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• Establish the Section’s annual work plan with
  the education team; set priorities/targets and performance measurement.
  Monitor work progress and ensure results are achieved according to
  schedule and performance standards.
• Establish clear individual performance
  objectives, goals and timelines; and provide timely guidance to enable the
  team to perform their duties responsibly and efficiently. Plan and ensure
  timely performance management and assessment of the team.
• Mentor and supervise team members by
  providing them with clear objectives and goals and direction and guidance
  to enable them to perform their duties responsibly, effectively and
  efficiently.

• Lead/support the planning and conduct/update
  of situation analysis to ensure that current comprehensive and evidence
  based data are available to guide UNICEF’s strategic policy advocacy,
  intervention and development efforts on education programs and to set
  program priorities, strategies, design and implementation plans.
• Stay abreast with
  national/regional/international development priorities on education to
  leverage UNICEF position and competencies with donors, national
  governments, communities and constituents to advocate/promote education
  initiatives and policies.
• Lead, coordinate and supervise the
  development of education programs/projects (as a full component of the CO
  and/or UNDAF programs). Establish plans of action, program goals and
  results, using results-based planning methodology and terminology (RBM).
• Manage the timely preparation of program
  recommendation and related documentation for inclusion in the Country
  Office Program recommendation ensuring alignment with the overall UNICEF’s
  Strategic Plans, regional strategies and national priorities, plans and
  competencies.
• Consult and collaborate with national/global
  colleagues/partners/allies to develop partnerships framework to address
  specific needs and to leverage resources for enhancing up education
  programs/projects. Ensure synergy, integration, coherence, and
  harmonization of programs/projects with UNICEF Strategic Plans and
  priorities, donors’ development strategies/policies, national priorities/competencies
  and UN System development interventions/initiatives.

• Coordinate, plan and/or collaborate with
  monitoring and evaluation initiatives to establish benchmarks, performance
  indicators and other UNICEF/UN system indicators, to assess/strengthen
  performance accountability, coherence and delivery of concrete and
  sustainable results on education programs.
• Actively participate in major monitoring and
  evaluation exercises, program reviews and annual reviews with government
  and other counterparts to assess progress and to engage stakeholders to
  take required action/interventions to achieve results.
• Assess monitoring and evaluation reports to
  identify gaps, strengths/weaknesses in program and management, identify
  lessons learned and use knowledge gained for development planning and
  timely intervention to achieve goals.
• Keenly monitor programs/projects to assess
  progress, identify bottlenecks and potential problems and take timely
  decisions to resolve issues and/or refer to relevant officials for timely
  resolution.
• Plan, approve, monitor and control the use of
  program resources (financial, human, administrative and other assets)
  certifying/verifying compliance with organizational rules, regulations and
  procedures, donor commitments and standards of accountability and
  integrity. Ensure timely reporting and liquidation of resources.
• Submit program/project reports to donors and
  other partners to keep them informed on program progress and critical
  issues.

• Offer technical advice to key government
  officials, NGO, UN system and other country office partners on strategies
  and best practices to influence approaches/policies and to support
  social/economic/political/legal development planning, implementation and
  delivery of results on education and other related issues.
• Coordinate/ensure the availability of
  technical experts (with Regional Office/HQ) to ensure timely support
  throughout all stages of programming/project processes.
• Actively participate in strategic discussions
  to influence policy and agenda setting for combating all forms of
  discrimination against children by advising on and advocating strategies
  and approaches that promote universal access to and equitable and
  inclusive education for children in the country.

• Build and strengthen strategic partnerships
  through networking and advocacy with local/national governments, UN system
  agency partners, donors, internationally recognized institutions, NGOs,
  funding organization, research institutes and private sector to reinforce
  cooperation and/or pursue opportunities, leverage funds, to promote goals
  and achieve sustainable and broad results on education learning outcomes
  and equity and inclusiveness.
• Develop communication strategies and
  implementation plans and activities for maximum communication impact and
  outreach to promote awareness, establish partnership/alliances for
  sustainable results and support fund raising for UNICEF and Country Office
  education programs.
• Participate and/or represent UNICEF in
  inter-agency (UNCT) discussions and planning on education and related
  issues to ensure organizational position, interests and priorities are
  fully considered and integrated in the UNDAF development planning and
  agenda setting process. Collaborate with inter-agency partners/colleagues
  the UNDAF planning and preparation of programs/projects including
  emergency preparedness.

• Promote critical thinking and innovative
  approaches and good practices for sustainable education programs/projects
  initiatives through advocacy and technical advisory services.
• Stay abreast, research, benchmark, introduce
  and implement best and cutting edge practices on education programs and
  management. Institutionalize and disseminate best practices and knowledge
  learned.
• Lead and/or develop policies and procedures
  and introduce innovation and best practices to ensure optimum efficiency
  and efficacy of sustainable programs and projects.
• Lead/plan/implement capacity building
  initiatives to enhance the competencies of clients/stakeholders to promote
  sustainable results on education and related programs/projects.

• The ideal candidate for the United Nations
  Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Chief Education should hold an Advanced University Degree in education, economics,
  psychology, sociology or other social science field is required.
• At least ten years of progressively
  responsible relevant work experience in programme planning, management,
  and/or research in education at the international level, some of which
  preferably in a developing country is required.
• Previous experience working in the UN system
  agency or organisation is an asset.
• Familiarity with emergency response is an
  asset.
• Broad working knowledge and experience in
  understanding of the overall global development context, including issues
  such as: poverty, conflict and the impact of these factors on education
  and vice-versa; and inter-sectoral approaches to address such issues in
  collaboration with other sectors (including Social Policy, Child
  Protection, Nutrition, WASH, Health and Communications within UNICEF).
• Broad knowledge of global developments in
  education and international engagement strategies, including the
  application of the equity lens and human rights perspectives to
  programming.
• Demonstrated ability to undertake policy
  dialogue: translation of analytical findings and evidence into development
  programmes and policy discussions around equity and learning with
  partners, including government, development partners, CSOs and academia in
  relevant areas.
• Strong education sector planning
  knowledge/ability, including the range of modalities for delivering
  education, linkages between different sub-sectors (e.g. ECD, Primary,
  Secondary, Tertiary, Inclusive Education), cost-effectiveness and
  efficiency issues, key institutional structures, components and processes,
  as well as governance issues.
• Strong education policy and sector analysis
  capacity, including understanding of the core education data sets,
  indicators, tools for analysis of equity, determinants of student access
  and learning, budget, cost and financing, education system management,
  political economy and the ability to apply those to education policy and
  strategic planning.
• Rigorous programme management in education,
  including programme design, costing, monitoring and evaluation (including
  areas like classroom assessment, standardized learning assessment,
  examinations, impact evaluation) and reporting.
• Demonstrated ability to engage with partners
  (e.g. Sector Wide Approaches, Global Partnership for Education, Education
  in Emergency Clusters, Education Provider Forums, Delivering as One,
  Inter-sectoral partnerships such as in ECD), as well as networking with
  other key partners.
• Strong understanding of gender and inequity
  issues in relation to education and development and the application of
  gender / equity analysis to policy and planning in education.
• Broad knowledge and understanding of policies
  and strategies to address issues related to resilience for CO and RO based
  post and where relevant: risk analysis and risk management, education in
  conflict situations, natural disasters, and recovery.
• Fluency in English is required.  Knowledge of another official UN
  language or a local language is an asset

• Communication – Level III
• Working with People – Level III
• Drive for Results -Level III

• Leading and supervising – Level III
• Formulating strategies/concepts – Level III
• Analyzing – Level III
• Relating and networking – Level III
• Deciding and initiating action – Level III
• Persuading and influencing – Level II

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