Education Specialist

The Education Specialist will lead a team in strategic planning, implementation, and monitoring to improve education quality for children and adolescents. The role involves providing technical leadership, engaging with partners, supporting policy dialogue, and strengthening programme quality and reach.

Responsibilities

• Inspire, guide and lead a team in strategic planning, implementation, and monitoring and reporting of impactful results to improve education quality for children and adolescents.
• Provide strategic and technical leadership in strengthening programmes to advance school readiness, foundational learning and alternative learning pathways, and enhancing safe school environments, particularly for the most vulnerable children.
• Engage with internal and external partners, including government counterparts, development partners and civil society, to facilitate and coordinate programming, and to mobilize and leverage resources.
• Engage in policy dialogue, review and formulation, as well as high-level, evidence-based advocacy.
• Support evidence generation, innovation for programme delivery, knowledge management and capacity building.
• Help strengthen programme quality and reach, while maximizing effectiveness and efficiency through proactive coordination and a strong drive for results.

Requirements

• Master or equivalent (Advanced University Degree) in Education, Economics, Psychology, Sociology, and any other related fields.
• 5 years of relevant work experience in education program management, programme planning, monitoring and evaluation, policy development, partnership management, capacity building, knowledge management, education sector planning, advocacy, education in emergencies and any other related fields.
• Technical experience in pre-primary education, foundational literacy and alternative learning pathways for adolescents is required.
• Technical experience in quality education programming is required.
• Ability to advocate for and support policy dialogue is required.
• Proven skills in management and leadership, motivating and developing people under your supervision to perform at their best and live the core values (care, respect, integrity, trust and accountability) is required.
• Proven technical skills in multi-sectoral programme management, planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting is required.
• Ability to actively engage with partners (Government, Development Partners, NGOs, CSO, academia, other UN agencies) is required.
• Strong track record of mobilizing resources is required.
• Experience working in a low-income country is preferred.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
• Developing country experience.
• UN system experience.
• Humanitarian experience.
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.

Skills

• Education Program Management
• Programme Planning
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Policy Development
• Partnership Management
• Capacity Building
• Knowledge Management
• Education Sector Planning
• Advocacy
• Education in Emergencies
• Pre-primary Education
• Foundational Literacy Programming
• Alternative learning pathways
• Quality Education Programming
• Policy Dialogue
• Leadership Management
• Multi-sector Programme Coordination
• Programme Implementation
• Program Monitoring and Reporting
• Resource Mobilization
• Partner Engagement

Languages

English