Learning Recovery Consultant; Beirut, Lebanon, Consultancy agreement, 430 working days

UNICEF Lebanon is looking for a Learning Recovery Consultant to support the operationalization of the national Learning Recovery initiative.

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, support

In response to the dire socioeconomic and health crises hitting Lebanon since October 2019, which caused extended school closures and negatively impacted the learning of more than 1.15 million children in Lebanese schools, the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE) and CERD, with UNICEF and other bilateral, multilateral and civil society organizations, haves launched a National Learning Recovery Initiative (LR) which aims to get more children in school, for longer and learning more.

The National Learning Recovery Initiative includes trainings for 30,000 public school teachers on learning recovery pedagogy; the printing and distribution of LR materials for approximately 382,000 children and 65,000 packs for teachers in all public schools covering foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN) as well as Psychosocial support (PSS) and social emotional learning (SEL); and the implementation of a summer catch-up program in public schools. As an additional, complementary approach to in-person learning recovery, UNICEF piloted a tutoring hotline in Mount Lebanon during summer school of 2022 targeting students (Grades 1 to 8) who need additional learning support, which was later scaled up during school year 2022-2023 to cover all Lebanese governorates, reaching vulnerable children in basic education (KG to G9) and their parents

A Consultant is needed to support the operationalization of the national Learning Recovery initiative. The consultant will have specific deliverables related to the development and printing of learning recovery materials, roll out of teacher trainings, roll out of summer catch-up program, conducting learning assessments, collecting and analyzing student and teacher data, processing payment of incentives to teachers and training staff, developing and rolling out a communication plan, and operationalizing a tutoring hotline service.

How can you make a difference? 

The consultant will work on quality assurance, monitoring and logistic support for the following tasks: developing and rolling out a communication plan, and operationalizing a tutoring hotline service. 

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

• An first university degree in  Education, social sciences, or related field. 
• A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in project management. 
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset. 

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required: Project management, estimation of budget, data processing and analysis, writing skills, communication skills, proficiency in using Microsoft tools, capacity to work autonomously.

For every Child, you demonstrate… 

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS). 

To view our competency framework, please visit  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.

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.