Detailed Program Outline: Develop a comprehensive program outline that incorporates the theory of change and proposed interventions.
5. Draft a Country-Specific Program Document: Prepare a detailed country-specific document that outlines the program’s objectives, strategies, and implementation plan.
6. Promote Women Empowerment: Develop initiatives that support women’s leadership, economic opportunities, and participation in decision-making processes within the education sector and beyond.
The Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation Officer reports to the Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist for supervision. The Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the planning, monitoring, evaluation process preparing, executing, managing and implementing a variety of technical and administrative tasks to contribute to evaluation planning, implementation, oversight and reporting to ensure that evaluations are carried out according to schedule and that results and recommendations are implemented and followed up.
ESARO is looking for a dynamic and talent individual to be part of our emergency response to the 21 country offices across the region, focused on Risk Communication and Community Engagement. If you believe you have the skills and experience for this position, we would love for you to apply.
Please note that this is an emergency role and we would expect someone to join within 31 days of accepting the offer.
To maintain the momentum gained in the past years to stemming the scourge of hunger and malnutrition, UNICEF and the African Union Commission (AUC) through the Department of Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development (HHS) is seeking the services of an expert consultant to facilitate the development of the successor ARNS 2026-2035.
The consultant is anticipated to support overview of contracts with financial service providers to design and deliver financial inclusion services, including linkage of cash transfer and other program beneficiaries to uncollateralized microloans through a revolving fund for livelihood support/restoration and resilience-building.
Objetivo general
Desarrollar recomendaciones a MINEDUCYT, MINTRAB, Sector Privado y UNICEF que permitan fortalecer la conexión entre las aspiraciones de empleo de los adolescentes y jóvenes de El Salvador y las oportunidades del sector privado, para facilitar su transición al mundo laboral, con un enfoque especial en la atención a grupos en condición de vulnerabilidad.
The Emergency Specialist - UNICARE Project Coordinator will support the Project Owner overseeing the development and rollout of the UNICARE system across UNICEF and its Partners.
To support fulfilling its responsibility to be accountable to its stakeholders – from affected people to donors, UNICEF is committed to realize the following vision: “UNICEF appropriately addresses all types of feedback and complaints from anyone, anywhere, to build a more accountable world for children and their families”. This is in line with UNICEF’s Core Commitments for Children (CCCs), Safeguarding Policy, Policy on Environmental and Social Safeguards and Sustainability, Policy on Personal Data Protection, Policy on Ethics in Evidence Generation and Procedure on Complaints, Feedback and Redressal Mechanisms (CFRM), as well as the IASC Guidance Note on Inter-Agency Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Referral Procedures, all of which require the establishment of mechanisms to securely, timely and effectively manage feedback and associated redressal processes.
To support UNICEF Offices and Partners operationalizing the above-mentioned commitments, a standardized corporate solution is being jointly developed through a cross-divisional collaboration. This solution, named UNICARE (UNICEF's Community-driven Accountability Response Ecosystem), will include comprehensive guidance, ready-to-use templates, an ICTD-endorsed digital platform, and HQ-level support. UNICARE will enable effective compliance with donor commitments and UNICEF’s Policies, Procedures, and Standards while, simultaneously, enhancing financial efficiency by mitigating duplicative efforts in the independent development of similar products across individual offices.
The Country office is looking for a consultant for a period of 6 months, from 1 October 2024 – 31 March 2025. The GBViE Consultant will report to Child Protection Officer NOB (Children on the move) at UNICEF Country Office, for guidance and general supervision, with technical support from the GBV Risk Mitigation and PSEA Specialist at the Regional Office. S/He will focus on strengthening GBV responses in existing Child Protection, including FGM and integrating efforts to address GBV and SEA in all of UNICEF’s work in Child Protection in the refugee response and UNICEF operation in the country.
Join the UNICEF South Sudan Team as an Executive Associate, reporting directly to the Representative. In this role, you will collaborate closely with the Representative and other senior colleagues to ensure the efficient and effective functioning of the Office of the Representative, contributing to the delivery of impactful results for children. This challenging and exciting opportunity calls for a candidate with strong planning and organizational skills, as well as a high level of confidentiality.
The Early Childhood Development (ECD) Consultant will be based in Nampula Field Office, under the supervision of the Chief of Field Office and with technical supervision of the Maputo based Nutrition Officer. The ECD Consultant is responsible for the coordination, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of early child development programmes in Nampula Province.
Under the supervision of the Resource Mobilization Specialist and the leadership of the Chief of Communication, Advocacy and Partnerships (CAP), the Private Sector Engagement Specialist will help deepen UNICEF’s collaboration with the private sector and provide an interface for environmental scanning, knowledge exchange, policy influence and fundraising. The Specialist will lead in updating and implementation of the private sector engagement strategy. S/he will steward and grow existing corporate partnerships as well as identify and develop new major corporate partnerships. The key result is to ensure greater income and influence for UNICEF in support of its mission in Tanzania.
UNICEF has a growing education programme and is hiring an Education Officer to be based in the Multi-Country UNICEF Pacific Office in Suva, Fiji. Under the supervision of the Chief of Education or Specialist, the Education Officer is expected to provide leadership on targeted components of the Education programme, particularly in Fiji and at Pacific regional level, and throughout the programming process, including development, partnerships, implementation, programme progress monitoring, evaluating and reporting. The role is a temporary assignment on an initial 364-day basis, with potential for extension.
Under the supervision of the Education Specialist Level 3, the Education Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for education programmes/projects within the Country Programme from development planning to delivery of results, preparing, executing, managing and implementing a variety of technical and administrative programme tasks to facilitate programme development, implementation, programme progress monitoring, evaluating and reporting.
Under the guidance and general supervision of the Deputy Representative (Level 4), the Specialist supports the development and preparation of the Education programmes and is responsible for managing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating and reporting the progress of education programmes/projects within the country programme. The Specialist provides technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes to facilitate the administration and achievement of results on education programmes/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), as well as UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, standards of performance, and accountability framework.
Objetivo general
Facilitar y apoyar en la realización de diversas actividades programáticas para el cierre del año 2024 y, además, desarrollar procesos de planificación y monitoreo para el periodo 2025 – 2026, en el marco del actual Programa de Cooperación de UNICEF El Salvador 2022 – 2026.
Malawi is beset by a learning poverty, with less than 20 per cent of children (7-13 years) in Malawi possessing foundational literacy skills and less than 15 per cent having foundational numeracy skills. UNICEF Malawi’s Education programme is therefore prioritizing inclusive foundational learning, focusing its resources on the youngest learners to ensure they are ready for school and equipped with the literacy and numeracy skills essential for lifelong productivity and well-being. Across its work, UNICEF promotes equity and inclusion in all its initiatives, implementing programmes that expand education services for children with disabilities, supporting the enrollment and retention of girls in schools, ensuring continuity of learning during emergencies while it , and prioritizes the most disadvantaged schools and communities, ensuring that limited resources are strategically directed where they can have the greatest impact, particularly in light of rising inequities and hardships across the country..
As the Education Officer focusing on Equity and Inclusion, you will be at the forefront of ensuring that children in Malawi who are the most marginalized and disadvantaged – children with disabilities, girls, children from rural and remote areas, and the like – are given education opportunities that allow them to develop to their full potential.
UNICEF Pacific is hiring an Education Specialist with a focus on Quality & Inclusive Learning and Skills on fixed term appointment to be based in the Pacific Multi-Country Office in Suva, Fiji.
Under the supervision of the Chief of Education, the Specialist leads the Quality & Inclusive Learning and Skills component of the 5-year UNICEF Pacific Education programme across 14 countries and territories as well as Pacific regional-level activities and partnerships. The Specialist is responsible for designing, managing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating, and reporting the progress of education programmes in line with national and regional priorities. The Quality & Inclusive Learning and Skills component focuses on quality, inclusion and relevance in education, including but not limited to: foundational learning, inclusive education, culturally- and contextually-relevant approaches, digital and remote learning, skill development, gender-transformative teaching and pathways, pedagogy, curriculum, learning assessment, use of learning data to improve instruction, school quality standards, school leadership, school improvement planning, digital learning, learning continuity in the face of school closures and emergencies, and/or other related themes as relevant to the programme and context. The Specialist will also collaborate cross-sectorally as relevant on issues related to protection, student well-being, climate resilience, mental health, education in emergencies, etc.
The education programme in each country is responsive to the priorities and systems in that country, so the Specialist will be responsible for working in collaboration with government counterparts, colleagues and partners to select and design the most relevant of the above supports for each country. Accordingly, the Specialist will support strategic regional action as guided by national and regional priorities.
Under the supervision of and in regular consultation with the supervisor, implement country office emergency preparedness and response. Responsible for the technical contribution to the development, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the emergency interventions to advance the survival and well-being of children and mothers and affected communities in an emergency situation.