Re-advertised: International/National consultancy: Remedial learning consultant, 6 months (homebased), Lusaka, Zambia

Exciting consultancy opportunity to support Ministry of Education (MoE) to review current remedial learning strategies/approaches and develop national remedial guidelines and assessment tools.

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, Quality Education….

The UNICEF Programme of Cooperation with the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) is designed to address and mitigate the threat of poverty the country’s children face, while responding to the needs with interventions addressing the multiple causative factors.

To find out more about UNICEF’s work in Zambia, please visit https://www.unicef.org/zambia/.

How can you make a difference?

The objective is to support the Ministry of Education to strengthen remedial learning in Zambia by reviewing existing remedial learning practice and developing national remedial learning guidelines and national assessment tools for remedial learning.

National remedial guidelines and assessment tools will have clear and structured guidance on how remedial learning should be conducted and assessed in Zambia. They will give clear guidelines on what remedial learning is; who is to conduct it; when they are to conduct it; how they are to conduct it and how they are to assess learner’s progress. The guidelines will also clearly outline how remedial learning will be supported at the various levels.

Please see Detailed TOR for more information on the tasks and deliverables, here: Remedial Learning and Assessment Tool adevrt by HR.pdf

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

The consultant must possess the following:

• A Master’s Degree in Education, or any relevant social science with a minimum of 10 years’ experience in Education. Experience in remedial learning and assessments tools will be a plus. In the absence of a master’s degree, a university degree in education with 15 years of relevant experience will be considered.
• Experience in development of strategic documents will be an asset
• Experience in the development of assessment tools will be an asset.
• Familiarity with Zambia’s broader education sector issues especially low learning outcomes and remedial learning.
• Ability to conduct review and planning workshops.
• Excellent writing and analytical skills and the ability to synthesize large and diverse sources of information
• Have a good working knowledge of computers and proficient in word processing
• High level proficiency in standard computer software Microsoft word and Excel.
• Excellent English skills

To view our competency framework, please visit here. 

 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.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment. 

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 also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. 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:  

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

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws. 

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts. 

Please remember to express your financial proposals (and/or professional consultancy fees) in Zambian Kwacha and for USD for non-Zambian.