Education Specialist (Emergency and Host Community Education), NOC, Kibondo, Tanzania (Temporary Appointment)

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For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.

Background:

In the 2010 update of the Core Commitments for Children (CCCs) is the explicit commitment that appropriate and experienced staff and personnel with relevant deployment training are provided and rapidly deployed, that focus on action in the first eight critical weeks of humanitarian response and provide guidance for action beyond that, moving towards defined benchmarks. 

Voluntary Repatriation Operation commenced on 7 September, 2017 with 2238 households (6326 individual Burundian refugees) returned home with UN and NGO support.  As of 31 October, 2017, a total of 12,726 households were registered (32,239 individuals). The current registration per camp is as follows: Nyarugusu 198 HH (554 individuals), Nduta 10,415 HH (25,189 individuals), Mtendeli 2,113 HH (6,496 individuals)

 Despite the voluntary repatriation, 242,000 refugees remain in the camps, among them 109,901 (53,408 girls) children of school going age. A total 0f 70,235 children are currently enrolled. Of these 10,446 are in pre-school, 57,968 are in primary and 1,821 adolescents are in secondary school. 39,666 are out of school (18,330 girls and 21, 315 boys.) Among the reasons why there is a large number of children and adolescents out of school are lack of clothing, inadequacy of school materials, spaces, quality teachers and health-related issues.

UNICEF is supporting the response in WASH, ECD, Education, Child Protection, Health and Nutrition. A well-prepared contingency plan and availability of contingency stock helped to address immediate needs of refugees. The significant number of refugees requires additional resources to ensure full coverage.      

The resources required also involves additional human resources support for emergency education activities to cater for up to 70,235children currently enrolled in school. This involves strengthening sector coordination by providing effective coordination of the response including coordination of implementing partners in Nyarugusu, Mtendeli and Nduta camps; conduct training of incentive teachers and ECD volunteers; production of weekly updates on programme implementation; procurement of key education supplies and other logistics; provision of technical support to the implementation of the Joint UN Programme which covers interventions in host communities, thereby creating the necessary bridge between the emergency and development divide.

In light of this context, UNICEF Tanzania is seeking the services of an experienced UNICEF Education specialist for a period of 11 months.

Justification:

The need to provide refugee education in the 3 camps of Nyarugusu, Nduta and Mtendeli in Kigoma region requires dedicated staff to support the response sustainably. Due to the need for continued Education presence in Kigoma, the program intends to recruit a dedicated Education Specialist (Emergency) in Kigoma who will ensure a coordinated, timely and sound Education response to the refugee crisis and host community in Kigoma region. The Education Specialist under the overall coordination of UNHCR will work together with Education NGOs, government partners and communities to plan, implement and monitor Education interventions in the camp and host communities. 

Purpose of the Assignment

Under the general supervision of Chief - Education in Dar Es Salaam, the incumbent will support the implementation of Education activities in the refugee camps and in the host communities by developing the capacity of government and NGO staff in the effective delivery of the refugee education response and the UN Joint Programme in Kigoma region. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Strengthen Coordination of education delivery by harmonizing interventions of various partners to ensure that education needs of all children are met. This will be done through developing and supporting the implementation of an emergency education response plan and development and integration of UNICEF contributions in the Joint UN Programme to the Kigoma region MTEF for 2018/2019.
• Provide technical support in (a) Joint Needs Assessments and the use of the findings in the development and implementation of the refugee education response plan; (b) Updating of data and making it available for planning and monitoring purposes; (c) Identification of programming gaps with all partners and agreement on how to fill those gaps.
• Provide technical assistance in the implementation of the refugee education response in the camps, including timely procurement and delivery of learning materials, training of teacher trainers; integrating inclusive strategies, out of school and girls’ empowerment and protection interventions in education responses.
• Work closely with other UN agencies, Government and NGO Implementing partners both in the refugee camps and in Kigoma region as a whole to set up broader coordination mechanisms to ensure multi-sectoral synergies on health, psychosocial well-being and protection, WASH with MHM for girls, Vocational Skills training and ECD.
• Carry out regular updates on the joint education needs assessments (through collaboration with implementing partners) and promote adjustments where necessary on aspects of education seen as a protection tool including:
• identifying at-risk sub-populations among children and youth
• monitoring access and learning outcomes
• appraising aspects of curriculum and teaching quality
• ensuring integration of gender issues in the refugee education responses
• coordinating with national exams to ensure participation while preventing attrition 
• Revise and provide inputs to flash appeals, CAPs, HARs, immediate needs and other documents.
• Coordinate weekly meetings with implementing partners in education and provide weekly updates and share with relevant partners and UNICEF
• Participate in Emergency and UN Joint Programme coordination meetings including: interagency meetings, Intersectoral meetings, Protection and Education cluster coordination meetings and update the cluster partners and ensure the effective integration of cross-sectoral activities/ issues into the main emergency response programme.

Deliverables:

• A robust and functional  Education coordination forum maintained, with TORs and a joint work plan with shared responsibilities
• A short, medium and long term Education action plan for the camps and for the Joint UN Programme for ensuring all children in school and learning in place
• Weekly status updates
• Monthly situation reports

Background and Experience:

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCIES

• Masters’ degree/Advanced degree in Education, Psychology, Child Development or related fields;
• National staff at NOC level with at least 5 years of professional experience in education in the humanitarian/post-conflict transitions
• Teaching and/or teacher training experience including knowledge of active and participatory formal basic, adult and non-formal teaching and learning methods.
• Fluency in French (verbal and written); good written and spoken skills in Kirundi and Kiswahili will be assets.
• At least 5 years’ experience, especially in humanitarian response

Competencies of Successful Candidate

Core Values:

• Commitment      
• Diversity and Inclusion     
• Integrity

Core Competencies:

• Communication
• Working with people
• Drive for results

Functional Competencies:

• Formulating Strategies and Concepts    [ II ]
• Analyzing   [ III ]
• Relating and Networking    [ II ]
• Deciding and Initiating Action   [ II ]
• Applying Technical Expertise [ III ]

Administrative Arrangements

• Candidate will work from Kigoma with frequent travel to the field (camps) to visit schools and attend key meetings with partners. Transport to and from field visits will be provided by UNICEF. UNICEF will provide related to office space, access to computer, printing and photocopy services and fax/ scanner, etc.
• Where Candidate will be required to participate in a meeting outside Kigoma which may result in flight costs, then relevant instruction will be issued for UNICEF to cover the costs of the flight
• Applicants who have applied before and have not been successful should not apply

Payment:

The UNICEF Tanzania Country Office will be responsible for the payment of the staff member’s monthly salary, travel (economy class return) and DSA for the TA.

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