United Nations UNICEF Career Jobs – Education Specialist (Child Friendly Schools –CFS)

Vacancy
Announcement No.:
 VN/PBR/2013/26
Organisation: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Duty
Station:
 Kampala,
Uganda 
Reports
to:
 Education
Specialist (BRMS)
Grade: NOC
Job
Summary:
 The
Education Specialist Assistant will be responsible for planning,
implementation, monitoring and quality assurance of the Child Friendly Schools
(CFS) Programme.
Key
Duties and Responsibilities:
  • The
    Specialist will support UNICEF in the Design, prepare and implement the
    CFS initiatives under Basic Education;
  • Ensure
    gender responsiveness, quality and accelerated implementation of CFS
    projects undertaken by the Local Governments; Undertake regular monitoring
    of the CFS projects in the region and recommend action for adjustment to
    and compliance with relevant policies and guidelines;
  • Liaise
    with Local Government and district education officials and civil society
    partners to develop and maintain reliable data base disaggregated by sex
    and other key variables;
  • Ensure
    effective coordination and synergy between formal and non-formal education
    and other components of the Basic Education Programme including Violence
    Against Children in School, Child Friendly Schools, community engagement,
    youth and school feeding;
  • Build
    relationships with the Local Government structures at various levels and
    provide technical advice and assistance as needed;
  • Contribute
    towards preparation of programme/project status reports required for
    management, donors, budget review, programme analysis, annual reports,
    etc.

Qualifications,
Skills and Experience:
  • The
    Education Specialist should hold an advanced University Degree in
    Education, Social Sciences, or a related technical field.
  • Five
    or more years of professional work experience at national and
    international levels in Programme management, monitoring and evaluation in
    education or a related field.
  • Knowledge
    of latest developments in the field of basic education with emphasis on
    primary education
  • Fluency
    in English required and another UN working language an asset, Knowledge of
    local working language of the duty station an asset
Core Values: Commitment; Diversity and
Inclusion; Integrity
Core Competencies: Communication; Working with People;
Drive for Results
Functional Competencies: Formulating Strategies and
Concepts; Analyzing; Applying Technical Expertise; Learning and Researching;
Planning and Organizing



How
to Apply:
ONLY Ugandan
Nationals will be considered
UNICEF is committed to
gender equality in its mandate and its staff; qualified female
candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
Applications will be
considered only if accompanied by an updated CV and P11 form, as well
as the most recent performance evaluation report.
If applications are sent by
email, please clearly indicate the position applied for and use this
order to name your file attachments: Firstname_Lastname followed
by document e.g. Gold_Mukasa P11 or Gold_Mukasa CV
or Gold_Mukasa Application.
UNICEF is a smoke free
environment.
Only short listed
candidates will be contacted.
All candidates interested
in the above position should send their documents to:
Human Resource Specialist,
UNICEF Kampala, Uganda,
Plot 9, George Street, PO
Box 7047, Kampala, Uganda
OR via email to: ugderecruit@unicef.org
Deadline:
12th July, 2013

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