? Provide technical and operational support to implementing partner(s) and local governments to formulate evidence based, GESI-responsive, inclusive, disaster and climate-resilient school education sector plans and budgets.
? Support local governments to coordinate with education and other sectoral stakeholders, by strengthening existing coordination structures and mechanisms to design and implementation of education programmes aligned with the local government education sector plan and budget prioritized and needs.
? Support local governments and schools in strengthening IEMIS and its use in planning, implementation, and monitoring.
? Provide support to implementing partners and local governments for implementation and monitoring of the Common Education Package.
? Provide capacity building support to implementing partners, schools, and local governments on SESP and other interventions in Common Education Package.
? Support in collection and recording of human-interest stories, case studies and lessons learned for office use.
? Assist in monitoring visits, missions, end use monitoring and any other assessments or studies.
? Contribute to the provincial and local education clusters strengthening and for any response during emergency situations.
? Contribute by providing inputs and contents for the situation analysis of the sector for necessary use by the field office and the Education Section.
? Work closely and collaboratively with sectoral colleagues and partners to collect, analyze and share information on implementation issues.
? Participate and represent UNICEF in appropriate inter-agency discussions on education and related issues.
? Introduce and apply innovative approaches and good practices to build the capacity of partners and stakeholders and to support in implementation and delivery of concrete and sustainable programme results.
? Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor.

Furthermore, UN Volunteers are encouraged to integrate the UN Volunteers programme mandate within their assignment and promote voluntary action through engagement with communities in the course of their work. As such, UN Volunteers should dedicate a part of their working time to some of the following suggested activities.

? Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day).
? Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country.
? Provide annual and end of assignment self-reports on UN Volunteer actions, results and opportunities.
? Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.
? Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly arrived UN Volunteers.
? Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.
? Strengthened capacity of local government to develop education sector plans and budgets.
? Strengthened local governments capacity to establish child-friendly systems for modelling CFS.
? Increased capacity of schools and communities for evidence-based educational planning and provide quality services that promote equitable access and learning in pre-school and school.
? Recovery of learning losses and acceleration of learning in the wake of COVID19 and humanitarian situations.

Requirements:

communication and presentation skills; coordination, networking and advocacy skills; technical expertise in the area of education sector planning and programming; monitoring, evaluation and reporting skills; excellent interpersonal skills; ability to work and adapt professionally and effectively in a challenging working environment; ability to work effectively in a multicultural team of international and national professionals; proficiency in MS Office applications (Excel, Word, etc.), have affinity with or interest in UNICEF core values and volunteerism as a mechanism for durable development, and the UN System.

Working knowledge of local languages is an advantage.

The security situation in all locations is normal and have both road and air access. Moreover, all basic services/facilities are also available in the assigned duty stations. As this is a national UN Volunteer assignment, the UN Volunteer will be responsible for arranging his/her own housing and other living essentials.