Overview
Provide advisory support on digital education initiatives, focusing on hardware, connectivity, teacher professional development, digital content, and regional strategy.
Key Responsibilities
- Review and advise on device/connectivity rollouts and enabling conditions.
- Provide guidance on blended/remote teacher professional development models.
- Advise on approaches to digitizing curriculum-aligned materials and emerging technologies.
- Support interpretation of connectivity mapping insights into actionable recommendations.
- Provide inputs to an internal UNICEF Pacific digital education concept/strategic note.
- Provide advisory support to the development and/or review of national digital education policies, strategies, and standards.
Required Experience
- 10+ years of relevant professional experience providing technical advisory support on digital education / ICT for education and/or technology-enabled teacher development in low-resource or remote contexts (SIDS/Pacific experience strongly preferred).
- Demonstrated experience working with Ministries of Education and partners through demand-driven, co-design approaches and sector coordination mechanisms.
- Experience supporting digital content development and digitization of TLMs, including quality assurance and accessibility/assistive technology considerations for learners with disabilities; familiarity with responsible exploration of emerging technologies (including AI) for content creation with appropriate safeguards and validation.
Qualifications
• Advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Education Technology, ICT/Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Education (with digital learning focus), Inclusive Education/Assistive Technology, or a closely related field (Bachelor’s with extensive relevant experience may be accepted).
