Consultancy: Support the revision of practical Child Friendly School guideline for basic education and early warning system manual, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

UNICEF, the world’s leading organization working for the rights of children, is looking to hire individual consultant to support the revision of practical Child Friendly School guideline for basic education and early warning system manual with Education Section/ UNICEF Cambodia Country Office. 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.

UNICEF began providing assistance to Cambodia in 1952 and has been working since then to improve the wellbeing of Cambodian children. UNICEF established its first country office in 1973 in the capital of Phnom Penh. More information on what we do in Cambodia is available at https://www.unicef.org/cambodia/.

How can you make a difference?

The purpose of the consultancy is to support the GSED to finalise two high quality manuals: (i) the CFS practical guideline for basic education and (ii) the early warning system manual. By ensuring the production of high quality manuals, it is assumed that the successes of the CFS approach can be better mirrored at the lower secondary education level, including a reduction in school dropout. Through this process, it is also assumed that capacity of the GSED to take forward implementation of these manuals will be strengthened.

Work Assignments

Under the supervision of the Education Specialist, the consultant will:

• Finalise drafts of the CFS practical guideline for basic education: the consultant will work closely with GSED to improve the existing draft of the CFS guideline by incorporating a description of activities and illustrative examples – including images – from NGO work and from primary schools where CFS has been implemented. In addition, the consultant will help to oversee development of the CFS guideline to reflect SDG4 targets, and provide guidance for school management to develop school improvement plans that reflect the CFS policy.
• Finalise drafts of early warning system manual: the consultant will work closely with GSED to revise the existing draft manual by incorporating a description of activities and illustrative examples – including images - from NGO work and schools where the USAID-funded programme, “School Dropout Prevention Project” has been implemented. The consultant will help to oversee the development of the early warning system to be in line with MoEYS student tracking system and existing strategies to prevent school dropout.

Expected deliverables

Deliverable#1: Develop an inception report

Deliverable#2: Prepare a final draft of the CFS practical guideline for basic education

Deliverable#3: Prepare a final draft of the early warning system manual

Deliverable#4: Develop a draft implementation strategy and monitoring plan

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

Qualifications and Experience

• Advanced university degree in education, social sciences, international development or related technical field
• At least ten years of professional work experience at national or sub-national level in education programming, coordination or policy support
• Experience working with Cambodian Government counterparts providing technical support, preferably on CFS and Early Warning to prevent dropout, and/or implementing equity oriented programmes in Cambodia
• Experience working with UN or other international or national development organizations

Competencies, Knowledge and Skills

• Sound knowledge of the education sector in Cambodia and MoEYS policies and processes
• Strong technical expertise on education equity issues, including in access to education
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent project management, planning and coordination skills

Languages

• Fluency in written and spoken English and Khmer is essential for this consultancy. 

To view detail Terms of Reference for this assignment, please click here ToR _Consultant to Support CFS_EWS_2018.pdf

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.

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:

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