Senior Project Officer - Paris, France - UNESCO

UNESCO

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Paris, France

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Posté par:

Sophie Dupont

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Description

OVERVIEW

Post Number:
ED/PA 211

Grade:
P-4

Parent Sector:
Education Sector (ED)

Duty Station:
Paris

Job Family:
Education

Type of contract:
Project Appointment

Duration of contract: 1 year

Application Deadline (Midnight Paris Time): 01-APR-2023

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

OVERVIEW OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE POST

Within the Division of Policies and Lifelong Learning Systems (ED/PLS), the Section of Education Policy (EDP) contributes towards strengthening resilience, quality, and equity of Member States' education systems to flexibly respond to evolving learning needs.

To this end, EDP's work focuses on programme areas aiming to contribute to resilience building and system strengthening in national education systems.

Among its portfolio of activities, EDP coordinates and provides technical backstopping to the implementation of national, regional and global projects such as:
(1) AFD-funded project on "Production and dissemination of educational resources for primary and secondary schools and pupils in the 15 Francophone Sub-Saharan (SSA) countries", aiming to equip the school age population with better basic skills by improving equitable access to a set of quality, relevant and cost-effective educational resources. A dedicated sub-component of the project focuses on diagnosis and strengthening of national EMIS in relation to production and use of data on educational resources.

(2) Azerbaijan-funded project for "operationalizing and scaling-up of the Global Education Coalition missions", contributing to the achievements, scale-up and sustainability of the Global Education Coalition's three related missions, such as the Global Skills Academy, the Global Teacher Campus and the Global Learning House, with the latter consisting of providing supplemental educational opportunities with priority given to girls and disadvantaged groups.

(3) An increasing number of country activities to support the projects implemented by field offices and specialized institutes aiming at strengthening educational administration through enhancement of national education data and management information systems.

Within this context, EDP is seeking for a senior project officer who will contribute to the implementation and delivery of the abovementioned projects, as well as to the design and delivery of programme activities related to sector management, data and monitoring and evaluation systems, including EMIS

Long Description

Under the overall authority of the Assistant Director-General for Education, the guidance of the Director of the Division and the direct supervision of the Chief of Section, the Senior Project Officer will be responsible for providing technical support in the implementation of the section's programmatic activities and initiatives, with a particular focus on the aforementioned projects, as well as those contributing to the sector management, data, monitoring and evaluation systems programme implemented by the Section, including in emergency contexts.

In particular, the incumbent will perform the following essential duties:
Long Description

Programme and project implementation

a.

Contribute to the management and implementation of the AFD and Azerbaijan extrabudgetary projects through:

Conduct of thematic and situational analyses, including analysis and evaluation of project implementation and delivery.

Contribution to the preparation of work plans and/or proposals setting out plans for project implementation, preparation of inputs and/or reports on projects for various purposes, for example for briefing, regular programme reporting, etc.

Provide substantive, technical and analytical support to projects, consultations, meetings, events and missions, in particular on activities related to data systems in education including EMIS.

Provide support to Section's projects contributing to the Global Education Coalition and notably Global Learning House programme though provision of management, advisory, technical assistance and capacity development services.

b.

Coordinate and implement EDP programme on sector management, governance, data management, M&E and EMIS through:

Design and implementation of UNESCO programme and projects on data systems for sector management and accountability, in line with the UNESCO strategy on education system strengthening

Provision of management, advisory, technical assistance, methodological support and capacity development services for deployment and improvement of data systems/education management information systems.

Act as EDP focal point on education data systems, EMIS, management and M&E for the CapED programme.

Knowledge Management and Capacity Development

a. Develop and implement new knowledge, tools, expertise and guidance on Education Management Information Systems (EMIS) and Learning Management Systems (LMS), including through developme