Education Specialist (Digital Learning), P4, MENA Regional Office, Amman-Jordan, (Fixed Term Appointment)

UNICEF works in among the world’s hardest locations, to achieve the world’s most deprived kids. To save lots of 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, every single day, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means hand over.

For each youngster, Future  

The basic mission of UNICEF is to advertise the rights of each youngster, in all places, in every part the group does — in applications, 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 implies that all kids have a possibility 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 meet their potential but additionally will result in sustained progress and stability of nations. That is why the give attention to fairness is so very important. It accelerates progress in the 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 Youngster, whereas additionally supporting the equitable growth of countries.

How are you going to make a distinction?

Beneath the general steerage and path of the Regional Training Advisor, the Training Specialist (Digital Studying) as a part of the MENARO schooling crew, performs a key position in bringing innovation to the event, preparation and monitoring of digital/distance studying applications. The Specialist will handle the digital/distance studying portfolio within the MENA area, which incorporates supporting the implementation of the Studying Passport and figuring out and amplifying different potential inclusive studying options for the area. The Specialist supplies authoritative technical steerage and operational help all through all phases of programming to facilitate Nation Places of work within the administration and supply of outcomes on creating and figuring out inclusive digital and hybrid studying options that help the continuation of studying, significantly for probably the most weak kids and in contexts of restricted ICT infrastructure and Web connectivity to contribute to bettering studying outcomes and to advertise common entry to high quality, equitable and inclusive main/early childhood schooling, particularly for kids who’re marginalized, deprived and excluded in society. This contains offering technical help in assessing nation workplace necessities, localizing the expertise, curating content material, and making certain that it’s contextualized and may be successfully utilized in respective nation places of work. 

Abstract of key capabilities/accountabilities: 

1. Programme growth and planning

• Present technical help and recommendation to colleagues within the schooling part on all facets of programming and implementation to allow them to attain efficiency aims, within the discipline of digital and distance studying.
• Work intently and collaboratively with inner and exterior colleagues and companions to debate methods and methodologies and to find out nationwide priorities/competencies to make sure the achievement of concrete and sustainable outcomes.
• Help within the growth of country-level program implementation plans and actions, leveraging greatest practices and main technical approaches, in coordination with Nation Workplace groups, companions, and governments.
• Take part in strategic program discussions on the planning of inclusive teaching programs. Formulate, design, and put together program proposals on digital studying, making certain alignment with UNICEF’s Strategic Plans and Nation Program and coherence/integration with the UN Improvement Help Framework (UNDAF), regional methods and nationwide priorities, plans and competencies.

    2. Program administration, monitoring and high quality management of outcomes

• Take part in monitoring and analysis workouts, program critiques and annual critiques with authorities and different counterparts to evaluate progress on digital studying and to find out required motion/interventions to attain outcomes. Present steerage on programmatic and technical information.
• Determine classes discovered on digital studying and use information gained for growth planning and well timed intervention to attain targets.
• Actively monitor digital studying applications/tasks by means of discipline visits and surveys, and change data with stakeholders to evaluate progress, determine bottlenecks and potential issues, and take well timed selections to resolve points and/or seek advice from related officers for well timed decision.

       3.Advisory companies and technical help

• Present technical steerage and operational help to nation workplace companions/donors on interpretation, utility and understanding of UNICEF insurance policies, methods, processes and greatest practices and approaches on digital studying and associated points to help program administration, implementation, and supply of outcomes.
• Prepare/coordinate availability of technical consultants on digital studying with Regional Workplace/HQ to make sure well timed/acceptable help all through the programming/tasks course of.
• Take part in schooling program conferences together with program growth and contingency planning to supply technical and operational data, recommendation, and help.
• Draft coverage papers, briefs, and different strategic program supplies on digital studying for administration use, data and/or consideration.
• Help ongoing roll out of Studying Passport platforms in MENA throughout the contexts of Training, ADAP and Era Limitless (GenU) and take part in common calls with the worldwide Studying Passport crew.
• Troubleshoot technical, platform-level {hardware} and software program points with nation groups and in coordination with the worldwide Studying Passport crew and engineering assets.
• Present technical recommendation to key authorities officers, NGOs, UN system and different nation workplace companions on insurance policies, methods, greatest practices, and approaches on digital studying to help program growth planning, implementation and supply of outcomes.

4.Advocacy, networking, and partnership constructing

• Construct and maintain efficient shut working partnerships with related counterparts and world companions/allies/donors/academia by means of lively networking, advocacy, and efficient communication to construct capability, change information/experience and to strengthen cooperation to attain sustainable and broad outcomes on digital studying.
• Put together communication and data supplies for CO program advocacy to advertise consciousness, set up partnership/alliances and help fund elevating for digital studying applications.

5.Innovation, information administration and capability constructing

• Apply/introduce revolutionary approaches and good practices to construct the capability of companions and stakeholders and to help the implementation and supply of concrete and sustainable digital studying program outcomes.
• Maintain abreast, analysis, benchmark and implement greatest practices in digital studying. Assess, institutionalize, and share greatest practices and information discovered.
• Contribute to the event and implementation of insurance policies and procedures to make sure optimum effectivity and efficacy of sustainable applications and tasks.
• Set up and implement capability constructing initiatives to boost the competencies of shoppers/stakeholders to advertise sustainable outcomes on digital studying and associated applications/tasks.

 To qualify as an advocate for each youngster you should have…

 Training:

• A sophisticated college diploma in one of many following fields is required: schooling, economics, psychology, sociology or one other related technical discipline (e.g. expertise).

Expertise:

• A minimal of eight years {of professional} expertise in programme planning, administration, and/or analysis in schooling is required.
• Expertise working in a creating 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 emergencies is taken into account as an asset.

Language:

Fluency in English is required. Information of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese language, French, Russian or Spanish) or an area language is an asset.

For each Youngster, you reveal

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief, Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin every part we do and the way we do it.

Core Competencies:

• Demonstrates Self Consciousness and Moral Consciousness (1)
• Works Collaboratively with others (1)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (1)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)
• Drive to attain impactful outcomes (1)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)

Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)Throughout the recruitment course of, we check candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its totally different ranges: competency framework here.

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived kids and our world workforce should replicate the range of these kids. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, no matter their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or some other private attribute.
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:

“UNICEF’s lively dedication in the direction of variety and inclusion is vital to ship the most effective outcomes for kids.

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