Education Specialist (Learning Recovery) (P-3) TA 364 days, Yangon, Myanmar

## Education Specialist (Learning Recovery) (P-3) TA 364 days, Yangon, Myanmar - Organization:UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund - Office:UNICEF Myanmar Education Specialist (Learning Recovery) (P-3), TA, 364 days, #138278, Yangon - Myanmar, APR (extendable subject to programme requirements and funding) Position type:Temporary Appointment Division/Equivalent:Bangkok (EAPRO), Thailand Department/Office:Yangon, Myanmar UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children's lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence. At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job - it is a calling. UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package. Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF. For every child,the right to Education UNICEF Myanmar Youtube Channel - https://youtu.be/JcCzi5xBC_c?si=FWfQID3Ui8C6gT2k UNICEF Myanmar Website - https://www.unicef.org/myanmar/take-action/work-us How can you make a difference? Under the guidance and general supervision of the Chief of Education, with support from the Education Managers, theyou will lead the development, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of learning recovery strategies and programmes within the country programme. You will provide technical leadership and programmatic support throughout the programming cycle to ensure that learning recovery interventions are evidence-based, context-responsive, and effectively integrated into national education systems and UNICEF-supported programmes. This includes strengthening foundational learning, supporting assessment systems, accelerating learning, improving teaching and remediation practices, and promoting systems' resilience to prevent and mitigate future learning disruptions. You will work closely with education counterparts, implementing partners, and internal and external stakeholders to advance guidance, strategies, and investments that improve learning outcomes and ensure equitable, inclusive, and resilient education systems. Emphasis is placed on reaching children who are out of learning, have experienced interrupted schooling or are at greatest risk of being left behind. You will contribute to the achievement of programme results through effective planning, implementation, resource management, and results-based management (RBM), in alignment with UNICEF's Strategic Plan, organizational standards, and accountability framework. Summary of key functions/accountabilities: - Support to programme development and planning - Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results - Technical and operational support to programme implementation - Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: 03082026 TOR TA P3 Ed Specialist - Learning Recovery.pdf To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have... Minimum requirements: - Education: An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: Education, Economics, Psychology, Sociology, or another relevant technical field. - Work Experience: A minimum of five years of professional experience in Programme Planning, Management, and/or research in Education is required. - Experience in Social Development Programme Planning, Management, and/or Data Management is required. - Skills: Ability to support and enhance quality learning recovery and continuity for children affected by emergencies, including natural disasters and complex crises, through the design, expansion and implementation of digital learning platforms and innovative educational approaches. - Proven ability to develop clear, evidence-based guidance papers, strategic briefs, and program materials to support learning recovery initiatives. Skilled in rigorous data analysis and crafting targeted documents that effectively advance advocacy efforts, inform decision-making, and guide program management, ensuring strong alignment with UNICEF's objectives forbuilding back betterand post-earthquake learning recovery. - Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required. - Language: Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is considered as an asset. - Proven professional experience in development and management of Education is considered as an asset. - Proven experience in large-size Programme Operations (partnership management with INGOs/CSOs etc., financial and programme implementation management and monitoring) is considered as an asset. - Proven professional experience in large-scale quantitative research, statistical analysis, and the development of technical survey or assessment instruments in education settings is desirable. - Demonstrated experience in practical online and digital learning assessment, with the ability to integrate lessons learned and best practices from international contexts while strengthening existing local educational practices to ensure inclusive, equitable, and effective learning outcomes is considered as an asset. - Familiarities in digital learning platforms, contents, assessments as well as skills enhancement of young people through digital learning is considered as an asset. - Proven skills in communicating complex and/or technical findings from large-scale data analysis in a clear and approachable manner tailored to different audiences is desirable. - Experience and knowledge in developing and/or improving digital learning platforms, contents and assessments is an asset. - Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergencies is considered as an asset. - Experience working in a complex emergency with conflict context is considered as an asset. - Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset. - Experience working in a complex emergency with conflict context is considered as an asset. - Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts. UNICEF's Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values UNICEF competencies required for this post are... (1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels. UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status. UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF provides re