Overview
Provide office-based technical coordination and implementation support for the Smarter Safer Schools programme rollout. The consultant will support coordination between UNICEF programme sections, implementing partner/s, and government counterparts to ensure effective operationalisation of programme implementation arrangements.
Required Experience
- 5 years of relevant work experience in programme planning, management, coordination and/or research in education is required.
- Extensive experiences of managing large-scale bilateral and multilateral funding partnerships, such as GPE, is a must.
- Familiarity of working with the Govt of Australia DFAT is ideal.
- Knowledge of the IFIs’ funding/partnership modalities (e.g., the World Bank and Asian Development Bank) would be an advantage.
- Excellent programme process knowledge and skills to plan, oversee implementation, monitor and report as well as to mobilise and coordinate with internal teams, government stakeholders (national/provincial) and external partners (Multilateral – WB, ADB, Bilateral – DFAT, JICA, UN – UNESCO, UNFPA, ITU, NGOs/CSOs).
- Experiences of working in emergencies or fragile contexts will add values.
- Experience working in a developing country is considered as an asset.
- Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset.
- Background with emergency is desired.
- Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.
Qualifications
• Master or equivalent (Advanced University Degree) in one of the following fields is required: education, economics, psychology, sociology or another relevant technical
