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For every child, a future

Purpose for the job

Under the supervision of the Emergency Officer, the purpose of this post is to provide leadership and facilitate the processes that will ensure a well-coordinated, strategic, adequate, coherent, and effective response by partners in the sub national education cluster.

Key function, accountabilities, and related duties/tasks

The post holder has joint responsibility with the UNICEF, resourcing partners and all cluster participants at the national and sub-national level for the efficient management and functioning of the sub-national education cluster encompassing the following:

• Build and sustain effective close working partnerships with education stakeholders.
• Revitalize and maintain an appropriate humanitarian education coordination mechanism.
• Build complementarity of partner actions, avoiding duplication and gaps
• Enhance and monitor the performance of the core cluster functions
• Supporting service delivery
• Informing strategic decision-making for the humanitarian response
• Planning and strategy development
• Monitoring and reporting the implementation. 
• Contingency planning/preparedness for recurrent disasters 
• Accountability to affected populations. 
• Ensure effective and inclusive consultative and feedback mechanisms

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: [JD/TOR Education Officer, Cluster Coordination, NOB, TA, Mazar]

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Minimum requirements:

• A university degree in one of the following fields is required: education, psychology, sociology, or another relevant technical field.
• A minimum of two years of professional experience in programme planning, management and/or research in education is required.
• Relevant experience in leading the education programme/cluster and its management in a UN system agency or international or National organization is considered an asset.
• Experience working in the humanitarian coordination system is desirable.
• Experience in humanitarian contexts is required; experience in development contexts is an added advantage.
• Experience working in a developing country in considered as an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

Desirables:

• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity.

UNICEF’s active commitment to diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable female candidates are encouraged to apply.

Government employees who are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government positions before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason. 

UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. An internal candidate performing at the level of the post in the relevant functional area, or an internal/external candidate in the corresponding Talent Group, may be selected, if suitable for the post, without assessment of other candidates.

Eligible staff members on fixed-term, continuing or permanent contracts applying to IP TA positions in a duty station designated as L2/L3, may be able to retain a lien and their fixed-term entitlements, subject to approval by their Head of Office. The conditions of the temporary assignment will vary depending on the status of their post and relocation entitlements may be limited as per the relevant policies.

Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.

Applicants are requested to apply through the provided link;

https://jobs.unicef.org/en-us/job/578072/education-officer-cluster-coordination-nob-temporary-appointment-6-months-mazar-i-sharif-afghanistan-131561-open-to-afghan-nationals-only

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