Education Officer

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Mission and objectives

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.

Context

For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote the survival, protection, and development of children. As the world's leading provider of vaccines to developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, quality water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence and abuse and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by voluntary contributions from individuals, corporations, foundations, and Governments. The Republic of Congo is one of the pilot partner countries of the Global Partnership for Education selected to test the new operational model of the GPE 2025 Strategy. It has, in fact, a strategic plan for the development of its education system, namely the Education and Training Sector Strategy 2021-2030 adopted by the Government and endorsed by Education Partners in December 2020. This Strategic Plan has identified priority reforms whose coordinated implementation is likely to bring about the desired change in the Congolese education system. However, given the various constraints, a choice and prioritization of reforms is necessary. Thus, the country has undertaken the General States of Education since 2022. This exercise is fully in line with the new strategic line adopted by GPE through its new operating model. To this end, the GPE Board decided to grant the Republic of Congo a new financial allocation as a contribution to the transformation and development of its education system. To benefit from this new allocation, the country will, in accordance with GPE's new operational model, submit a grant request whose development process includes several prerequisites to be achieved with the support of its Local Education Partners. In view of the volume of work represented by this exercise as well as the rather tight deadlines set out in the roadmap, UNICEF in its capacity as coordinating agency considered it necessary and more effective to recruit an expert to accompany the Technical Working Group and the LEG, in production, under the technical coordination of the MEPPSA, analytical reports that will support the preparation of the Partnership Pact (PP) as well as the effective coordination of actors and partners in the education system.

Task description

Under the direct supervision of the EPAD Programme Manager of the UNICEF Congo Country Office, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks: He will accompany the drafting, with the Technical Working Group (TWG), of documents relating to the Partnership Compact preparation process according to GPE's guiding principles contained in its new operational model. To this end, it will be able to use the database made available with the TWG to produce analyses that will identify the favorable factors likely to lead to change in the Congolese education system. These analyses will have to be validated by the GLPE. Specifically, it will involve: • Support the technical work of analysis of the enabling factors on the basis of available data and studies as well as exchanges within the TWG, then discussions within the LEG. • Produce and share with TWG and GLPE in-depth additional analyses when needed. • Promote a good understanding of the notion of system transformation and accompany the reflection with a view to a strategic prioritization towards this goal. • Animate and facilitate exchanges and discussions between stakeholders by ensuring a good understanding of the actors involved and their involvement. • Write a draft PP based on the standard document defined by GPE. • Advise the representatives of the ministries concerned and indicate to the TFPs the technical support to be mobilized based on available resources (ongoing programs, consultants mobilized in relevant fields, etc.). • Report results to TWGs and LEGs. • Support the coordinating agency in its role to improve sectoral dialogue. • Ensure communication between the different coordination groups (organization of meetings and exchanges) The UNV expert will work closely with the Technical Working Group and partners to validate certain analyses. In addition, all the work will be supervised by the GLPE and validated by the Ministries in charge of Education. In addition to the above, UNV will: • Strengthen knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading UNV materials, external publications and actively participating in UNV activities, such as getting involved in International Volunteer Day (IVD) commemorative activities on 5 December. • Become familiar with and develop any form of traditional and/or local volunteering at the level of the host country. • Reflect the type and nature of the voluntary actions they undertake, including their participation in substantive reflections. • Contribute to the writing of articles on field experiences to be submitted for UNV publication/website, newsletter, and press notes, etc. • Contribute to the Hosting Programme for newly arrived United Nations Volunteers in the country of assignment. *Results/expected outputs: At the end of this service, the UNV expert will have to produce a final report in two stages: • A report on the identification and analysis of enabling factors. • A report on the determination of change management and sectoral animation • A final consolidated report of two reports incorporating comments and inputs from all parties. • The elaboration of the Partnership Pact • It will also produce the quarterly meeting reports of the LEG.