Overview
Provide high-level technical and strategic support to integrate the Higher Education sector within the Education Sector Analysis (ESA) and Education Sector Plan (ESP) processes in Lebanon, reinforcing Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE) leadership.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the development of the Higher Education analysis within ESA, ensuring coverage of access, quality, governance, and financing alignment.
- Support the development of Higher Education components within the ESP, defining strategic priorities and reform directions.
- Ensure UNESCO supports MEHE to lead and validates all HE-related outputs.
- Coordinate between MEHE, UNESCO, IIEP, and stakeholders.
- Ensure integration of gender, inclusion, and equity, crisis-sensitive and resilience approaches, digital transformation and innovation, and alignment with governance and data systems.
Required Experience
- Minimum 15 years of progressively responsible professional experience in higher education policy, sector planning, education reform, or institutional development.
- Demonstrated expertise in Education Sector Analysis (ESA), Education Sector Planning (ESP), and sector-wide planning frameworks, preferably within crisis-affected or reform-oriented contexts.
- Strong experience in higher education planning, governance, financing, policy development, and institutional strengthening.
- Proven experience working with government institutions, ministries of education, and international organizations on national education reform and planning processes.
- Previous experience supporting education sector planning processes in Lebanon and/or the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is highly desirable.
Qualifications
• Advanced degree in Higher Education, Education Policy, or related field
