UNHCR Associate Education Officer Jobs in South Sudan

UNHCR Associate Education Officer Jobs in South Sudan

Organizational Setting and Work Relationships

The Associate Education Officer will support the roll-out of Refugee Education 2030, the Refugee Education Strategy, in line with the Global Compact on Refugees, 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 Associate Education Officer will ensure UNHCR's programming is in line with the SDGs.

The Associate Education Officer may liaise with the Ministry of Education and with education coordination networks at national, provincial and district levels to improve the quality of refugee education. S/he will liaise with partners to assess the education context, to develop an implementation plan and to monitor the programme and assess impact.

In addition, staff members are required to discharge their responsibilities in a manner consistent with the core, functional, cross-functional and managerial competencies and UNHCR's core values of professionalism, integrity and respect for diversity.

Duties

Stay abreast of political, social, economic and cultural developments that have an impact on access to and quality of education and assist with the development of the education strategy.

Actively pursue opportunities to implement UNHCR's urban policy and support mainstreaming refugees within national education systems. Coordinate with relevant partners to support access to education for refugees and host communities.

Assist in providing comments on existing and draft legislation related to education for persons of concern (PoC).

Coordinate with partners and other actors in education to adapt the Education Strategy to the local context and ensure ownership.

Collaborate closely with partners to ensure coherent annual planning based on a longer-term strategy, and jointly monitor and assess implementation, providing advice on programme reorientation where necessary.

Provide technical advice and guidance on education issues to PoC; liaise with competent authorities to ensure the issuance and recognition of education relevant documentation.

Implement education programmes in line with Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) standards and the child protection systems approach.

Facilitate inter-sectoral linkages with child protection, GBV, gender, community services, livelihoods/economic inclusion, environment, shelter and health, among others.

Provide inputs for the development of global/regional international education policies and standards.

Intervene in cases of denial of access to education with government and other relevant parties.

Identify and promote education activities that support durable solutions through voluntary repatriation, local integration and where appropriate, resettlement.

Assess needs for services of PoC, as related to education, and coordinate partners' responses.

Systematically promote and comply with the Age, Gender and Diversity policy and other priorities such as the guidelines on HIV/AIDS.

Advocate with authorities for respect of the right of PoC to an education and for their access to education services.

Coordinate with education networks and ensure that refugee education interests are understood and included in relevant policies and initiatives.

Participate in humanitarian and development sector working groups to support and ensure all refugee education support programming at country level is extended, amplified and reported against sector development goals. Humanitarian partners and funding serve system strengthening.

Assist the Country Office(s) 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 and ensure inter-sectoral linkages and coordination with child protection, GBV, 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 and

monitor the implementation of Global Refugee Forum pledges within the AoR.

Identify training needs and train UNHCR staff, sister UN agency staff, NGOs, and Ministry of Education officials on refugee education priorities and identified topics.

Ensure active exchange of information and that best practices are identified, documented and disseminated both within the AoR and beyond.

Join joint assessment missions in emergencies to minimise the time refugee children and youth spend out of education (ideally a maximum of three months after arrival).

Prepare the drafting of education input in key internal and external documents and reports.

Identify gaps in education service provision and advocate with relevant authorities for service provision.

Ensure that best practices are identified, documented and widely disseminated.

Support the country education information management strategy through the collection of disaggregated data on PoC, and ensure the collection and dissemination of education information and best practices to enhance education delivery.

Undertake initiatives to build the capacity of communities and PoC to assert their right to education and access to quality education.

Promote and participate in initiatives to capacitate national authorities, relevant institutions and NGOs to strengthen access to quality, certified education for refugees.

Contribute to a communications strategy that generates external support for UNHCR's education activities and the education rights of PoC.

Intervene with authorities on education issues.

Negotiate locally on behalf of UNHCR.

Make recommendations on individual education related cases.

Enforce compliance of staff and implementing partners with global protection policies and standards of professional integrity in the delivery of education services.

Approve individual payments to individual cases.

Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications

Education & Professional Work Experience

For P2/NOB - 3 years relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or 2 years relevant experience with Graduate degree; or 1 year relevant experience with Doctorate degree

Field(s) of Education

Education; Social Sciences; or other relevant field.

Relevant Job Experience

Essential

Work experience in progressively responsible functions in education.

Demonstrated work experience in education programmes.

Field experience in education programme implementation and coordination in humanitarian and/or development contexts.

Experience working with Governments, Ministry of Education and other line Ministries.

Strong inter-personal skills in collaboration and coordination.

Excellent analytical skills and drafting skills.

Strong communications/presentations skills.

Demonstrated capacity to work with minimum supervision.

Desirable

Demonstrated work experience in refugee education programmes.

Knowledge and experience of UNHCR policies and standards.

Experience in the area of child protection.

Experience with educational research, teaching or education administration.

Functional Skills

ED-Education programming design and quality assurance

PR-Refugee Protection Principles and Framework

TR-Training - Virtual and face to face

ED-Technical support to education programmes and proposals

PR-Community-based Protection - Planning, implementing and analysing surveys/assessments

SO-Research

MG-Team building (development/facilitation)

ED-Global EiE standards and implementation

Language Requirements

For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.

For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.

For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.

How to Apply

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