Educational Expert

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Develop, implement and review RCEP’s strategic and operational plans.
• Assist the Center Director in selecting and contracting experts and specialized trainers to conduct training, carry out research studies and/or other technical consultations.
• Provide consultation and technical assistance in specific educational themes related to RCEP’s strategic plans.
• Prepare and review the training materials to be implemented by RCEP’s programs.
• Prepare and conduct RCEP’s training programs in the UAE and abroad.
• Design, implement, and review action research.
• Conduct desk review (collecting, organizing and synthesizing information) about the education systems in Arab countries.
• Draft reports, policy briefs and presentations.
• Coordinate and participate in RCEP’s annual conferences, seminars, and symposia. Provide recommendations and suggestions.
• Develop strategies to enhance RCEP’s performance, technically and academically.
• Coordinate RCEP’s collaboration and partnerships with higher education institutions, universities and research centers in the UAE and abroad.
• Carry out any other tasks/duties assigned by the Managing Director.

Qualifications and Experience

• To hold a master’s degree or doctorate degree in educational sciences or economist (or equivalent)
• To have at least (8) years experience in educational research including both approaches (quantitative, qualitative).
• To have work experience in international organizations
• To have a good statistical background including data analysis using SPSS.
• To have a good background of educational indicators.
• Fluent in English (Arabic a plus).
• To have good writing skills (reports, policy briefs, concept notes..etc).
• To have good ICT skills (Microsoft programs), communication skills, management and teamwork skills.

About the Organization

The Regional Center for Educational Planning (RCEP)[1] is an Emirati organization established under the agreement signed between the Government of the United Arab Emirates and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2003. According to this agreement, RCEP is one of the UNESCO’s Category 2 centers[2] created according to 32 C/Resolution 11, by which the General Conference of UNESCO welcomed the initiative of the United Arab Emirates to respond to the pressing need of improving educational planning in the region, and approved the establishment of a Regional Educational Planning Centre (RCEP).

UAE Government supports RCEP financially and logistically since it was established. RCEP has a close partnership with UNESCO toward building national and regional capacities in education planning and policy, leadership and educational management, dissemination of knowledge, research. According to the last agreement signed between UAE and UNESCO, RCEP’s goals are:

1. build national and regional capacity for modern educational planning, by targeting senior officials and technical staff of ministries of education, local level (province, district) education offices, and other ministries directly related to the education sector, such as finance ministries, through:

(i) training in all aspects of education planning;

(ii) training in applied education research, by undertaking fact-finding and analysis work focused on specific needs of the Gulf countries and other States in the Arab region;

(iii) awareness-raising with regard to specific sector development issues which are of priority for the countries in the region;

1. Facilitate access to information on educational planning and management of other countries and relevant information published by international organizations and institutions, in particular IIEP, by making relevant material available to the trainees of the Centre in English and Arabic, including translating selected material into Arabic, and by disseminating material on educational planning and management to education authorities in the region.

1. Vision, mission and Values

• Our vision: Outstanding Arabian Gulf Capacities in Quality Planning.
• Our mission: Pioneer in Quality Innovative Planning For The Future of Education in GCC and Arab countries.
• Our values: Openness and Cooperation, Transparency & Accountability, Professionalism & Commitment, Efficiency & Effectiveness, Ongoing Development, Beneficiaries’ Happiness.

1. Institutional Identity

1. RCEP’s Strategic (2017-2021)

In 2017, RCEP developed its strategic plan for the years (2017-2021) focusing on Planning Tools (Modules& Methodologies), Indicators and its utilization in planning, Education Foresight, Monitoring & Evaluation and SDG4/Education 2030. The strategic objectives and initiatives are as follows:

• SO1: Developing institutional capacities in the field of education planning to achieve outstanding performance for the cadres and institutions
  • Competencies in the planning & educational policies
• SO2: Producing and disseminating knowledge in support of education policies and enabling planning of educational systems

2.1 Knowledge production & dissemination

2.2 Studies, reports, and policy briefs

• SO3: Deepen the partnership with relevant institutions and organizations at the national, regional and international levels

3.1 Partnerships for the development of education

• SO4: Provide technical support in partnership with UNESCO and strategic partners in the Education 2030 initiative

4.1 Education 2030 (SDG 4)

[1] Visit RCEP website https://rcepunesco.ae/ar/Pages/default.aspx

[2] For more details, please check http://www.unesco.org/new/en/bureau-of-strategic-planning/themes/category-2-institutes/