Overview
The Associate Project Officer (Education Finance) will support the implementation of projects and activities aimed at strengthening the capacity of Ministries of Education and partners in planning and managing education sectors.
Key Responsibilities
- Support and coordinate technical assistance to Ministries of Education on education financing, costing and budgeting.
- Support education sector finance analysis, identifying and assessing financing sources and public financial management challenges.
- Support the integration of gender, equity, and climate change concerns into education sector programming, costing and budgeting.
- Support IIEP's Education Finance team to ensure alignment of IIEP's research and development, training and capacity development activities.
- Support IIEP's training team to provide a robust training offer in education finance and public financial management.
- Contribute to public debates and network with actors and organizations involved in education financing.
- Work with the Research and Knowledge Mobilization team to identify priorities and promote a coherent approach to research and knowledge sharing.
- Support regular consultation across IIEP’s Offices and with IIEP partners about IIEP’s country facing research, capacity development and technical cooperation activities.
Required Experience
- A minimum of two (2) years of relevant professional experience of which preferably 1 year acquired at international level in the field of technical cooperation, acquired within or with Ministries of Education or Finance in the areas of education financing and public financial management, including budget planning and reporting, education financing diagnostics, financial modelling and simulation, budgeting and PFM.
- Working experience in one or more of the following areas of expertise: Analyses of education costs, finances and budget, costing and projections; Public Financial Management (PFM) in Education.
- Experience in providing technical assistance in support of national or subnational entities in the analysis of education financing.
- Experience in the functioning of public administration and institutions including experience with PFM reforms in developing countries.
- Proven experience in analyzing sex-disaggregated data and using this data to inform budget decisions in line with gender equity in education goals, including the use of gender-responsive financial diagnostic tools, such as sex-disaggregated cost-effectiveness analysis, sex-disaggregated public expenditure review, and national education accounts from a gender lens.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in economics, statistics, public policy, public finance, or related fields.
