Unicef recruits 01 Education Officer (Inclusive Education), NO-2 level

Education Officer (Inclusive Education), NO-2 level, Harare, Zimbabwe #109956

Job Number: 520882 | Vacancy Link

Locations: Africa: Zimbabwe

Work Type : Temporary Appointment

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, Education

UNICEF has been operating in Zimbabwe since 1982. We are a team of passionate professionals committed to the protection and fulfillment of children’s rights. We work closely with the Government of Zimbabwe, with whom we have signed a Basic Cooperation Agreement, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), sister agencies of the United Nations, and the private sector to deliver much-needed assistance to children and women.

The current UNICEF-Government of Zimbabwe Country Programme of Cooperation (2016-2020) aims to support Zimbabwe to sustain and build upon the gains achieved for children during the 2012-2015 Country Programme of Cooperation. The programme focuses on improving the quality of social services, increasing access to services, and helping to build national and sub-national capacities to provide low-cost, high-impact interventions for all children, especially the most vulnerable.

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How can you make a difference?

Under the supervision of the Education Specialist, the Education Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for education programmes/projects, that focuses specifically on inclusive education. This include children with disabilities and out-of-school children. The Education Officer will support programme planning to delivery of results, preparing, executing, managing and implementing a variety of technical and administrative programme tasks to facilitate programme development, implementation, programme progress monitoring, evaluating and reporting specifically related to inclusive education.

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

Support to programme development and planning;

Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results;

Technical and operational support to programme implementation related to inclusive education;

Networking and partnership building;

Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building.

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 To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

A university degree in one of the following fields is required: education, psychology, sociology or another relevant technical field;

A minimum of two years of professional experience in programme planning, management, and/or research in education is required;

Experience working in a developing country is considered as an asset;

Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset;

Fluency in English is required.  Knowledge of another official UN language or local language of the duty station is considered as an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity & Inclusion and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

Required Functional Competencies: Formulating strategies and concepts, Analyzing, Applying technical expertise, Learning and researching and Planning and organizing.

View our competency framework at  http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

Remarks:

Please note that UNICEF does not charge a fee or require personal banking details at any stage of the recruitment process.

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Closing Date Sun Mar 31 2019 22:55:00 GMT+0100 (Afr. centrale Ouest)