Education Manager Vacancy-Job Ref: JKCDUNICEF/1409/202355

Education Manager Vacancy-Job Ref: JKCDUNICEF/1409/202355
Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
JOB DESCRIPTION
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
For every child, a voice.
The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programs, 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.
How can you make a difference?
The education manager contributes to the achievement of concrete and sustainable programs and projects results according to plans, allocation, results based-management approaches and methodology (RBM) and UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, standards of performance and accountability framework. As the education manager, you will be responsible for the following responsibilities, but not limited to:
Management and advisory support to the Chief of education.
Support education program development and planning.
Be in charge of program management, monitoring and quality control of results.
Provide advisory services and technical support.
Ensure advocacy, networking and partnership building throughout the education section.
Promote innovation, knowledge management and capacity building.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
An advanced university degree (master’s or higher) in education, economics, psychology, sociology or other social science field is required.
A minimum of Eight [8] of relevant professional progressive experience in programme planning, management, in education at the international level both in development and education in emergencies contexts in a developing country is required.
Experience working in the UN system agency or UN organisation is an asset.
Familiarity with emergency response is 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.
Please click on the button below to Apply.