Associate Project Officer (Education)

The Associate Project Officer will provide technical assistance, coordination and management for the implementation and monitoring of the Strengthening Teacher Education Programmes in Cambodia (STEPCam) and other GPE projects. The role involves supporting project management, monitoring and evaluation, reporting, resource mobilization, and outreach activities in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport and other partners.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical assistance for the overall management of STEPCam and other GPE projects and initiatives, including facilitating timely implementation of project activities and preparing project workplans, progress reports and budgets.
• Assist in the management of STEPCam and other GPE projects and initiatives, including the development of terms of reference, supervising project contracts for international and national experts, institutional partners and service providers, ensuring close supervision and quality assurance for deliverables, products and services to implement programme activities.
• Assist in overseeing the monitoring and evaluation plan and activities for STEPCam, in close coordination with the project team and international experts, to ensure that results are aligned with performance indicators of the projects and initiatives.
• Support the Chief of Education Unit and project teams in preparing required internal and external reporting for GPE and donors, within UNESCO, the UN Country Team and government entities.
• Assist the Chief of Education Unit in providing technical assistance in the expansion and resource mobilization of new programmes and initiatives in teacher education, skills development, non-formal education, climate change education and ICT and AI in education, including developing briefs, concept notes, proposals, presentations and other materials, in line with identified national priorities and gaps.
• Provide technical assistance for UNESCO’s role as a strategic partner in UN planning mechanisms and Cambodia’s education sector coordination mechanisms with government entities and development partners such as the Joint Technical Working Group, Education Sector Working Group, the coordination and working groups for GPE processes and other coordination mechanisms.
• Facilitate the integration, monitoring and reporting of UNESCO’s programmes and initiatives in the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) 2024-2028, supporting the coordination and participating in joint UN planning and reporting processes as well as joint education sector strategic dialogue, planning processes and coordination mechanisms.
• Support the Chief of Education Unit and project teams in developing and implementing visibility and outreach strategies to maximise the project results and impact, including through developing and disseminating communications and visibility materials such as articles, press releases, social media posts, posters, visual data, brochures, project presentations, among others.
• Carry out any other relevant tasks as assigned by the UNESCO Representative in Phnom Penh, the Chief of Education Unit and the STEPCam Programme Manager.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master's or equivalent) in the field of education, public policy, development studies or related social science field.
• Minimum 2 years of relevant work experience in education and international development, of which preferably 1 year acquired at international level.
• Experience in designing, management, monitoring and evaluation, and reporting of education projects, including providing technical oversight and quality assurance of deliverables, products and services for project implementation.
• Experience working in a coordination role, including engagement with governments, development partners and various other stakeholders.
• Excellent writing and communications skills, including drafting news items, articles, social media materials and reports.
• Excellent skills in consolidating and analysing various sources of information, synthesising into effective information tools for appropriate target audience.
• Ability to work effectively in a multi-skilled and multi-cultural environment.
• Strong strategic and analytical skills.
• Ability to work under pressure, manage heavy workloads and to meet tight deadlines, paying close attention to detail and quality of work.
• Proven capacity to build and maintain effective partnerships inside and outside the organisation.
• Knowledge of IT skills, including of MS software (Word, Excel etc.).
• Desirable: At least two years of experience in programme implementation, monitoring and evaluation in the context of UN system.
• Desirable: Previous work experience in developing countries contexts.
• Desirable: Previous work experience at the international level in strategic partnerships and resource mobilisation.
• Desirable: Knowledge of issues and actions in thematic areas of teacher education, skills development, climate change education and non-formal education.
• Desirable: Knowledge of a third official UNESCO language other than English or French would be an asset (Arabic, Chinese, Russian and/or Spanish).

Skills

• Education Project Management
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Technical Oversight
• Quality Assurance
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Government Coordination
• Development Partner Coordination
• Report Writing
• Social Media Content Creation
• Information Analysis
• Strategic Analysis
• Partnership Building
• Resource Mobilization
• MS Word
• MS Excel
• Programme Implementation
• International Development
• Teacher Education Knowledge
• Skills Development Knowledge
• Climate Change Education

Languages

English