UNICEF Gender and Adolescent Life Skills Education Specialist Jobs 2023 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs.
UNICEF Ethiopia looking for “Gender and Adolescent Life Skills Education Specialist”.
Applicants with an Advanced University Degree may apply on or before November 15, 2023.
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UNICEF Gender and Adolescent Life Skills Education Specialist Jobs 2023
The UNICEF has published a job vacancy announcement on November 01, 2023 for qualified Ethiopia’s to fill in the vacant post of Gender and Adolescent Life Skills Education Specialist to be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
| Recruiter | United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) |
| Position | International Consultancy: Gender and Adolescent Life Skills Education Specialist |
| Location | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Total Vacant Post | N/A |
| Qualification | Advanced University Degree |
| Experience Required | Minimum Eight (08) Years |
| Application Deadline | November 15, 2023 |
UNICEF Job Vacancy 2023
How can you make a difference:
Under the supervision of the Education Specialist, the consultant will:
- Desk review the existing curricula (formal and co-curricular) to establish consistency and linkage (both vertical and horizontal linkages) and desk review of research and literature on life skills including measurement and on the specified thematic areas and psychosocial learning needs of the target age group; identifying core contents and methodologies of delivery.
- Examine existing LSE materials and identify good practices to design and develop a more comprehensive and robust LSE program for adolescents aged 10 to 14, ensuring potential for the gender transformability of the materials.
- Review and make a focus on key thematic areas like resilience and peace education, adolescent nutrition, Ending Child marriage, HPV, Gender Based violence, financial literacy, internet use of social media for getting information and other pressing adolescent issues particularly of the girls.
- Propose behaviors to be promoted and design practical empowerment activities and respective platforms for the targets considering positive personal and community values and language.
- Consult with the relevant stakeholders (MoE, REBs, MoWCA and BoWCAs) and development partners (World Bank, NGOs etc.) to map existing life skills education materials and to ensure appropriateness, acceptability and relevance of the LSE material by the partners.
- Based on collated inputs, revise the existing LSE materials for 10 to 12 years of age (primary school) and for 13 to 14 years of age (middle school).
- Develop a training of trainers (ToT) material and guidelines for LSE facilitators and provide ToT to core group that will roll out the revised LSE material to schools.
- Provide guidance and support to regions in adapting the material to regional context.
- Conduct validation of all the revised materials and products to ensure acceptability and approval by Ministry of Education and UNICEF.
- Deliver to MoE and UNICEF an inception report, a life skills education material prototype for adolescents aged 10 to 14/15 that could be delivered through school clubs.
- Provide Training of Trainers for experts drawn from Ministry of Education, UNICEF, Regional Education Bureaus and Teacher Education Colleges.
Position in Organization:
- Job title: International Consultancy: Gender and Adolescent Life Skills Education Specialist
- Job no: 567063
- Contract type: Consultant
- Duty Station: Addis Ababa
- Level: Consultancy
- Location: Ethiopia
- Categories: Education
Minimum Requirements:
- At least five (8) years of progressively advanced work experience in gender and education sector systems, some of which should be in a developing country context. Experience working on related assignments in Ethiopia preferred.
- An advanced University Degree in education, Gender, developing curriculum, development and/or social sciences or related technical field is required.
- Experience in producing teaching/learning materials for adolescents.
- Good knowledge of global issues in relation to girls’ and young women’s empowerment and (formal and non-formal) mechanisms of working with girls within school contexts.
- Good understanding of education sector environment in Ethiopia and interventions currently being supported by Government and Development Partners to promote greater gender equity within/through the education system.
- Ability to provide constructive technical advice on gender and life skills to diverse stakeholders coupled with a strong capacity to work with Government counterparts on related strategies and manuals.
- Being able to identify and work with a team of national experts form at least four disciplines within the same budget. The team of experts should have advanced degree in psychology, education/curriculum, social science, health and nutrition, gender and child protection and other relevant areas.
- Excellent oral and written communication and report writing skills in English.
- Excellent negotiation and other human relations skills.
How to Apply UNICEF Gender and Adolescent Life Skills Education Specialist Jobs 2023
Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.
Then to apply, go to https://jobs.unicef.org/en-us/job/567063/international-consultancy-gender-and-adolescent-life-skills-education-specialist-3-months-homebasedremote-supporting-addis-ababa-ethiopia
The Closing Date: 14th November, 2023.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
| Particulars | Details Link |
| Job Advertisement | Download |
| Official Website | www.unicef.org |
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