Education Officer

UNICEF works to promote and protect the rights of every Filipino child, with a particular focus on those who are most vulnerable and disadvantaged.

We work with the Philippine government to improve national policies, programmes and services for children and adolescents. Together with partners, we address common barriers to the realization of their rights.

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. Equity 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. (Visit: https://www.unicef.org/philippines/)

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of Education Specialist or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the UNV Education Officer will:

• Provide technical support as necessary in the process of developing action plans for priority Local Government Units, School Division Offices including priority schools and learning centers in furthering Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) services, expanding access to Alternative Learning System (ALS) and improving the capacity of education authorities including reporting on progress of the equity and gender marker as outlined in the Programme Policy and Procedures Guidance of UNICEF.
• Provide technical support as necessary in organising and managing consultation meetings, workshops, education summits and coordination meetings with partners and government counterparts.
• In collaboration with PME, prepare periodic progress reports of education interventions, regularly keep, and update progress markers and contribute to the preparation of overall progress of UNICEF key priorities on education.
• Build and sustain effective close working partnerships with government counterparts and other stakeholders through active sharing of information and knowledge to facilitate and build their capacity for program management and implementation strategy
• Provide technical support in the organization, administration and implementation of capacity-building initiatives, including partnerships with training and academic institutions, to enhance the competencies of education partners/stakeholders across programme sectors.
• Develop draft designs of training, consultations, workshops, community engagement and dialogue with government counterparts and education partners.
• Collaborate with other sections on cross-sectoral concerns, and provide technical support to other sections, as necessary.
• Participate in programmatic visits in the project areas, utilizing standards tools on data generation and preparing monitoring report.
• Provide support to sound analysis and data for reporting to UNICEF and donors including age and gender disaggregated data, drafting donor reports and proposals and programme documents as required.
• Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor.

Furthermore, UN Volunteers are encouraged to integrate the UN Volunteers programme mandate within their assignment and promote voluntary action through engagement with communities in the course of their work. As such, UN Volunteers should dedicate a part of their working time to some of the following suggested activities:

• Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day);
• Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country;
• Provide annual and end-of-assignment self-reports on UN Volunteer actions, results and opportunities.
• Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.;
• Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly-arrived UN Volunteers;
• Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.

Results/expected outputs:

As an active UNICEF team member, efficient, timely, responsive, client-friendly and high-quality support rendered to UNICEF and its beneficiaries in the accomplishment of her/his functions, including:

Results/Outputs can be modified as appropriate; should not entirely mirror the task description but serve as a basis for workplan and deliverables.

• To contribute to increasing efficiency in education planning and monitoring at the UNICEF Mindanao Field Office and in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) by providing professional and technical support in overall programme implementation.
• Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) perspective is systematically applied, integrated and documented in all activities throughout the assignment
• A final statement of achievements towards volunteerism for peace and development during the assignment, such as reporting on the number of volunteers mobilized, activities participated in and capacities developed.