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Job Title ⇒ Assistant Education Officer Fresher UN Job Placements
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Organisation ⇒ United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR
Duty Station ⇒ Uganda
Vacancy Notice ⇒ Internal/ External Vacancy notice no. 016/2020
Position Number ⇒ 10031829
Position Grade ⇒ NO-A
About US ⇒
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was
established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly.
UNHCR’s mandate under the Statute of the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees is to lead and co-ordinate action for international
protection to refugees; seek permanent solutions for the problems of refugees
and safeguard refugee rights and well-being. UNHCR has an additional mandate
concerning issues of statelessness, as it is given a designated role under
Article 11 of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.
Job Summary ⇒ The Assistant Education Officer will support the roll-out of
Refugee Education 2030, the UNHCR Refugee Education Strategy, in line with the
Global Compact on Refugees GCR, which calls on States and relevant
Stakeholders to contribute resources and expertise, to expand and enhance the
quality and inclusiveness of national education systems, to facilitate access
by refugee and host community children and youth to primary, secondary and
tertiary education. Providing inclusive and equitable quality education is
central to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda's Sustainable Development Goals
SDG and the Assistant Education Officer will ensure UNHCR’s programming is
in line with the SDGs, in particular SDG 4.
The incumbent will provide direction and technical support for UNHCR regarding
education and advocate on all issues related to education programmes and
strategic directions. S/he will maintain close contact with Country Offices
on the overall education policy direction of UNHCR and on the adaptation of
Refugee Education 2030 to the particular country context, as well as providing
technical support on early childhood, learning achievement, primary
education, accelerated education, secondary education, non-formal education,
scholarships and tertiary education, education in emergencies etc. to all
staff, including senior management, as well as to those representing education
issues on behalf of UNHCR.
The incumbent will ensure that consistent and technically sound
advice/recommendations are given within the Area of Responsibility AoR,
including through drafting of guidelines and supporting the training of staff,
in collaboration with the Education Section at HQ. S/he will also ensure
active exchange of information and best practices within the AoR. The
incumbent must be an authority on technical issues relating to education and
will also provide specialist advice for other sectors such as child
protection, livelihoods/economic inclusion, shelter, and water and sanitation
as relates to education. The Assistant Education Officer may also act as focal
point/coordinator/advisor for staff at all levels in Country Offices,
including senior management, as well as Policy and Development staff.
Externally, the Assistant Education Officer will help promote the inclusion of
refugees and other persons of concern into national education systems through
effective partnerships and advocacy with relevant government line ministries,
development actors, private sector, UN agencies, international organisations
and NGOs, research institutions and universities, both at the regional and
country levels. This includes supporting or leading coordination with
regional and global education networks and keeping abreast with international
developments in education, where necessary this may include representation
with international and regional organizations through, for example, UNICEF,
UNESCO, the Global Partnership for Education and the Inter-Agency Network for
Education in Emergencies INEE. Representation with NGOs, academic
institutions, and the private sector may also be required. The incumbent is
regularly called upon to train staff and partners, including Government
authorities, to provide/negotiate drafting advice, to give presentations, to
participate as a member of expert groups on education, to represent UNHCR and
to ensure UNHCR's direct involvement in numerous settings designed to promote
increased access to quality education at all levels to both refugee and host
communities, in line with the GCR.
Key Duties and Responsibilities ⇒
⇗ Engage, promote and foster partnerships/collaboration with national education stakeholders and bodies in line with GCR.
⇗ Support and provide technical advice to senior management and Policy and Development staff allowing for advocacy activities with States and international organisations on all issues related to UNHCR education programmes and strategic directions, including supporting national planning processes, such as the development of SDG4 plans at national levels and ensuring inclusion of refugee, returnee, asylum seeking, internally displaced and stateless children and youth in SDG4 plans and Education Sector Analyses and Plans.
⇗ Assist the Country Offices to elaborate and implement strategies to address issues related to education access, quality and data, in cooperation with other UN agencies UNICEF, UNESCO, WFP, etc. and other key education stakeholders.
⇗ Foster inter-sectoral linkages and coordination with child protection, SGBV, gender, community services, livelihoods/economic inclusion and health, among others, and provide specialist advice for other sectors, to ensure that they fully integrate education related concerns in their planning.
⇗ Support the supervisor in monitoring the implementation of Global Refugee Forum pledges within the AoR.
⇗ Train UNHCR staff, sister UN agency staff, NGOs, and Ministry of Education officials on refugee education priorities and identified topics.
⇗ Support active exchange of information and that best practices are identified, documented and disseminated both within the AoR and beyond.
⇗ Prepare and draft education input in key internal and external documents and reports.
⇗ The ideal candidate for the United Nations Assistant Education Officer job placement should hold an Undergraduate degree equivalent of a BA/BS in Education, social sciences or related field is required.
⇗ Strong inter-personal skills in collaboration and coordination, excellent analytical skills and drafting skills and strong communications/presentations skills are required.
⇗ Excellent knowledge of English written / oral / comprehension is required.
⇗ Planning and Organizing
⇗ Field experience in education programme implementation and coordination in humanitarian and/or development contexts is desirable.
⇗ Demonstrated work experience in refugee education programmes is desirable.
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