Chief Education P4 (Fixed-Term), Dili, Timor-Leste #16246

UNICEF works in among the world’s hardest locations, to achieve the world’s most deprived kids. To avoid wasting their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential.

Throughout 190 international locations and territories, we work for each youngster, in all places, day by day, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means hand over.

For each youngster, Schooling

The basic mission of UNICEF is to advertise the rights of each youngster, in all places, in all the things the group does — in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. The fairness technique, emphasizing probably the most deprived and excluded kids and households, interprets this dedication to kids’s rights into motion. For UNICEF, fairness signifies that all kids have a chance to outlive, develop and attain their full potential, with out discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the diploma that any youngster has an unequal likelihood in life — in its social, political, financial, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There’s rising proof that investing within the well being, schooling and safety of a society’s most deprived residents — addressing inequity — not solely will give all kids the chance to satisfy their potential but in addition will result in sustained progress and stability of nations. Because of this the deal with fairness is so important. It accelerates progress in direction of realizing the human rights of all kids, which is the common mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Conference on the Rights of the Little one, whereas additionally supporting the equitable growth of countries.

Learn how UNICEF programmes drives change for youngsters in Timor-Leste by visiting https://www.unicef.org/timorleste. 

How are you going to make a distinction?

Below the general steering of the Deputy Consultant, the Chief is answerable for managing and supervising all levels of schooling programmes/tasks. This contains strategic planning and formulation, in addition to supply of outcomes on strengthening nationwide schooling methods to enhance studying outcomes, common entry to high quality, equitable and inclusive main/early childhood schooling, and renewed involvement in secondary schooling, particularly for youngsters who’re marginalized, deprived and excluded in society. S/he leads a bunch {of professional} and assist workers to develop and handle the schooling programme within the nation.

The Chief is answerable for establishing the plans of motion and overseeing work progress to make sure the achievement of concrete and sustainable programme/venture outcomes, based on plans, allocation, outcomes based-management approaches and methodology (RBM), in addition to UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, requirements of efficiency and accountability framework.

KEY FUNCTION, ACCOUNTABILITIES AND RELATED DUTIES/TASKS

1. Managerial management 

• Set up the part’s annual work plan with the schooling crew, and set priorities and targets. Monitor work progress and guarantee outcomes are achieved based on schedule and efficiency requirements.
• Set up clear particular person efficiency aims, objectives and timelines; and supply well timed steering to allow the crew to carry out their duties responsibly and effectively. Plan and guarantee well timed efficiency administration and evaluation of the crew.
• Supervise crew members by offering them with clear aims, objectives, course, and steering to allow them to carry out their duties responsibly, successfully and effectively.

2. Programme growth and planning

• Present technical steering and operational assist to make sure that present and complete information is obtainable to information UNICEF’s strategic coverage advocacy, intervention and growth efforts on schooling programmes and to set programme priorities, methods, and implementation plans.
• Preserve abreast of nationwide, regional and worldwide growth priorities on schooling to leverage UNICEF’s place and competencies with donors, nationwide governments, communities and constituents to advocate and promote schooling initiatives and insurance policies.
• Supervise the event of schooling programmes/tasks (as a full element of the CO and/or UNDAF programmes). Set up plans of motion, programme objectives and outcomes, utilizing results-based planning methodology and terminology (RBM).
• Information and coordinate the well timed preparation of programme suggestions and associated documentation for inclusion within the Nation Workplace Programme advice making certain alignment with UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, regional methods and nationwide priorities.
• Collaborate with colleagues and companions to develop partnership frameworks to deal with particular wants and to leverage sources for enhancing schooling programmes/tasks. Guarantee synergy, integration, coherence, and harmonization of programmes and tasks with UNICEF Strategic Plans and priorities, donors’ growth methods and insurance policies, nationwide priorities, and UN System growth interventions and initiatives.

3. Programme administration, monitoring and high quality management of outcomes 

• Plan and collaborate on monitoring and analysis initiatives to ascertain benchmarks, efficiency indicators and different UNICEF/UN system indicators, to evaluate and strengthen efficiency accountability, coherence and supply of concrete and sustainable outcomes on schooling programmes.
• Take part in main monitoring and analysis workout routines, programme opinions and annual opinions with authorities and different counterparts to evaluate progress and to interact stakeholders to take required motion and interventions to attain outcomes.
• Put together and assess monitoring and analysis stories to determine gaps, strengths, and/or weaknesses in programme and administration; determine classes realized and use information gained for growth planning and well timed intervention to attain objectives.
• Monitor programmes and tasks to evaluate progress, determine bottlenecks and potential issues and take well timed choices to resolve points and/or seek advice from related officers for well timed decision.
• Plan, approve, monitor, certify, and management using programme sources (monetary, human, administrative and different property) certifying & verifying compliance with organizational guidelines, rules and procedures, donor commitments and requirements of accountability and integrity. Guarantee well timed reporting and liquidation of sources.
• Put together and submit programme and venture stories to donors and different companions to maintain them knowledgeable on programme progress and important points.

4. Advisory providers and technical assist 

• Present technical recommendation to key authorities officers, NGO, UN system and different nation workplace companions on methods and finest practices to affect approaches and insurance policies, and to assist social, financial, political, and authorized growth planning, implementation and supply of outcomes on schooling programmes and associated points.
• Coordinate and make sure the availability of technical specialists (with Regional Workplace/HQ) to make sure well timed assist all through all levels of programming and venture implementation.
• Take part in strategic discussions to affect coverage and agenda setting for combating all types of discrimination towards kids by advising on and advocating methods and approaches to advertise common entry to equitable and inclusive schooling for youngsters within the nation.

5. Advocacy, networking and partnership constructing 

• Construct and strengthen strategic partnerships by way of networking and advocacy with native and nationwide governments, UN system company companions, donors, internationally acknowledged establishments, NGOs, funding organizations, analysis institutes and personal sector to bolster cooperation and/or pursue alternatives, leverage funds, to advertise objectives and obtain sustainable and broad outcomes on schooling programmes.
• Put together communication methods, implementation plans and actions for optimum communication affect and outreach to advertise consciousness, set up partnerships for sustainable outcomes, and to assist fund elevating for UNICEF and Nation Workplace programmes on schooling.
• Take part and/or characterize UNICEF in inter-agency (UNCT) discussions and planning on schooling and associated points to make sure organizational place, pursuits and priorities are totally thought of and built-in within the UNDAF growth planning and agenda setting course of. Collaborate with inter-agency companions and colleagues on the UNDAF planning and preparation of programmes/tasks together with emergency preparedness.

6. Innovation, information administration and capability constructing

• Promote essential pondering, revolutionary approaches and good practices for sustainable schooling programming initiatives by way of advocacy and technical advisory providers.
• Preserve abreast, analysis, benchmark, introduce and implement finest and leading edge practices on schooling and administration. Institutionalize and disseminate finest practices and information realized.
• Contribute to the event of insurance policies and procedures, and introduce innovation and finest practices to make sure optimum effectivity and efficacy of sustainable programmes and tasks.
• Manage, plan and implement capability constructing initiatives to boost the competencies of stakeholders to advertise sustainable outcomes on schooling and associated programmes/tasks.

Technical competencies should be demonstrated within the following areas:

• Good understanding of the general international growth context, together with points equivalent to: poverty, battle, and the affect of those elements on schooling and vice-versa; and inter-sectoral approaches to deal with such points in collaboration with different sectors (together with Social Coverage, Little one Safety, Vitamin, WASH, Well being and Communications inside UNICEF).
• Good information of world developments in schooling and worldwide engagement methods, together with the applying of the fairness lens and human rights views to programming.
• Good potential to assist coverage dialogue: translation of analytical findings and proof into growth programme and coverage discussions round fairness and studying with companions, together with authorities, growth companions, CSOs and academia in related areas.
• Good schooling sector planning information/potential, together with the vary of modalities for delivering schooling, linkages between totally different sub-sectors (e.g. ECD, Major, Secondary, Tertiary, Inclusive Schooling), cost-effectiveness and effectivity points, key institutional constructions, parts and processes, in addition to governance points.
• Good schooling and coverage sector evaluation capability, together with understanding of the core schooling information units and indicators; instruments for evaluation of fairness; determinants of pupil entry and studying; price range, costing, and monetary administration in schooling methods; political economic system; and schooling coverage and strategic planning.
• Good potential to assist engagement with companions e.g. Sector Broad Approaches, International Partnership for Schooling, Schooling in Emergency Clusters, Schooling Supplier Boards, Delivering as One, Inter-sectoral partnerships equivalent to in ECD, in addition to networking with different key companions.
• Good understanding of gender and inequity points in relation to schooling and growth and the applying of gender / fairness evaluation to coverage and planning in schooling.
• Good understanding of insurance policies and techniques to deal with points associated to resilience: danger evaluation and danger administration, schooling in battle conditions, pure disasters, and restoration for CO and RO primarily based submit and the place related.

 

To qualify as an advocate for each youngster you’ll have: 

• A complicated college diploma in one of many following fields is required: schooling, economics, psychology, sociology or one other related technical discipline.

• A minimal of eight years {of professional} expertise in programme planning, administration, and/or analysis in schooling on the worldwide stage is required.

  Expertise working in a growing nation is taken into account as an asset.

  Related expertise in a UN system company or group is taken into account as an asset.

  Familiarity/background with emergency is taken into account as an asset. luency in English is required. Data of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese language, French, Russian or Spanish) or a neighborhood language is an asset.

• Fluency in English is required. Data of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese language, French, Russian or Spanish) or a neighborhood language is an asset.

For each Little one, you show UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin all the things we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Constitution: UNICEF Values

 

UNICEF competencies required for this submit are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness (3) Drive to attain outcomes for affect (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others (8) Nurtures, Leads and Manages Individuals 

In the course of the recruitment course of, we take a look at candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its totally different ranges: competency framework here.

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We provide a wide range of benefits to our staff, together with paid parental depart, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages using versatile working preparations.
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Remarks:

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Solely shortlisted candidates will probably be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of.