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Contract Duration- 1 year 6 Months

Working arrangement Office Based (Helsinki Finland)

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.

                                                         TERMS OF REFERENCE

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 fulfil 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. UNICEF’s Digital Education and Learning Innovation Hub-Education CoE is looking for an experienced Digital Learning and AI Literacy Expert who will bring strong theoretical and practical knowledge on the integration of technology into teaching-learning together with best practices for supporting UNICEF Country Offices and Ministries of Education deliver impactful digital education programming to accelerate improvements in student learning outcomes, particularly for the most vulnerable children. The role will provide high-quality technical assistance, advisory, and coordination support to the implementation of the Hub’s Learning Pioneers Programme providing expert advice to UNICEF Country Offices and their respective government partners on the scaling and systems integration of digital learning tools and upskilling on digital transformation. This includes strengthening national capacities for digital transformation, with a particular focus on teacher empowerment, AI literacy, and future-ready skills development. The consultant will also provide technical support to the implementation and integration of digital skills and AI literacy in national education systems through, among others, UNICEF’s Tinkering with Tech and AI initiative ensuring alignment with the UNICEF Digital Education Strategy 2025–2030 and broader EdTech for Good principles. The consultant will also support teacher empowerment in the digital age and help provide quality technical assistance support to countries in line with the UNICEF Digital Education Strategy, contributing to the development and dissemination of global public goods, including the Superstar Teacher Toolbox, and provide hands-on support to countries to contextualize and implement these resources

The consultant will have the following main responsibilities:

• Provide technical guidance and coordination support to the implementation of the Hub’s Learning Pioneers Programme (LPP), providing expert advice to selected UNICEF Country Offices and their respective government partners on the scaling,systems integration , and sustainable adoption of digital learning tools while supporting capacity upskilling on digital transformation. This also includes coordination support with the broader Education CoE thematic experts, UNICEF Regional Offices, and other UNICEF divisions like the Digital Impact Division and Office of Innovation. This also requires participation as technical expert in related workshops, teacher trainings and events, and monitoring visits, as needed.

•Advancing digital and AI literacy. Provide technical support to the implementation and integration of digital skills and AI literacy in national education systems through, among others, UNICEF’s Tinkering with Tech and AI initiative. This will include coordination with various global partners, inputs and quality assurance review to enhance the Tinkering with Tech & AI learning package and implementation model, and support to countries with the implementation. This also requires participation as technical expert in Human Resources United Nations Children’s Fund related workshops, teacher training and events and monitoring visits. This also includes support to the implementation research, contribute to partner coordination, and facilitation of knowledge sharing to broader UNICEF work on skills development for adolescents and young people.

• Teacher empowerment and learning resources development. Provide quality technical inputs to the development of teacher-facing learning materials around teacher upskilling on digital education linked to the broader work around teacher empowerment in the digital age. This includes updating and developing new materials as part of the Superstar Teacher Toolbox, with a focus on teacher professional development for digital and AI-enabled learning. and supporting countries that are interested to integrate the materials into existing national teacher professional development programmes.

• Innovation and capacity building. Provide coordination support and technical inputs to the design and organization of the annual Innovation Camp that brings together UNICEF Country Office education staff and government officials as part of capacity upskilling on digital education and learning innovation.

• Technical assistance and strategic advisory. Provide quality technical assistance to countries on edtech and digital learning in line with the UNICEF Digital Education Strategy 2025-2030

If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference here:  TMC0001781 TOR.pdf

Minimum requirements:

• Education: Master’s degree in education, education and technology, another relevant technical field
• Work Experience: At least 6 years with master’s in digital education, including the use of education technology for children’s learning and supporting teacher professional development, combining practical and theoretical experience at national and international levels
• A bachelor’s degree plus 10 years of relevant professional experience can be considered (in lieu of a master’s degree)

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.

UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.

UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). 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 based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. 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, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.

Qualified candidates are invited to submit the following documents via the online recruitment portal, TMS (Talent Management System):

• An up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV)
• Cover letter
• A separate financial proposal  TMC0001781 Financial proposal.docx

Remarks:  

UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.