National Individual Consultant to support Digital Learning

Under the guidance and general supervision E-learning officer, the digital learning consultant will install software, prepare tablets with, load tablets with sd cards, and pack them to send them out to states.

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

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

And we never give up.

For every child, hope.

Sudan, surrounded by the Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Libya and South Sudan, positioned next to East, West, South and North Africa, is surrounded by complex conflicts in an unpredictable, volatile and rapidly evolving region. Sudan is by size the third biggest country in Africa, with a diverse population of around 42 million people. Sudan’s children make up half of the total population, and the past two decades have seen their lives significantly improve: fewer girls and boys are dying before their fifth birthday, primary school attendance is increasing, immunization coverage is high and the country remains polio free. Still, millions of children continue to suffer from protracted conflict in Darfur, the Kordofans, and Blue Nile, from seasonal natural disasters, malnutrition and disease outbreaks, and from under-investment in basic social services. More than three million of Sudan’s school aged children are not in the classroom. UNICEF has been in Sudan since 1952 and continues with a presence in 12 of Sudan’s 18 states.

How can you make a difference?

Purpose of Activity/Assignment:

Given the emerging efforts to develop eLearning within Sudan and to work towards a coherent approach, UNICEF has generated and developed digital content on various electronic platforms for different educational groups. The content will now be used in the emergency setup in country to ensure children continue learning in different modalities including in child-friendly safe-learning spaces in safer states of the country. Moreover, the “Learning Passport” is available for children to access wherever they are, and is the only mean of learning in hot spot areas.

To support this work, UNICEF will recruit 10 e-learning interns, whom will be responsible for preparing 10,000 tablets to be distributed for schools and e-learning centres in various states, in addition to maintaining some tablets that need to be fixed.

Under the guidance and general supervision E-learning officer, 10 digital learning consultants will install software, prepare tablets with, load tablets with sd cards, and pack them to send them out to states.

In addition to that, the interns will have access to the learning passport, to upload material for 1^st – 3^rd year of high school, with a total of 2500 files to be reviewed and uploaded, and generating html5 content to be used in the learning passport by children and users.

Moreover, the consultants will review content for TV/Radio, LP, Let Us learn from vendors including.

Scope of Work:

 Digitization of education material. Generating html5 content for the learning passport.

1. Mapping content of available material online, and at ministry.
2. Installing software into tablets
3. Preparing tablets by installing SD cards and placing them in chargebuses
4. Loading content into SD cards
5. Packing tablets to be sent out to states
6. Maintaining tablets

Reviewing content received from video/audio vendor.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional certificate in Information technology, computer science, electrical/electronic engineering.

- Fluency in Arabic and English

- Knowledge in building content through html5 and java script

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

-Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

-Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.