Education Officer

The Education Officer provides technical, operational, and administrative assistance for the design, monitoring, and evaluation of educational programs focused on improving learning outcomes in Language and Mathematics. The role supports professional development of educational officers, principals, and teachers across compulsory education to ensure sustainable results within the 2026-2030 Country program.

Responsibilities

• Support to programme development and planning on foundational learning programs.
• Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results.
• Technical and operational support to programme implementation.
• Networking and partnership building.
• Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building.

Requirements

• Completed first level university degree in one of the following fields is required: education, education psychology or another relevant technical field.
• A minimum of two years of professional experience in the development of learning outcomes improvement programs in Language and Mathematics for pre-primary, primary and secondary education is required.
• Proven experience in programme planning, management, and applied research in education is required.
• Experience including professional experience on knowledge on pre-primary, primary and secondary teaching strategies and curriculum, the design or management of professional development initiatives for educational officers, teachers and school principals is required.
• Fluency in Spanish and English is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish or Russian) is an asset.
• Professional experience on supporting system strengthening is desirable.
• Experience in the implementation of EdTech solutions to foster access, teacher development and quality foundational learning outcomes is desirable.
• Experience working in a developing country and most vulnerable contexts is considered as an asset.
• Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization, public policy implementation is considered as an asset.
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts is an asset.

Skills

• Learning Outcome Improvement
• Programme Planning
• Programme Management
• Applied Research in Education
• Teaching Strategies
• Curriculum Design
• Professional Development
• Education Programme Monitoring
• Education Program Evaluation
• EdTech Implementation
• System Strengthening Support
• Pre-primary Education
• Primary Education
• Secondary Education

Languages

Spanish, English