Chief Education/ADAP, P-4, FT, #137902, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan - ECAR

Overview

Leads UNICEF’s strategic engagement to build equitable, resilient, and responsive education systems, while promoting adolescent development and participation. The role provides leadership and management to a team, ensuring effective programme delivery and impact for all children and young people, especially the most marginalized.

Key Responsibilities

• Managing and supervising all stages of education and ADAP programmes/projects.
• Strategic planning and formulation.
• Delivery of results on strengthening national education systems to improve learning outcomes, universal access to quality, equitable and inclusive primary/early childhood education, and renewed involvement in secondary education.
• Leading a group of professional and support staff to develop and manage the education programme in the country.
• Establishing plans of action and overseeing work progress to ensure achievement of concrete and sustainable programme/project results.
• Managerial leadership.
• Programme development and planning.
• Programme management, monitoring and quality control of results.
• Advisory services and technical support.
• Advocacy, networking and partnership building.
• Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building.

Required Experience

At least 8 years of relevant professional experience in programme planning, management, and/or research in education at the international level is required. 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. Familiarity/background with emergency is considered as an asset. 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 field.

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