Education Officer (NO-2), Fixed-Term, Kratie, Cambodia, PAT#87194

UNICEF, the world’s leading organization working for the rights of children, is looking for a National Education Officer (NO-2) to based in Kratie, Cambodia. If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you.

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, education.

The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programs, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life — in its social, political, economic, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens — addressing inequity — not only will give all children the opportunity to fulfill their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries. This is why the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations. More information on what we do in Cambodia is available at https://www.unicef.org/cambodia/.

How can you make a difference?

Under the supervision of the Chief of Field Office (IMIS 68076), and technical guidance of the Chief of Education (IMIS 5080), the Education Officer contributes to programme planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting of activities to deliver results. The Education Officer will be expected to proactively contribute to team work and take an explicit capacity building approach to their work with government and NGO implementing partners.

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

• Support to program development and planning;
• Program management, including budget management; monitoring and delivery of results;
• Technical and operational support to program implementation;
• Networking and partnership building; and
• Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building.

To qualify as a/an [champion or advocate] for every child you will have…

• A University Degree in education, social development, community development, sociology or another social science field is required.
• A minimum of 5 years professional experience in programme planning, management, monitoring and evaluation in social development, education or related area, is required.
• Professional/technical expertise in education and/or social development policy planning, analysis and implementation at national and sub-national levels with diverse stakeholders and partners is an asset.
• Relevant experience in education and/or related areas, program/project development and management in a UN system agency or organization is an asset.
• Good understanding of public sector reforms like decentralization, social accountability and local governance, particularly in education is an asset.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and demonstrated ability to foster effective partnerships with a range of implementing partners.
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Khmer is required.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

The technical competencies required for this post are….

Core competencies

• Communication (II)
• Working with people (I)
• Drive for results (I)

Functional Competencies:

• Formulating strategies and concepts (I)
• Analyzing (II)
• Applying technical expertise (II)
• Learning and researching (II)
• Planning and organizing (II)

View our competency framework at

http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

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.

Remarks:

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

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

UNICEF reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement.  We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UNICEF at the same grade level and with similar job description, experience and educational requirements.