Associate Project Officer

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Recruitment open to : Internal and external candidates

UNESCO Core Values: Commitment to the Organization, Integrity, Respect for Diversity, Professionalism

Duration of contract: 1 year with possibility of extension subject to availability of funds and satisfactory performance.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

Within the UNESCO Education Sector, the Division for Education 2030, the Section of Education for Inclusion and Gender Equality (ED/E30/IGE) supports Member States and other partners in the implementation of activities to achieve gender equality and inclusion in and through education, and the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals 4 and 5 on inclusive quality education and lifelong learning, and gender equality.

The Section’s work is guided by the UNESCO strategy for gender equality in and through education, and its three pillars aiming to support: better data to inform action for gender equality in and through education; better legal, policy and planning frameworks to advance rights; and better teaching and learning practices to empower.

The Section supports coordination across UNESCO to ensure coherence, complementarities and synergies within UNESCO’s Education Sector and across UNESCO programme sectors, field offices and institutes, as well as with external partners. It also leads and contributes to many initiatives aiming for collective action with civil society, academia, bilateral and multilateral agencies and the private sector to advance gender equality in and through education. The Section also supports capacity-development of the gender architecture of the Education Sector to ensure sufficient capacity for mainstreaming gender equality in UNESCO’s assessment, planning and proposal development processes, as well as in monitoring, evaluation and communication of work on gender equality in and through education.

The PA will work under the direct supervision of the Programme Specialist to strengthen evidence and systems for gender-transformative education, strengthen the systematic integration of gender equality considerations across education sector programming, and support monitoring, reporting and accountability on gender equality in and through education.

Under the overall authority of the Assistant Director General for Education and the Director of the Division for Education 2030, the overall oversight of the Chief of the Section of Education for Inclusion and Gender Equality, and the direct supervision of the Programme Specialist, the Associate Project Officer will carry out a range of substantive tasks to support the successful implementation of the activities of the Section.

KEY ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

In particular, the incumbent will:

• Support gender-related follow-up to the Transforming Education Summit (TES), including by analyzing the evidence on countries’ progress and good practice through the Global Accountability Dashboard of the Global Platform for Gender Equality in and through Education, co-hosted by UNESCO to strengthen UNESCO’s support to advance girls’ education; and support information- and evidence-sharing at key international education moments.
• Contribute to internal and external post-2030 processes and support coordinating an expert group on gender and education to improve cross-national data on gender equality and education and inform the post-2030 agenda, to identify key data gaps, priority areas for improvement, and initiate a process for actionable recommendations.
• Support the coordination of cross-sectional work on curriculum under the 3G MapED project and follow-up work on indicator development.
• Support the coordination of the internal UNESCO community of Practice on Gender Equality and education alongside supporting an internal knowledge hub to strengthen knowledge flow.
• Support a systematic approach on continuous capacity building of UNESCO colleagues in the field and at Headquarters.
• Support providing technical inputs on gender equality and education and strengthen the systematic integration of gender equality across education programming, particularly the integration of gender equality in Education in Emergencies.
• Support monitoring and reporting as well as fundraising efforts of the Section.
• Carry out additional tasks as requested by the supervisor and Chief of Section.

COMPETENCIES - Core (C) & Managerial (M)

• Communication (C)
• Accountability (C)
• Knowledge sharing and continuous improvement (C)

Advanced university degree (Masters or equivalent) in Education, Gender, Social Sciences, Human Sciences, International Development or other related fields.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Up to 2 years of relevant work experience in the field of gender equality and education.

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