TA-Education Officer, NOA, Position#123532 for 364 days (eligible- Bhutanese nationals only)

Under the supervision of the Chief Education, the Education Officer (TA) will support programme preparation, planning and implementation, contributes to the achievement of sustainable results to improve learning outcomes and universal access to quality, equitable and inclusive education in monastic school with support from Akelius Foundation.

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, equal access to Education 

Under the supervision of the Chief Education, the Education Officer (TA) will support programme preparation, planning and implementation, contributes to the achievement of sustainable results to improve learning outcomes and universal access to quality, equitable and inclusive education in monastic school with support from Akelius Foundation.

How can you make a difference?

Under the supervision of the Chief Education, the Education Officer (TA) is required to provide support to UNICEF Bhutan for the partnership with Akelius Foundation by conducting below activities:

• Support the UNICEF CO, Monastic Education Council, and other stakeholders to deploy the Akelius application in participation with monastic institutions.
• Coordinate and support the set-up, pilot, and roll-out phases of the UNICEF-Akelius partnership in participating monastic institutions.
• Identify technical and pedagogical capacity-building needs and organize, coordinate and support capacity-building activities related to the UNICEF-Akelius initiative in Bhutan.
• Oversee all partnership development and maintenance, knowledge management, communications, monitoring and reporting activities related to the UNICEF-Akelius initiative in Bhutan.
• Set up and update a project management tool that includes a timeline, activities, responsibilities, milestones, budget, expenses, risks and mitigation actions, to ensure that the project is completed on time, on budget, and with the expected quality.
• Update monthly the UNICEF-Akelius Working Group partnership with key project implementation and progress information.
• Document the planning, testing, and delivery of the Akelius platform, including challenges, good practices, and lessons learned.
• Organize quarterly update meetings and joint monitoring visits with stakeholders (Dratshang
• Lhentshog, Monastic Education Council, UNICEF and the implementing school Principals).
• Technical and operational support to implement any other education intervention when required.
• Support in any other digital learning intervention including FLN activities, implemented by UNICEF Bhutan Office.
• Apply innovative approaches and promote good practices to support the implementation and delivery of concrete and sustainable programme results.
• Work closely and collaboratively with internal colleagues and partners to collect, analyze and share information on implementation issues.
• Any other Education project-related support required.

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

• Advanced degree in social science, education, applied second language acquisition, monitoring & evaluation, business, technology, economics, statistics, communication or other relevant fields.
• At least 5 years of professional work experience at the national or international level in project management, humanitarian response and international development, technology for education, language instruction, or a related field. 
• Strong, demonstrated ability and experience in project management, coordination, working with multiple stakeholders, and under pressure is required.
• Experience in English language teaching would be an asset.
• Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered an asset.
• Knowledge of technology trends, educational technology, and enterprise software development would be an advantage.
• Familiarity with new approaches to real-time monitoring using mobile technologies would be an advantage.
• Fluency in spoken and written English is a requirement.  Good knowledge of Dzongkha is an asset. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others.

[add the 8^th competency (Nurtures, leads and manages people) for supervisory role]

During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework here.

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.
We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.
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 is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. 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:

This position has been assessed as an elevated risk role for Child Safeguarding purposes as it is:a role with direct contact with children, works directly with children, is a safeguarding response role. Additional vetting and assessment for elevated risk roles in child safeguarding (potentially including additional criminal background checks) applies.

UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable candidates are encouraged to apply.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments are also subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.

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

If you are interested please upload the following documents:

1. Motivation letter

2. Updated CV

3. Final academic transcript

4. Two latest PERs (for UN staff only)