Contract Duration – 14 months

Working arrangement: Remote with travel

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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                                                         TERMS OF REFERENCE

The belief that every child has a right to a quality education is at the core of UNICEF’s human rights approach to education. Quality education can only be achieved when each and every child, including the most marginalized and excluded children including children with disabilities, is in school receiving an inclusive quality education that provides them with the learning required for life.

UNICEF has been working with the Ministry of Education, local counterparts, and communities to provide the country’s most disadvantaged children with inclusive quality education. In 2021, UNICEF initiated the Inclusive Education Project together with the Department of Teacher Affairs, Ministry of Education. It aims to improve the education system towards inclusion not only for children with disabilities but also for all. This is expected to be achieved primarily through an improved pre-and-in-service teacher training system. Building capacities at national, provincial and local levels to implement and sustain project interventions remains one of the key strategies to achieve the inclusive education programme goal.

During this process, UNICEF requires an external consultant to design advanced capacity-building modules and collect data from key stakeholders, including policymakers, experts, teachers, students, and UNICEF staff. The consultant will also support knowledge consolidation and dissemination by synthesizing key findings and documenting good practices in inclusive education.

UNICEF is seeking an international consultant to provide high quality technical assistance for the implementation of the 2026 phase of the Inclusive Education Project in China. This phase aims to strengthen, scale up and sustain the inclusive education model through institutional capacity building, policy dialogue, development of monitoring systems, and international collaboration.

Building on previous achievements, this phase introduces new deliverables that require specialized expertise in UDL， Tiered Support Systems, monitoring and evaluation, data-driven decision-making, transformational leadership, and inclusive pedagogy.

The consultant will be responsible for the following:

1. Design and Deliver Advanced Training Modules
2. Progress Review and Technical Consultation
3. Monitoring and Evaluation
4. Knowledge Consolidation and Dissemination
5. International Knowledge Exchange

If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference here:  Inclusive Education International Consultant.pdf

Minimum requirements:

• Education: Master’s in education/ inclusive education/ psychology or other relevant disciplines
• Work Experience:
  • Minimum ten years of professional experience in teacher and principal training, specifically focused on inclusive education.
  • Hands-on experience in designing and delivering participative training workshops for both teachers and principals.
• Language Requirements:
  • Excellent writing and speaking skills in English. Knowledge of Chinese is a strong asset.
• Knowledge/Expertise/Skills:
  • Proven track record in international consultancy, working with overseas countries and/or international organizations.
  • Previous engagement with UN agencies is considered an asset.
  • In-depth understanding of China’s education context is required.
• Desirables:
  • A collaborative team player with strong communication skills.
  • Ability to work effectively within

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  Financial proposal Inclusive Education international Consultant.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.