Deadline: 03 January, 2021
Location: Dakar, Senegal
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is seeking to fill the role of Education Specialist, Alternative Learning.
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, reaching the most disadvantaged children and saving their lives.
Responsibilities
- Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises, programme reviews and annual reviews to assess progress and to determine required action/interventions to achieve results on distance learning initiatives (with a particular focus on digital learning)
- Ensure compliance of distance learning initiatives with the principle of no child left behind and the principles for digital development and UNICEF technology for development best practices
- Actively monitor programmes/projects through field visits and surveys, and exchange information with stakeholders to assess progress, identify bottlenecks and potential problems, and take timely decisions to resolve issues and/or refer to relevant officials for timely resolution
- Provide technical guidance and operational support to UNICEF, government and national education institutions to translate the global and regional distance learning strategies (digital, TV, radio) into regional tools and resources for policy development, advocacy and capacity building initiatives to enhance the capacity and knowledge for distance/digital learning
- Support the country offices and regional office to develop innovative and standardised data collection, analysis and reporting tools, and systems for monitoring of access, learning and young people’s participation in digital learning and other pathways in collaboration with UN agencies and stakeholders, and create a regional UNICEF platform of existing resources that countries can adapt, contextualise and use
- Draft policy papers, briefs and other strategic programme materials for management use
Requirements
- Advanced university degree in Education, Technology in Education, Communications, International Development, Mapping, Data Mining, Data Analysis and Presentation, or a relevant field
- Bachelor’s degree with two years of relevant work experience may be considered in lieu of advanced university degree
- Five years, minimum, of professional experience in education, programme management, integrating technology into teaching and learning initiatives, and/or implementing educational technology solutions (through different projects and initiatives)
- Good working knowledge of technical platforms, e-learning authoring tools, multimedia applications, web and virtual classroom technologies, mobile apps and social media appropriate to support technology-enhanced learning, external relations, data analysis and representation
- Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset
- Fluency in English and proficiency in French
- Knowledge of Spanish and Portuguese and another official UN language or language of the duty station is considered an asset
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