Deadline: 15 September, 2022

Location: Luanda, Angola

United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Education Officer.

Across 190 countries and territories, UNICEF works for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

Responsibilities

• Research and analyse health, social and economic development trends at regional and national levels
• Collect, analyse, verify, and synthesise information to facilitate programme development, design and preparation
• Support preparation of technical reports and provide inputs for programme preparation and documentation, ensuring accuracy, timeliness and relevancy of information
• Contribute to the development/establishment of sectoral programme goals, objectives, 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 administrative support throughout all stages of programming processes by executing and administering a variety of technical programme transactions, preparing materials and documentations, and complying with organisational processes and management systems, to support programme planning, results-based planning (RBM) and monitoring and evaluation of results
• Prepare required documentations and materials to facilitate the programme review and approval process
• Work closely and collaboratively with internal colleagues and partners to collect, analyse and share information on implementation issues
• Suggest solutions on routine programme implementation and submit reports to alert appropriate officials and stakeholders for higher-level intervention and/or decisions
• Keep record of reports and assessments for easy reference and/or to capture and institutionalise lessons learnt
• Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises, programme reviews and annual sectoral reviews with government and other counterparts and prepare minutes/reports on results for follow-up action by higher management and other stakeholders
• Monitor and report on the use of sectoral programme resources, verify compliance with approved allocation, organisational rules, regulations/procedures and donor commitments, standards of accountability and integrity
• Report on issues identified to ensure timely resolution by management/stakeholders
• Follow up on unresolved issues to ensure resolution
• Prepare draft inputs for programme/donor reporting
• Undertake field visits and surveys and share information with stakeholders to assess progress and refer to relevant officials for resolution
• Report on critical issues, bottlenecks and potential problems for timely action to achieve results
• Carry out other related tasks

Requirements

• University degree in Education, Psychology, Sociology, or a related technical field
• One year, minimum, of professional experience in programme planning, management, and/or research in education
• Experience working in a developing country is as an asset
• Fluency in English and Portuguese

To apply and for more information, click here.

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