International consultant on life skills, Education Section (home-based), Beijing, China

UNICEF works in a number of the world’s hardest locations, to succeed in the world’s most deprived kids. To save lots of their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential. 

Throughout 190 nations and territories, we work for each youngster, all over the place, daily, to construct a greater world for everybody. 

And we by no means surrender. 

For each youngster, Training

UNICEF is working with the Chinese language Ministry of Training to assist the mixing of adolescent life expertise (often known as transferable expertise, twenty first century expertise) into its Technical and Vocational Training (TVET) to be able to higher put together the scholars for varsity to work transition. This contains work to develop a China particular and age-appropriate life expertise framework, evaluation technique and instruments, and complementary studying assets to allow the mixing of life expertise into faculty and TVET curriculum.

How are you going to make a distinction? 

UNICEF China Training staff is now searching for to interact a global marketing consultant to supply technical enter, professional overview, worldwide perspective and high quality assurance to assist

1. Improvement of China particular adolescent life expertise framework, together with evaluation technique
2. Improvement of a studying technique to combine life expertise into faculty and TVET curriculum, constructing on greatest worldwide apply and proof.

The scope of labor will primarily cowl two main assignments:

Project one primarily entails offering technical enter and professional evaluations of the draft life expertise framework, advise on the design and technique of framework improvement primarily based on robust worldwide proof and greatest apply, and comparative evaluation to align the framework towards internationally studied/evaluated requirements;

Project two primarily entails offering technical enter to improvement of studying technique, together with worldwide mapping of fine apply and proof, advise on choices of roadmaps to combine life expertise into faculty and TVET system, develop steering on corresponding pedagogical strategy and high quality assurance mechanism.  

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

• A sophisticated college diploma (Grasp’s or increased) in Training, psychology, social analysis, social science and/or different related disciplines, specialised expertise improvement will probably be a plus;
• Minimal ten years of expertise in training associated area, ideally within the TVET sector;
• Fingers-on expertise on creating competency frameworks, competency-based training evaluation, life/transferable expertise instructing or TVET curriculum improvement;
• Confirmed expertise of worldwide consultancy expertise working with abroad nations and/or worldwide organizations
• Wonderful writing and talking expertise in English;
• A great staff participant, in a position to work with deadlines;
• Understanding of China training context, significantly the TVET sector;

The next are thought-about robust(admirable) property:

• Earlier technical roles with established nationwide and worldwide training framework and evaluation initiatives (i.e. PISA and so forth.) is an asset;
• Earlier worldwide consultancy experiences with UN businesses and/or China associated initiatives;
• Chinese language language expertise;

To view our competency framework, please go to here.  

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived kids and our world workforce should mirror the range of these kids. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or another private attribute.

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UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and targets of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF additionally adheres to strict youngster safeguarding rules. All chosen candidates will probably be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules and can due to this fact endure rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will embrace the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to supply extra info to conduct a background verify. 

Remarks:  

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

People engaged underneath a consultancy or particular person contract won’t be thought-about “workers members” underneath the Employees Laws and Guidelines of the United Nations and UNICEF’s insurance policies and procedures, and won’t be entitled to advantages supplied therein (reminiscent of go away entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their circumstances of service will probably be ruled by their contract and the Basic Situations of Contracts for the Providers of Consultants and Particular person Contractors. Consultants and particular person contractors are answerable for figuring out their tax liabilities and for the fee of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with native or different relevant legal guidelines. 

The chosen candidate is solely accountable to make sure that the visa (relevant) and medical insurance required to carry out the duties of the contract are legitimate for all the interval of the contract. Chosen candidates are topic to affirmation of fully-vaccinated standing towards SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Well being Group (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which should be met previous to taking on the task. It doesn’t apply to consultants who will work remotely and usually are not anticipated to work on or go to UNICEF premises, programme supply places or immediately work together with communities UNICEF works with, nor to journey to carry out capabilities for UNICEF during their consultancy contracts.