Chief Education; P-, Position Luanda - Angola

Job no: 596265

Contract type: Fixed Term Appointment

Duty Station: Luanda

Level: P-4

Location: Angola

Categories: Education

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For every child, the right to Education

This Chief, Education GJP is to be used in Angola Country Office (CO) where the Representative is at the P5 level and the Education Programme is a component of the Country Programme (or UNSDCF).

Purpose for the job:
Under the overall guidance of the Deputy Representative, the Chief is responsible for managing and supervising all stages of education and adolescents´programmes/projects. This includes strategic planning and formulation, as well as delivery of results on strengthening national education systems to improve learning outcomes, universal access to quality, equitable and inclusive primary/early childhood education, and renewed involvement in secondary education, particularly lower secondary, especially for children who are marginalized, disadvantaged and excluded in society.

S/he leads a group of professional and support staff to develop and manage the education and adolescents ´programming in the country. The position will manage a team including national and international staff, United Nations Volunteers (UNV) and newly inducted Junior Professional Officer (JPO).

The Chief is responsible for establishing the plans of action and overseeing work progress to ensure the achievement of concrete and sustainable programme/project results, according to plans, allocation, results based-management approaches and methodology (RBM), as well as UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, standards of performance and accountability framework.

• Managerial leadership
• Programme development and planning
• Programme management, monitoring and quality control of results
• Advisory services and technical support
• Advocacy, networking and partnership building
• Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here:
Chief Education Level 4.doc

• Education:
  
  An advanced university degree (Masters of Equalent) in one of the following fields is required: education, economics, psychology, sociology or another relevant technical field.
• Work Experience:
  
  A minimum of eight years of professional experience in programme planning, management, and/or research in education at the international level is required. Professional work experience in managerial positions required
• Skills:
  
  Good understanding of the overall global development context. Good knowledge of global developments in education and international engagement strategies. Good ability to support policy dialogue and influencing. Good education sector planning knowledge/ability. Good education and policy sector analysis capacity. Good ability to support engagement with partners. Good understanding of gender and inequity issues. Good understanding of policies and…