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International Expert for TVET Quality Assurance

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

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The Government of Uzbekistan and UNESCO have been implementing the “Skills Development in Rural Areas of Uzbekistan” project, funded by EU for the period of 2020-2024.  This project aims to support the development of relevant skills of women and men for sustainable, diversified and modernised agriculture in Uzbekistan. This project will contribute to improving the quality, relevance, efficiency and effectiveness of the skills development system in the agriculture and irrigation sectors, initiated by the Government of Uzbekistan, with a particular focus on the rural regions selected by the national stakeholders (Karakalpakstan, Khorazm, Bukhara, Surkhondaryo). 
The 1st Component of the project aims to support the modernization of TVET governance through building the quality assured structure for skills development in the agriculture and irrigation sectors. Further in the 2nd Component, the project aims to build capacity for the improved quality assurance process for the relevant actors in the TVET. The project has, so far, developed the draft Quality Assurance Framework for Uzbekistan and draft Quality Criteria for Training Providers, Assessment Centers, and Sector Skills Councils (SSCs). 
To this end UNESCO is seeking an international expert on Quality Assurance to support the project activities of designing a methodology for building quality assured sectoral qualifications and developing a Quality Asdsurance capacity buidling programme targetting all levels of the TVET sector. 
Duties and Responsibilities:
  • The consultant shall perform the following duties and responsibilities:
  • Take stock of the existing Quality Criteria for Awarding Bodies, and update/ develop and validate it in consultation with the relevant stakeholders;
  • Validate the already developed draft Quality Assurance Framework, Quality Criteria for Training Providers, Assessment Centers, and SSCs with the relevant counterparts through consultation and necessary amendment;
  • Develop and deliver on site capacity development programmes for: 
  • Quality Assurance Authority
  • Awarding Bodies
  • Training Providers
  • Assessment Centers
  • SSCs
  • Quality expert groups from the regions;
  • Develop capacity development programmes including handouts for the following two topics, and deliver the programmes with the project pilot colleges and the Institute of Pedagogical Innovation under the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovations, with the Institute co-facilitating the training to the colleges:
  • Developing a Quality Culture
  • Implementing a Quality Management System (QMS) and internal self-evaluation;
  • Deliver an intensive workshop of Train the Trainer for the Institute for Pedagogical Innovation on QA topics to enable continuous upscaling of the capacity development of training providers on the QA; and
  • Develop monitoring and evaluation mechanism to assess the effectiveness of training programmes, including feedback loops
  • The consultant is expected to stay and work in Uzbekistan at least 50% of the total working days and visit the four project regions and TVET schools for consultation and delivery of the trainings. The work of the consultant will commence from April 2024 for the duration of 11 months. All deliverables should be submitted within 11 months of the commencement.
Required Qualifications:
Education:
  • Advanced University degree in Education or other relevant field
Work Experience:
  • A minimum of ten years of work experience in the skills development
  • A minimum of five years of work experience in working as an expert to implement quality assurance related topics in several countries 
  • Experience in providing technical support to the Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) in several countries
  • Experience in delivering hands-on capacity development trainings in several countries  
  • Experience in implementing project/ programme by international organizations 

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