Programme Officer Education

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• Identify, develop, implement, monitor and report the Office’s Education Programme/projects in areas including Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), Global Citizenship Education (GCED), SDG 4 Benchmarking and data/evidence based policy and programming, TVET, Higher Education, and ICT in Education. Identify focus areas within the Member States national priorities and in alignment with the UNESCO education, SIDS and other strategies, the UN and other development partners’ approaches and strategies, as well as Pacific SIDS frameworks.
• Develop, support and monitor cross-sectoral programmes and strategies in line with UNESCO’s strategic priority areas to advance Sustainable Development Goals 4 (SDG4-Education 2030), the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks (UNSDCFs) and Country Implementation Plans (CIPs), national development goals, Pacific SIDS frameworks and strategies. Recommend programmes and approaches to respond to multi-sectoral development challenges.
• Contribute to Pacific regional and multi-country education programme development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.

• Monitor education status, statistics, trends, innovations in country and region to enable evidence-base policy and programme support.
• Initiate and develop policy advice, tools/resources, technical assistance and capacity strengthening support to Ministries of Education and other key national or regional education institutions to implement regional and country-level programme activities, in support of improving access, quality, and equity throughout education levels and modalities.
• Provide technical assistance on education and cross-sectoral programmes/projects, sector analysis, review and plan development/implementation/monitoring, capacity strengthening, systems development, coordination/alignment and other areas. 

• Identify and support research, develop knowledge and evidence base and implement outreach strategies, aimed at expanding and communicating UNESCO programmes/expertise with Member States, partners and education stakeholders.
• Mobilize and work with national, regional and international partners in pursuing SDG4 – Education 2030, in collaboration with UNESCO Specialized Institutes (especially IIEP, UIL, UIS) and UNESCO International Centre (e.g. UNEVOC, APCEIU).
• Mobilize partnerships and resources to support policy analysis, planning and system development in Samoa and in Pacific region, by preparing project proposals and cooperation frameworks with Member States and donor agencies and by engaging in fundraising activities.

• Advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in education, social or natural sciences, public policy and administration, economics, statistics, international development or related fields. 

• Minimum of 4 years of relevant professional experience in education development or closely related field.
• Experience in education policy formulation, education planning, programme development and management
• Experience in advocacy, resources and partnership mobilization.

• Excellent knowledge of Sustainable Development Goal 4 – Education 2030 Framework for Action.
• Ability to work independently.
• Strong organizational skills in project/programme planning, management and implementation.
• Excellent analytical and technical skills.
• Strong coordination skills and ability to liaise with the Government and a variety of partners and stakeholders.
• Good interpersonal and networking skills with the ability to work in a multi-cultural team. 
• Excellent oral and written communications skills, including the ability to draft clearly and concisely, paying close attention to details and quality of work.
• Strong IT skills including good knowledge of standard office software and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning systems).

• Excellent knowledge (written and spoken) of English and Samoan.

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