Education Officer, NO-A, TA (364 days), #128280, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh #571025

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For every child, a hero.

UNICEF is a leading agency in the Rohingya response for education and the education section of UNICEF Cox’s Bazar Field Office (FO) manages the utilization of funds from multiple donors by directly managing eight implementing partners and four technical partners. Implementing partners are responsible for the provision of quality education for over 250,000 children (85% of the Rohinyga children in the Education sector for the response) enrolled in close to 4,000 learning facilities managed by UNICEF funded implementing partners. The demand for education will only grow in the Rohingya response as a new cohort of children are enrolled every year. Given the scale of the work and needs, the Education Officer will report to the Information Management Officer (IMO) for monitoring and with the Education Specialist on Early Child Development (ECD).

ECD is an important area of programming, and the Education Officer provides professional technical, operational, and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the ECD programmes/projects. The officer will be tasked with applying theoretical and technical skills in collecting, analyzing, and presenting technical programme information while learning organizational rules, regulations, and procedures to support the development and formulation of the ECD programme for Rohingya children.

In addition to supporting the ECD programme, the Education Officer will also work under the guidance of the Information Officer on monitoring and reporting (M&R) of the overall education programme. Given the number of grants and scale of the programme managed by the education section of the field office, the Education Officer will support the planning the implementation of M&R activities to track key indicators and initiatives.

How can you make a difference?

Major duties and responsibilities:

• Support to ECD programme and performance planning, monitoring and reporting
• Management, monitoring and delivery of results for ECD programme and monitoring and reporting
• Technical and operational support to implementation of ECD programme and monitoring and reporting
• Networking and partnership building
• Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

For detailed job responsibilities, please see the attached TOR:  NEOT01, Education Officer NO-1 (TA)-CXB.docx

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

– A university degree in one of the following fields is required: early childhood education, education, social science, human development, child development, development planning evaluation, statistics and/or education research.  

-A minimum of one year of professional experience in at least two of: development planning and management, monitoring/analysis/reporting or in early childhood development is required.

-Experience working in the Rohingya response is considered as an asset.

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

-Fluency in English and Bangla is required. Chittagonian dialect is an advantage.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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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 [the 8^th competency (Nurtures, leads and manages people) for a supervisory role]. 

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We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.

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Remarks:

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Internal candidates may be given preference over external candidates. The term “Internal” refers to all staff members with fixed term, continuing or permanent appointments. Internal candidates who are legally permitted to work for UNICEF in Bangladesh, independently of UNICEF appointment, will also be considered. 

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.

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