Education Officer

The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life in its social, political, economic, civic and cultural dimensions her or his rights are violated. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens addressing inequity not only will give all children the opportunity to fulfill their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries. This is why the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations.

UNICEF Burkina Faso CO wants to recruit an education officer on a FT position based at Kaya sub-office. Under supervision of the Chief Field Officer, the Education Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for education programmes/projects within the Country Programme from development planning to delivery of results, preparing, executing, managing and implementing a variety of technical and administrative programme tasks to facilitate programme development implementation, programme progress monitoring, evaluating and reporting.

Key functions, accountabilities and related duties/tasks:

• Support to programme development and planning
• Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results.
• Technical and operational support to programme implementation
• Networking and partnership building
• Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

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

Minimum requirements:

Education:

• an university degree in one of the following fields is required:  education, psychology, sociology or another relevant technical field.

Work Experience:

• a minimum of two years of professional experience in programme planning, management, and/or research in education is required.

Language requirements:

• Fluency in French and good working knowledge of English is required. Knowledge of a local language is an asset.

Source: https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/575332