Temporary Appointment Education Officer United Nations at UNICEF Tanzania

Temporary Appointment Education Officer (NOB) Mbeya, Tanzania, #572351, 6 Months (open for Tanzanian Nationals only)
Job no: 572351
Contract type: Temporary Appointment
Level: NO-2
Location: United Republic of Tanzania
Categories: Education
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For every child, love  
The
Education Programme is a key component of the Country Programme, aiming
to enhance policy and legal frameworks for the realization of
children’s right to education and strengthen accountability of the
education system, legislators and policy makers to families, children
and the public to deliver on commitments to equitable and inclusive
education and ethnic minority education in the context of ESDP and
education sector plans. The programme
intensifies interventions to support the achievement of SDG 4 which
focuses on education across all categories and on quality and quantity.
It seeks to support not only the unfinished agenda but also the
nationwide scale-up of good practices of inclusive and quality to be
demonstrated in the four regions of Mbeya, Iringa, Njombe and Songwe
(MINS).

How can you make a difference?
Under the
matrix supervision of the Chief Field Office and Chief, Education
Section, the Education Officer provides professional technical,
operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming
process for education programs/projects within the Country Program from
development planning to delivery of results, preparing, executing,
managing and implementing a variety of technical and administrative
program tasks to facilitate program development, implementation, program
progress monitoring, evaluating and reporting. In the context of
2017-2022 work plan, the Education Officer will particularly support to
strengthen the quality of the sub-national implementation of early
childhood education as education contribution to pre-primary, primary
and national work on out of school youth and adolescent development, SDG
action planning, implementation and monitoring, evidence-based policy
advocacy and public finance management.

Key functions/accountabilities:
1. Support to program development and planning:

• Contribute
  to the preparation/update of situation analysis for the program
  sector/s for development, design, and management of education related
  programs/projects.
• Ensure the availability of accurate,
  complete, and up-to-date data and information related to
  projects/programs, in order to plan, develop and manage strategies and
  interventions related to inclusive education for the program targeted
  children, especially children with disabilities, ethnic minority
  children, children affected by disasters and climate change and other
  disadvantaged children.
• Contribute to the
  development/establishment of sectoral program goals, objectives and
  strategies and results-based planning through research, collection,
  analysis and reporting of education and other related information for
  development planning and priority and goal setting.
• Provide
  technical and operational support throughout all stages of programming
  processes by executing/administering a variety of technical, program,
  operational and administrative
• transactions, preparing related
  materials/documentations and complying with organizational processes and
  management systems, to support program planning, results-based planning
  (RBM) and monitoring and evaluating results.

2. Program management, monitoring and delivery of results:

• Work
  closely and collaboratively with internal and external colleagues and
  partners to discuss operational and implementation issues, provide
  solutions, recommendations and/or alert appropriate officials and
  stakeholders for higher-level intervention and/or decision. Keep record
  of reports and assessments for easy reference and/or to capture and
  institutionalize lessons learned.
• Participate in monitoring and
  evaluation exercises, program reviews and annual reviews with government
  and other counterparts to assess programs/projects and to report on
  required action/interventions at the higher level of program management.
• Monitor
  and report on the use of sectoral program resources (financial,
  administrative and other assets), verify compliance with approved
  allocation/goals, organizational rules, regulations/procedures and donor
  commitments, standards of accountability and integrity. Report on
  critical issues/findings to ensure timely resolution by
  management/stakeholders. Follow up on unresolved issues to ensure
  resolution.
• Draft regular/mandated sectoral program/project
  reports for management, donors and partners to keep them informed of
  program progress.

3. Technical and operational support to program implementation:

• Conduct
  regular field visits and surveys and/or exchange information with
  partners/stakeholders to assess progress and provide technical support,
  take appropriate action to resolve issues and/or refer to relevant
  officials for resolution. Report on critical issues, bottlenecks, and
  potential problems for timely action to achieve results.
• Provide
  technical and operational support to government counterparts, NGO
  partners, UN system partners and other country office partners/donors on
  the application and understanding of UNICEF policies, strategies,
  processes and best practices on education and related issues to support
  program implementation, operations, and delivery of results.

4. Networking and partnership building:

• Build
  and sustain effective close working partnerships with government
  counterparts and national stakeholders through active sharing of
  information and knowledge to facilitate program implementation and build
  capacity of stakeholders to achieve and sustain results on education
  programs.
• Draft communication and information materials for
  Education program advocacy to promote awareness, establish
  partnership/alliances and support fund raising for education programs.
• Participate
  in appropriate inter-agency (e.g. Joint Result Group) meetings/events
  on programming to collaborate with inter-agency partners/colleagues on
  operational planning and preparation of education programs/projects in
  the context of the UNDAP and to integrate and harmonize UNICEF position
  and strategies with the development and planning process.
• Research
  information on potential donors and prepare resource mobilization
  materials and briefs for fund raising and partnership development
  purposes.

5. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building:

• Contribute
  to identifying, capturing, synthesizing and sharing lessons learned for
  knowledge development and capacity development of stakeholders.
• Apply
  innovative approaches and promote good practice to support the
  implementation and delivery of concrete and sustainable program results.
• Research and report on best and cutting-edge practices for development planning of knowledge products and systems.
• Participate as resource person in capacity building initiatives to enhance the competencies of clients/stakeholders.

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To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
The following minimum requirements:

• Education: A university degree in Education, Psychology, Sociology, or other Social Science field is required.
• Work
  Experience: At least 2 years of professional experience in social
  development planning and management in education and related areas at
  the international and/or in a developing country is required.
• Skills:
  Relevant experience in education and related areas, program/project
  development and management in a UN system agency or organization is an
  asset.
• Language Requirements: Fluency in English and Swahili is
  required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese,
  French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

The following desirables:

• Experience working with the Government is an advantage.