United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Kenya Country Office
Vacancy Announcement – Temporary Appointment
Education Program Officer
Level NOB - Dadaab Duty Station
Date of Issue: 02 November 2011
Closing Date: 15 November 2011
Applications are hereby invited from qualified candidates to fill the above Temporary position in Dadaab Field Office under the Education Section of UNICEF Kenya Country Office.
Purpose of the Post: Under
the overall guidance of the UNICEF education specialist in Dadaab, the
incumbent will be accountable for the development, design, planning,
implementation and management of the Education programme within Dadaab and host
community and work in close collaboration with the UNHCR and Implementation
Partners (IPs). Vacancy Announcement – Temporary Appointment
Education Program Officer
Level NOB - Dadaab Duty Station
Date of Issue: 02 November 2011
Closing Date: 15 November 2011
Applications are hereby invited from qualified candidates to fill the above Temporary position in Dadaab Field Office under the Education Section of UNICEF Kenya Country Office.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
Technical Support:
- Support
Capacity building within the education sector through camp level workshops
and trainings to enhance quality education.
- Support
advocacy activities to advance issues in refugee education through use of
the evidence and strengthen joint UN and partners’ response to education.
- Provide
technical inputs to the UNHCR counterparts and IPs.
- Monitor
the education programs and interventions by providing technical guidance
to education IPs and ensure that the planned activities take place in a
timely manner.
- Coordinate
with the Education and Young People (EYP), Social Policy and Monitoring
& Evaluation (SPM&P), and other relevant UNICEF officers to
develop a solid M&E framework not only for the UNICEF funded
interventions but also the key education indicators in Dadaab specified in
the Dadaab education strategy.
Programing and Monitoring Intervention:
- Support
the UNICEF and UNHCR Education specialist in co-ordinating the design,
preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the education
programme in Dadaab.
- Analyses
and evaluates data to ensure that the achievements of objectives are
consistent with the education strategic plan for Dadaab, EFA, and MDGs.
Take corrective action when necessary to meet programme/project
objectives.
- Developing
and maintaining partner relations with the Ministry of Education, the
UNHCR and education partners by providing technical guidance and
guidelines for further development of their capacities and activities.
- Ensure
the activities of the joint education work plan are implemented in a
timely and cost-effective manner.
- Support
the host community to develop and introduce new approaches and
initiatives, methods and practices such as parental education and early
learning, education for Orphan and Vulnerable Cchildren, child friendly
schools framework, with a focus on the Human Rights Approach to
Programming, evidence-based and results-based programming.
Coordination and Communication:
Support the education specialist education in Dadaab and UNHCR;
Support the education specialist education in Dadaab and UNHCR;
- to
provide support to bridge the coordination in Dadaab refugee camps and the
Kenya education emergency cluster and Ministry of Education;
- to
jointly coordinate education partners in Dadaab and host community and
provide support to bridge the coordination in Dadaab refugee camps and the
Kenya education emergency cluster and Ministry of Education;
- in
collaboration with UNHCR and other education partners, strengthen
mechanisms to address Education in emergencies in and around Dadaab
refugee camp; and
- to
liaise with other sectoral clusters, including Health, WASH and Child
protection to ensure issues of importance to the education sector are
addressed by them.
Resource Mobilization, Partnerships and Advocacy:
- Identify
advocacy issues affecting refugee education.
- Sustain
advocacy for the rights of children and youth to education in Dadaab and
host community.
- Effectively
mobilize resources to implement the defined activities by the joint work
plan.
- Draft
at least three fund-raising proposals for over 1 million dollars in
collaboration with the UNHCR and the UNICEF EYP section in Nairobi.
Required Qualifications:
- Advanced
University degree in Education or related Social Sciences.
Experience:
- Minimum
of five years of significant experience in education development and
emergency education with minimum three-year experience in management.
Language: Fluency
in English and Swahili as a working language.
Competencies:
Competencies:
- Knowledge
in various education sub-sectors in ECDE, Primary, Secondary,
Out-of-school youth, life skills, vocational education, education finance,
EMIS, curriculum, Child-Friendly School practices;
- Demonstrable
ability to work with diverse groups of stakeholders and to develop consensus
and partnerships;
- Demonstrable
technical expertise in education in emergencies and development, early
recovery and post crisis transition.
- An
understanding and training in Inter-Agency Network for Education in
Emergency (INEE) Minimum Standards for education in emergencies would be
an added advantage;
- Capacity
to present ideas in a clear, concise and convincing manner while listening
to and acknowledging other people’s perspectives;
- Solid
analytical, organizational, negotiating, advocacy and planning skills;
- IT
skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook;
- Willingness
and ability to be stationed in Dadaab and travel to other field locations.
The Human Resources Specialist
UNICEF Kenya Country Office
Email address: kenyahrvacancies@unicef.org
Please indicate Reference No. “KCO/EDU/2011-29” in the email subject.
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