Apply for Education Officer (School Active Search), NO-A, FT, Brasilia, Brazil # 129145 Unicef Job Vacancy | Unicef Careers

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For each child, Education

Since 1950, UNICEF has supported an important transformation for youngsters and adolescents in Brazil. UNICEF Brazil with its important workplace in Brasília and 9 subject places of work works in shut partnership with nationwide and sub-national governments, company companions, youth, and civil society organizations.

 

For data on the work of our group in Brazil, please go to our web site: UNICEF Brazil.

How are you able to make a difference? 

The Education Officer – School Active Search studies to the Education Specialist for shut steering and supervision.  This place seeks to deal with our present wants to assist the event and implementation of high quality social insurance policies within the training space, aiming to energy the training methods and their relationship with different methods to make sure the identification, enrollment and permanence in school of kids and adolescents in susceptible state of affairs . This might be achieved by means of the next outcomes:

1. Development and coordination on actions associated to determine intersectoral insurance policies, to make sure the identification, enrollment and permanence in school of kids and adolescents in susceptible state of affairs.

• Provide technical and operational assist to authorities counterparts, NGO companions, UN system companions and different nation workplace companions/donors on the understanding and application of insurance policies, methods and finest practices on search and retention of kids and adolescents out-of-school or susceptible to dropping out;
• Undertake subject visits,surveys, research and share data with stakeholders to evaluate progress and report back to resolution makers  for decision.
• Monitor and report on important points, bottlenecks and potential issues for well timed motion to realize outcomes.

2.  Programme administration, monitoring and supply of outcomes

• Conduct states and municipalities of the Semiarid and Amazon territories’ state of affairs evaluation relating to youngsters and adolescents out-of-school or susceptible to dropping out ;
• Conduct city facilities’ state of affairs evaluation relating to youngsters and adolescents out-of-school or susceptible to dropping out ;
• Plan, coordinate and report on native coaching and/or advocacy conferences with public brokers at state and municipal ranges;
• Monitor actions at UNICEF territorial methods (Seal and Agenda Cidade UNICEF), relating to youngsters and adolescents out-of-school or susceptible to dropping out and the event of intersectoral insurance policies to deal with faculty exclusion and failure.  

3. Support to program improvement and planning

• Support the event of results-based planning, primarily based on the gathering and evaluation of information from training and different associated areas, and the institution of targets, goals and techniques.
• Prepare studies primarily based on official knowledge from training and different associated areas to assist common replanning, precedence setting and goal setting;
• Prepare supplies/documentation – in keeping with organizational processes and administration methods – for results-based planning (RBM), monitoring and analysis of outcomes, together with inputs for annual and donor studies, guaranteeing accuracy, timeliness and relevance of knowledge;
• Work carefully and collaboratively with inside colleagues and companions to gather, analyze and share data on implementation points, with the aim to beat challenges and assure outcomes.

 

     4. Networking and partnership constructing to face faculty exclusion

• Build and preserve partnerships with authorities companions and nationwide stakeholders for the implementation of efficient teaching programs and insurance policies.
• Support native governments within the implementation of applications by means of advocacy, lively data sharing and crew’s technical capability constructing, with a view to attaining and sustaining leads to instructional applications, particularly in relation to highschool failure and exclusion.
• Prepare communication and data supplies for advocacy, to advertise consciousness and to determine strategic partnerships and alliances.
• Prepare proposals and briefs for fundraising and partnership improvement.

 

To qualify as an advocate for each child you’ll have…

Minimum necessities:

Education: A college diploma in one of many following fields is required: training, communication, public administration, psychology, sociology, or one other related technical subject.

Work Experience: 

• A minimal of 1 12 months {of professional} expertise in programme planning, administration, and/or analysis in training is required
• Relevant expertise in connecting, articulating, and organizing initiatives with numerous stakeholders from private and non-private sector, civil society and UN system;
• Professional expertise at nationwide stage in related Education programmes, in particular those associated to strengthen the training methods and their relationship with different methods to make sure the identification, enrollment and permanence  in school of kids and adolescents  in susceptible state of affairs

 

Skills:

• Advocacy for human rights and public insurance policies improvement; Knowledge on youngsters’s rights points, together with the Convention of Rights of the Child and the Statute of the Child and the Adolescent;
• Reporting and documentation;
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities with expertise in advocacy, consensus constructing and in motivating cross-functional groups to satisfy formidable venture targets and timelines;
• Knowledge in facilitation and coaching;
• Knowledge of intersectoral insurance policies of training with well being and social help, aiming to ensure integral rights to youngsters and adolescents;
• Experience of managing and implementing initiatives that makes use of digital platforms;
• Experience in content material manufacturing and administration;
• Experience within the manufacturing of supplies for studying applications and content material for social mobilization initiatives;
• Excellent writing abilities in Portuguese.

Language Requirements: Fluency in English and Portuguese is required.

Desirables:

• Knowledge of Spanish is an asset.
• More than 5 {of professional} expertise in programme planning, administration, and/or analysis in training.
• Experience working with advocacy and public coverage in unequal instructional contexts at a nationwide, state and municipality stage.
• Experience working with Government departments and understanding of presidency methods might be an asset.  
• Developing nation work expertise and/or familiarity with emergency, as an asset. 
• Experience within the UN system company or group can be an asset.

For each Child, you exhibit…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin every thing we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

The UNICEF competencies required for this submit are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships

(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness

(3) Drive to realize outcomes for affect

(4) Innovates and embraces change

(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity

(6) Thinks and acts strategically

(7) Works collaboratively with others 

Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its totally different ranges.

UNICEF is dedicated to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, no matter gender, nationality, spiritual or ethnic background, and individuals with disabilities, to apply to develop into a part of the group. To create a extra inclusive office, UNICEF provides paid parental go away, breastfeeding breaks, and affordable lodging for individuals with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the usage of versatile working preparations. Click here to study extra about versatile work preparations, well-being, and advantages.

According to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), individuals with disabilities embody those that have long-term bodily, psychological, mental, or sensory impairments which, in interplay with numerous limitations, could hinder their full and efficient participation in society on an equal foundation with others. In its Disability Inclusion Policy and Strategy 2022-2030, UNICEF has dedicated to extend the variety of staff with disabilities by 2030. At UNICEF, we offer reasonable accommodation for work-related assist necessities of candidates and staff with disabilities. Also, UNICEF has launched a Global Accessibility Helpdesk to strengthen bodily and digital accessibility. If you’re an applicant with a incapacity who wants digital accessibility assist in finishing the web application, please submit your request by means of the accessibility e mail button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF.

UNICEF doesn’t rent candidates who’re married to youngsters (individuals underneath 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and goals of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination primarily based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, spiritual or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is dedicated to advertise the safety and safeguarding of all youngsters. All chosen candidates will, subsequently, endure rigorous reference and background checks, and might be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules. Background checks will embody the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Selected candidates could also be required to supply extra data to conduct a background check, and chosen candidates with disabilities could also be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their incapacity confidentially.

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Remarks:

As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration within the employment of the workers is the need of securing the very best requirements of effectivity, competence, and integrity.

UNICEF’s lively dedication to range and inclusion is important to ship one of the best outcomes for youngsters. For this place, eligible and appropriate afro-descendants, indigenous, and different minorities are inspired to apply.

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