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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.

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For every child, the right to education!

• Facilitate adaptation and translation of the Inclusive Education Programmatic Framework (IEPF), operational standards, and implementation tools into Uzbek and Russian languages.
• Provide local contextualization inputs to ensure alignment with national reforms, existing policies, and the national education system.
• Support school-level data collection and piloting of tools in selected schools, including designing data collections tools: surveys, focus groups, semi-structured and structured interviews and other tools for data analysis.
• Collect and analyze data and key findings from (surveys, focus groups, interviews as well as lesson observations) to elaborate recommendations of what works for improving principles, standards, and mechanisms and how it can be scaled equitably and sustainably.
• Support piloting IEPF, tools, standards in schools.

• Support localization and adaptation of blended training materials and online learning modules on inclusive education and Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
• Assist in planning, organizing, and facilitating regional webinars, practicums, and mentoring sessions for teachers, school principals, psychologists, and resource staff.
• Coordinate regional mentors to ensure effective implementation of professional development activities.
• Deliver training on use of assistive technologies in classrooms, including ongoing guidance to school inclusion teams and teachers.
• Document and report on training progress, participant engagement, and emerging needs.

• Coordinate and supervise the work of five regional mentors to ensure alignment of all activities across pilot schools.
• Organize regular coordination meetings with regional mentors to provide technical guidance, review progress, and resolve challenges.
• Support organization and facilitation of coordination meetings and workshops with MoPSE, national institutions, and development partners.
• Provide technical guidance and ongoing consultation to UNICEF, the Ministry of Preschool and School Education, and national institutions to ensure quality, coherence, and sustainability, and to support alignment with broader inclusive education and early childhood development reforms.

Travel Local: At least 6 missions to regions of Uzbekistan. Each mission might require travel to at least 2 regions.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have… 

Minimum requirements:

• Education: Advanced University degree in one of the disciplines relevant to the following areas: education, or any other social sciences.
• Work Experience:
  • More than 5 years of professional and relevant experience in education, preferably in inclusive education, teacher training/capacity development. 
  • Professional experience and expert knowledge in designing teaching and learning materials and providing capacity building activities; 
  • Good analytical and writing skills.

• Language Requirements: Excellent written and spoken skills in English, Uzbek and Russian.

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

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships

(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness

(3) Drive to achieve results for impact

(4) Innovates and embraces change

(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity

(6) Thinks and acts strategically

(7) Works collaboratively with others 

Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels.

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 a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation 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.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station is required for IP positions and will be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be selected for a position with UNICEF, you either must be inoculated as required or receive a medical exemption from the relevant department of the UN. Otherwise, the selection will be canceled.

Remarks:  

As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity.

UNICEF is committed to fostering an inclusive, representative, and welcoming workforce. 

Government employees who are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government positions before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason. 

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.

Humanitarian action is a cross-cutting priority within UNICEF’s Strategic Plan. UNICEF is committed to stay and deliver in humanitarian contexts. Therefore, all staff, at all levels across all functional areas, can be called upon to be deployed to support humanitarian response, contributing to both strengthening resilience of communities and capacity of national authorities.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. An internal candidate performing at the level of the post in the relevant functional area, or an internal/external candidate in the corresponding Talent Group, may be selected, if suitable for the post, without assessment of other candidates.

Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.