Job Description

Under the supervision of the Education Specialist (Access, Quality and ECE) P3, the Education Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for education programmes/projects including for Education in Emergencies coordination, preparedness and response, disaster risk management and resilience promotion and climate resilient education 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.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Support to programme development and planning
▪ Contribute to the preparation and updating of the situation analysis for the development,
design and management of education related programmes/projects including the girls
education and adolescents skills development programmes. Research and report on
development trends (economic, social, health etc.) and data for use in programme
development, management, monitoring, evaluation and delivery of results.
▪ Contribute to the development and establishment of sectoral programme goals, objectives
and strategies and results-based planning through research, collection, analysis and
reporting of education and other related information for development planning and goal
setting.
▪ Provide technical and administrative support throughout all stages of programming
processes by executing and administering a variety of technical programme transactions,
preparing materials and documentations, and complying with organizational processes and
management systems, to support programme planning, results-based planning (RBM) and
monitoring and evaluation of results.
2. Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results.
Work closely and collaboratively with internal colleagues and partners to collect, analyze
and share information on implementation issues especially related to the adolescents and
girls education programmes.
• Suggest solutions on routine programme implementation and submit reports to alert
appropriate officials and stakeholders for higher-level intervention and/or decisions. Keep
record of reports and assessments for easy reference and/or to capture and institutionalize
lessons learned.
• Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises, programme reviews and annual
sectoral reviews with government and other counterparts and prepare minutes/reports on
results for follow up action by higher management and other stakeholders.
• Monitor and report on the use of sectoral programme resources (financial, administrative
and other assets), verify compliance with approved allocation, organizational rules,
regulations/procedures and donor commitments, standards of accountability and integrity.
Report on issues identified to ensure timely resolution by management/stakeholders. Follow
up on unresolved issues to ensure resolution.
• Prepare draft inputs for programme/donor reporting.
3. Technical and operational support to programme implementation
• Undertake field visits and surveys and share information with stakeholders to assess
progress and refer to relevant officials for resolution. Report on critical issues, bottlenecks
and potential problems for timely action to achieve results especially for girls education and
skills development components.
• Provide technical and operational support to government counterparts, NGO partners, UN
system partners and other country office partners/donors on the application and
understanding of UNICEF policies, strategies, processes and best practices on education
related issues to support programme implementation, operations and delivery of results.
4.
Networking and partnership building
• Build and sustain effective close working partnerships with government counterparts and
national stakeholders through active sharing of information and knowledge to facilitate
programme implementation and build capacity of stakeholders to achieve and sustain
results on education programmes.
• Draft communication and information materials for CO programme advocacy to promote
awareness, establish partnerships and alliances, and support fund raising for education
programmes.
▪ Participate in appropriate inter-agency (UNCT) meetings and events on programming to
collaborate with inter-agency partners on UNDAF operational planning and preparation of
education programmes/projects and to integrate and harmonize UNICEF’s position and
strategies with the UNDAF development and planning process.
▪ Research information on potential donors and prepare resource mobilization materials and
briefs for fund raising and partnership development purposes.
5.
Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
▪ Contribute to identifying, capturing, synthesizing, and sharing lessons learned for
knowledge development and capacity development of stakeholders.
▪ Apply innovative approaches and promote good practice to support the implementation
and delivery of concrete and sustainable programme results.
• Research and report on best and cutting-edge practices for development planning of
knowledge products and systems.
• Participate as a resource person in capacity building initiatives to enhance the
competencies of clients/stakeholders.
IV. Impact of Results
The efficiency and efficacy of support provided by the Education Officer to programme preparation,
planning and implementation, contributes to the achievement of sustainable results to improve
learning outcomes and universal access to quality, equitable and inclusive education. Success in education programmes and projects in turn contribute to maintaining and enhancing the credibility
and ability of UNICEF to provide programme services for mothers and children that promotes greater social equality in the country

Qualifications and Experience

V. Competencies and level of proficiency required
Core Values
• Care
• Respect
• Integrity
• Trust
• Accountability
• Sustainability

competencies:
• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1)
• Works Collaboratively with others (1)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (1)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)
• Drive to achieve impactful results (1)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)

Recruitment Qualifications
Education:
A university degree in one of the following fields is required: education, psychology, sociology or another relevant technical
field.

Experience: A minimum of two years of professional experience in
programme planning, management, and/or research in education is required.
Experience working in a developing country is considered as an asset.

Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset.

Language Requirements:
Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of the local language is an asset.