Job offer: Education Specialist

Key functions, accountabilities and related duties/tasks will include:

1. Management and Advisory Support

2. Technical Leadership, Strategic Guidance, and Support to Country Offices Programming

3. Learning Assessment, Evidence Building and Knowledge Management

4. Partnerships and Resource Mobilization

Job Specification

Education:

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in Education, Economics, Social Sciences or another field relevant to international development.

Work Experience:

• A minimum of eight years of progressively relevant professional work experience in programme planning, management, and/or research in education at the international level, some of which is preferably in a developing country, is required.
• Demonstrated experience with fundraising and resource mobilization. Knowledge and experience working with the Global Partnership for Education is an asset.
• Demonstrated experience in staff supervision and management.
• Knowledge of learning assessment and education quality indicators is desirable.
• Knowledge of digital learning solutions (including for teacher capacity development) is desirable
• Knowledge of Excel, Visual Basic for Applications and statistical package software, e.g. Stata, SPSS and specialized assessment / Rasch analysis software such as ConQuest is an asset.
• Experience working in the UN, other international development organization or a Ministry of Education is an asset.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of a South Asian language or of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.

Desirables:

• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency. 

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