Education Specialist

Education Specialist (Cluster Coordination), L-3, El Geneina, Sudan Purpose of the Position You will responsible to support the Education sector-wide policy, planning and strategy, ensuring capacity development support to local authorities, technical advice in a number of sub-sectors, and leadership/coordination of external partners at national and sub-national levels. Key Expected Results Outcome of your work should include: Timely sectoral analysis, input, support and collaboration to the Situation Analysis and its periodic update made for effective programme planning, development and management. Knowledge management effectively promoted through drafting/finalizing key Education sectoral programme documents and reports, sharing good practice, lessons learned, and knowledge/information exchange. Rights-based Education programming effectively promoted, and coherence, synergy and value added to programme management process through results-based management. Sectoral work plan and activities formulated, implemented and monitored, ensuring alignment with the defined programme strategies and approaches. Programme delivery, evaluation and reporting carried out efficiently, rigorously and transparently in compliance with the established guidelines and procedures. Qualifications of Successful Candidate Advanced university degree in one or more of the disciplines relevant to the following areas: Education; Primary Education, or Social Sciences fields relevant to international development assistance Five years of progressively professional work experience at national and international levels in fields relevant to Education programmes. Experience working in the UN or other international development organization an asset. Background/familiarity with emergency situations Fluency in English and another UN language Competencies of Successful Candidate Communicates effectively to varied audiences, including during formal public speaking Able to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment Sets high standards for quality of work and consistently achieves project goals Has good leadership and supervisory skills; co-ordinates group activities, ensuring that roles within the team are clear Translates strategic direction into plans and objectives Analyzes and integrates diverse and complex quantitative and qualitative data from a wide range of sources Quickly builds rapport with individuals and groups; maintains an effective network of individuals across organizational departments Identifies urgent and potentially difficult decisions and acts on them promptly; initiates and generates team- and department-wide activities Demonstrates, applies and shares expert technical knowledge across the organization Remarks Position is valid for a period of one year. Re-advertisement, previous applicants need not re-apply. UNICEF is committed to diversity and gender equality in its workplace. Women and nationals of developing countries are strongly encouraged to apply. If you want a challenging career while improving the lives of children around the world UNICEF, the leading children’s rights organization, would like to hear from you. Visit us at to register in our new e-Recruitment system and apply to this and other vacancies in Human Resources Management, quoting E-VN-2010-000426. Applications must be received by 2 April 2010. Please note that only candidates who are under serious consideration will be contacted. In the selection of its staff, UNICEF is committed to gender balance and diversity without distinction as to race, sex or religion, and without discrimination of persons with disabilities: well qualified candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.