Deadline: 22 November 2021
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is currently seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Education Specialist in Lilongwe, Malawi.
UNICEF works for a world in which every child has a fair chance in life.
Key Jobs Responsibilities
The Education Specialist will perform the following functions:
- Programme development and planning for early learning.
- Management, monitoring and delivery of programme results on early learning.
- Technical and operational support to programme implementation.
- Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building.
- Networking and Partnership building.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have:
- Advanced University Degree in one of the following fields is required Education, Early Childhood Development or Social Sciences.
- Minimum 5 year’s relevant professional work experience is required in Education and/or Early Childhood Education (ECE).
- Experience of having worked in the field of curriculum development, teacher training for pre-primary and primary education will be highly desirable.
- Strong coordination skills required to facilitate strategic inter-ministerial collaboration to bring ECE agenda forward.
- Solid conceptual understanding of national government ECD policies, plans and strategies is required.
- Strong analytical skills relating to the analysis of national budgets and expenditure for Early Childhood Education advocacy is required.
- Background and/or familiarity with emergency is considered as an asset.
- Fluency in English, both written and verbal skills is required.
- Nationality of Malawi.
How to Apply
Applicants must submit their applications through online process.
For more information, visit UNICEF.
