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Mission and objectives
UNICEF est le Fonds des Nations Unies pour la protection de l'Enfance
Context
The UN Volunteer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for education programmes/projects within the Country Programme from development planning to delivery of results and reporting, preparing, executing, managing and implementing a variety of technical and administrative programme tasks to facilitate programme development, implementation, programme progress monitoring, evaluation and reporting.
Task description
Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of the UNICEF Chief of Field Office in Goma or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the UN Volunteer will:
I. Support to programme development and planning
• Support the preparation, design, and updating of the situation analysis for the education sector in North Kivu, ensuring current data on Education in Emergencies (EiE ) issues is available to guide UNICEF’s strategic interventions. Research and report on data for use in programme development, management, monitoring, evaluation and delivery of results.
• Contribute to the development of the humanitarian education response plan and annual work plans, aligning with cluster strategies and national policies.
• Assist in the design of context-appropriate interventions, such as radio-based learning, temporary learning spaces (TLS), and accelerated education programmes (AEPs) for out-of-school children.
• Contribute to the development and establishment of sectoral programme goals, objectives and strategies and results-based planning through research, collection, analysis and reporting of education and other related information for development planning 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 documentation, and complying with organizational processes and management systems, to support programme planning, results-based management (RBM) and monitoring and evaluation of results.
II. Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results.
• Work closely and collaboratively with internal colleagues and partners to collect, analyze 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 records of reports and assessments for easy reference and/or to capture and institutionalize lessons learned.
• 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 (financial, administrative and other assets), verify compliance with approved allocation, organizational 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.
III. Technical and operational support to programme implementation
• 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.
• Provide technical and operational support to government counterparts, NGO partners, UN system partners and other country office partners/donors on the application and understanding of UNICEF policies, strategies, processes and best practices on education-related issues to support programme implementation, operations and delivery of results.
• Provide technical support to the Ministry of Education and implementing partners in the rollout of quality learning activities, including teacher training, distribution of teaching and learning materials, and the establishment of child-friendly and safe learning environments.
• Support the integration of cross-cutting issues, including gender equality, protection (e.g., psychosocial support), and disaster risk reduction within education programming.
• Support the implementation of foundational literacy and numeracy related interventions, including data analysis and progress reporting.
IV. Networking and partnership building
• Represent UNICEF in sub-national Education Cluster coordination meetings and with other humanitarian partners (NGOs, UN agencies) to ensure a coherent and effective education response.
• Build and sustain effective close working partnerships with government counterparts and national stakeholders through active sharing of information and knowledge to facilitate programme implementation and build capacity of stakeholders to achieve and sustain results on education programmes.
• Draft communication and information materials for country office (CO ) programme advocacy to promote awareness, establish partnerships and alliances, and support fund raising for education programmes.
• Participate in appropriate inter-agency meetings and events on programming to collaborate with inter-agency partners on United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF ) operational planning and preparation of education programmes/projects and to integrate and harmonize UNICEF’s position and strategies with the UNDAF development and planning process.
• Research information on potential donors and prepare resource mobilization materials and briefs for fundraising and partnership development purposes.
V. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
• Contribute to knowledge generation on barriers to quality education for children, whether in terms of access or learning outcomes and skills development.
• Contribute to identifying, capturing, synthesizing, and sharing lessons learned for knowledge development and capacity development of stakeholders.
• Apply innovative approaches and promote good practices to support the implementation and delivery of concrete and sustainable programme results.
• Research and report on best and cutting-edge practices for development planning of knowledge products and systems.
• Participate as a resource person in capacity building initiatives to enhance the competencies of clients/stakeholders.
I. Support to programme development and planning
• Support the preparation, design, and updating of the situation analysis for the education sector in North Kivu, ensuring current data on Education in Emergencies (EiE ) issues is available to guide UNICEF’s strategic interventions. Research and report on data for use in programme development, management, monitoring, evaluation and delivery of results.
• Contribute to the development of the humanitarian education response plan and annual work plans, aligning with cluster strategies and national policies.
• Assist in the design of context-appropriate interventions, such as radio-based learning, temporary learning spaces (TLS), and accelerated education programmes (AEPs) for out-of-school children.
• Contribute to the development and establishment of sectoral programme goals, objectives and strategies and results-based planning through research, collection, analysis and reporting of education and other related information for development planning 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 documentation, and complying with organizational processes and management systems, to support programme planning, results-based management (RBM) and monitoring and evaluation of results.
II. Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results.
• Work closely and collaboratively with internal colleagues and partners to collect, analyze 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 records of reports and assessments for easy reference and/or to capture and institutionalize lessons learned.
• 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 (financial, administrative and other assets), verify compliance with approved allocation, organizational 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.
III. Technical and operational support to programme implementation
• 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.
• Provide technical and operational support to government counterparts, NGO partners, UN system partners and other country office partners/donors on the application and understanding of UNICEF policies, strategies, processes and best practices on education-related issues to support programme implementation, operations and delivery of results.
• Provide technical support to the Ministry of Education and implementing partners in the rollout of quality learning activities, including teacher training, distribution of teaching and learning materials, and the establishment of child-friendly and safe learning environments.
• Support the integration of cross-cutting issues, including gender equality, protection (e.g., psychosocial support), and disaster risk reduction within education programming.
• Support the implementation of foundational literacy and numeracy related interventions, including data analysis and progress reporting.
IV. Networking and partnership building
• Represent UNICEF in sub-national Education Cluster coordination meetings and with other humanitarian partners (NGOs, UN agencies) to ensure a coherent and effective education response.
• Build and sustain effective close working partnerships with government counterparts and national stakeholders through active sharing of information and knowledge to facilitate programme implementation and build capacity of stakeholders to achieve and sustain results on education programmes.
• Draft communication and information materials for country office (CO ) programme advocacy to promote awareness, establish partnerships and alliances, and support fund raising for education programmes.
• Participate in appropriate inter-agency meetings and events on programming to collaborate with inter-agency partners on United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF ) operational planning and preparation of education programmes/projects and to integrate and harmonize UNICEF’s position and strategies with the UNDAF development and planning process.
• Research information on potential donors and prepare resource mobilization materials and briefs for fundraising and partnership development purposes.
V. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
• Contribute to knowledge generation on barriers to quality education for children, whether in terms of access or learning outcomes and skills development.
• Contribute to identifying, capturing, synthesizing, and sharing lessons learned for knowledge development and capacity development of stakeholders.
• Apply innovative approaches and promote good practices to support the implementation and delivery of concrete and sustainable programme results.
• Research and report on best and cutting-edge practices for development planning of knowledge products and systems.
• Participate as a resource person in capacity building initiatives to enhance the competencies of clients/stakeholders.
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