Consultoria Programa para Ciencias, con énfasis en Ciencias Sociales 1

The Consultant will support the implementation of the Regular Programme activities of the Science Sector at UNESCO San Jose Office, focusing on MOST, Youth, Sports, AI Ethics, and frontier digital technologies. The role involves program design, coordination, monitoring, reporting, and inter-institutional representation to ensure alignment with UNESCO and country priorities.

Responsibilities

• Support analytical inputs for strategic institutional dialogues for country programming aligned with the Office mandate.
• Conduct qualitative and quantitative analyses to support program, policy and norm conceptualization in the Sector.
• Assist ongoing projects within the sector, including activities under Work Plans.
• Support reporting on Sector activities implementation responding to country and internal agency requests.
• Participate in the formulation of extrabudgetary project proposals.
• Monitor and support implementation of global initiatives.
• Provide technical, logistical and administrative support to all sector activities.
• Support participation of inter-agency groups related to PEAS, Youth and Gender in all countries and other groups related to the Science Programme mandate.
• Participate in UN System team meetings in El Salvador when requested by the Director.
• Accompany and represent the Science sector when required.
• Contribute to mainstreaming gender, human rights and intercultural approaches in design, implementation and monitoring of Sector activities.
• Perform additional tasks as requested by the Science Programme Specialist and the UNESCO Office Director in San Jose.

Requirements

• Master's degree in International Law, International Relations, Social Sciences, Public Policy or related fields.
• At least 8 years of proven experience in planning, designing, implementing, coordinating programmatic, administrative and financial aspects of sustainable development projects.
• Capacity for budget management, financial and administrative monitoring.
• Excellent writing skills in Spanish and English.
• Minimum 5 years experience in logistical support for events.
• Experience in correspondence management and file handling.
• Proficiency in current office software applications and virtual tools.
• Ability to manage multiple processes simultaneously.
• Effective time management skills.
• Experience in preparing technical documents, reports and others.
• Experience in coordinating inter-institutional work teams.
• Excellent analytical, research, identification, systematization and experience analysis skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in a professional context.
• Excellent presentation skills for various audiences for consultation, review and dissemination purposes.
• Desirable: Professional experience in UN system agencies.
• Desirable: Experience coordinating UN inter-agency projects.
• Desirable: Basic experience in social media management and communication for social projects.
• Desirable: Knowledge and relations with the UN system in El Salvador.

Skills

• Programme Planning
• Project Implementation
• Budget Management
• Financial Monitoring
• Administrative Monitoring
• Event Logistical Support
• Correspondence Management
• File Handling
• Office Software Proficiency
• Virtual Tools Proficiency
• Technical Report Preparation
• Institutional Coordination
• Research Skills
• Information Systematization
• Experience Analysis
• Time Management
• Presentation Skills
• Program Coordination
• UN System Knowledge

Languages

Spanish, English, French