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United Nations at UNICEF Tanzania Jobs 2024Temporary Appointment Education Officer (NOB) Mbeya, Tanzania, #572351, 6 Months (open for Tanzanian Nationals only)
Job no: 572351
Contract type: Temporary Appointment
Level: NO-2
Location: United Republic of Tanzania
Categories: Education
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. 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 personal and professional development that will help them develop a fulfilling career while delivering on a rewarding mission. We pride ourselves on a culture that helps staff thrive, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.
For every child, love
The Education Programme is a key component of the Country Programme, aiming to enhance policy and legal frameworks for the realization of children’s right to education and strengthen accountability of the education system, legislators and policy makers to families, children and the public to deliver on commitments to equitable and inclusive education and ethnic minority education in the context of ESDP and education sector plans. The programme intensifies interventions to support the achievement of SDG 4 which focuses on education across all categories and on quality and quantity. It seeks to support not only the unfinished agenda but also the nationwide scale-up of good practices of inclusive and quality to be demonstrated in the four regions of Mbeya, Iringa, Njombe and Songwe (MINS).
How can you make a difference?
Under the matrix supervision of the Chief Field Office and Chief, Education Section, the Education Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for education programs/projects within the Country Program from development planning to delivery of results, preparing, executing, managing and implementing a variety of technical and administrative program tasks to facilitate program development, implementation, program progress monitoring, evaluating and reporting. In the context of 2017-2022 work plan, the Education Officer will particularly support to strengthen the quality of the sub-national implementation of early childhood education as education contribution to pre-primary, primary and national work on out of school youth and adolescent development, SDG action planning, implementation and monitoring, evidence-based policy advocacy and public finance management.
Key functions/accountabilities:
1. Support to program development and planning:
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
The following minimum requirements:
The following desirables:
Job no: 572351
Contract type: Temporary Appointment
Level: NO-2
Location: United Republic of Tanzania
Categories: Education
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. 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 personal and professional development that will help them develop a fulfilling career while delivering on a rewarding mission. We pride ourselves on a culture that helps staff thrive, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.
For every child, love
The Education Programme is a key component of the Country Programme, aiming to enhance policy and legal frameworks for the realization of children’s right to education and strengthen accountability of the education system, legislators and policy makers to families, children and the public to deliver on commitments to equitable and inclusive education and ethnic minority education in the context of ESDP and education sector plans. The programme intensifies interventions to support the achievement of SDG 4 which focuses on education across all categories and on quality and quantity. It seeks to support not only the unfinished agenda but also the nationwide scale-up of good practices of inclusive and quality to be demonstrated in the four regions of Mbeya, Iringa, Njombe and Songwe (MINS).
How can you make a difference?
Under the matrix supervision of the Chief Field Office and Chief, Education Section, the Education Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for education programs/projects within the Country Program from development planning to delivery of results, preparing, executing, managing and implementing a variety of technical and administrative program tasks to facilitate program development, implementation, program progress monitoring, evaluating and reporting. In the context of 2017-2022 work plan, the Education Officer will particularly support to strengthen the quality of the sub-national implementation of early childhood education as education contribution to pre-primary, primary and national work on out of school youth and adolescent development, SDG action planning, implementation and monitoring, evidence-based policy advocacy and public finance management.
Key functions/accountabilities:
1. Support to program development and planning:
- Contribute to the preparation/update of situation analysis for the program sector/s for development, design, and management of education related programs/projects.
- Ensure the availability of accurate, complete, and up-to-date data and information related to projects/programs, in order to plan, develop and manage strategies and interventions related to inclusive education for the program targeted children, especially children with disabilities, ethnic minority children, children affected by disasters and climate change and other disadvantaged children.
- Contribute to the development/establishment of sectoral program goals, objectives and strategies and results-based planning through research, collection, analysis and reporting of education and other related information for development planning and priority and goal setting.
- Provide technical and operational support throughout all stages of programming processes by executing/administering a variety of technical, program, operational and administrative
- transactions, preparing related materials/documentations and complying with organizational processes and management systems, to support program planning, results-based planning (RBM) and monitoring and evaluating results.
- Work closely and collaboratively with internal and external colleagues and partners to discuss operational and implementation issues, provide solutions, recommendations and/or alert appropriate officials and stakeholders for higher-level intervention and/or decision. Keep record of reports and assessments for easy reference and/or to capture and institutionalize lessons learned.
- Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises, program reviews and annual reviews with government and other counterparts to assess programs/projects and to report on required action/interventions at the higher level of program management.
- Monitor and report on the use of sectoral program resources (financial, administrative and other assets), verify compliance with approved allocation/goals, organizational rules, regulations/procedures and donor commitments, standards of accountability and integrity. Report on critical issues/findings to ensure timely resolution by management/stakeholders. Follow up on unresolved issues to ensure resolution.
- Draft regular/mandated sectoral program/project reports for management, donors and partners to keep them informed of program progress.
- Conduct regular field visits and surveys and/or exchange information with partners/stakeholders to assess progress and provide technical support, take appropriate action to resolve issues and/or refer to relevant officials for resolution. Report on critical issues, bottlenecks, and potential problems for timely action to achieve results.
- 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 and related issues to support program implementation, operations, and delivery of results.
- Build and sustain effective close working partnerships with government counterparts and national stakeholders through active sharing of information and knowledge to facilitate program implementation and build capacity of stakeholders to achieve and sustain results on education programs.
- Draft communication and information materials for Education program advocacy to promote awareness, establish partnership/alliances and support fund raising for education programs.
- Participate in appropriate inter-agency (e.g. Joint Result Group) meetings/events on programming to collaborate with inter-agency partners/colleagues on operational planning and preparation of education programs/projects in the context of the UNDAP and to integrate and harmonize UNICEF position and strategies with the development and planning process.
- Research information on potential donors and prepare resource mobilization materials and briefs for fund raising and partnership development purposes.
- 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 program results.
- Research and report on best and cutting-edge practices for development planning of knowledge products and systems.
- Participate as resource person in capacity building initiatives to enhance the competencies of clients/stakeholders.
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To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
The following minimum requirements:
- Education: A university degree in Education, Psychology, Sociology, or other Social Science field is required.
- Work Experience: At least 2 years of professional experience in social development planning and management in education and related areas at the international and/or in a developing country is required.
- Skills: Relevant experience in education and related areas, program/project development and management in a UN system agency or organization is an asset.
- Language Requirements: Fluency in English and Swahili is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
The following desirables:
- Experience working with the Government is an advantage.
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).
To view our competency framework, please visit here.
UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.
UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.
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. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. 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.
Remarks:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors.
Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.
The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment.
It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.
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Advertised: 29 May 2024 E. Africa Standard Time
Deadline: 12 Jun 2024 E. Africa Standard Time
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