Education Administrative Assistant

Social inclusion of all children is at the core of UNICEF’s mandate in Romania. To accomplish this, we, along with our partners, central and local authorities and NGOs, developed two models: The Minimum Package of Services for vulnerable children and their families; and the Quality Inclusive Education Package. These models focus on preventing unnecessary separation of children from their families, poverty, early pregnancies, illness, discrimination, absenteeism and school dropouts. They are now ready to be scaled-up nationwide, with national or European funding.

Through Communication for Social Change campaigns we are also working on preventing discrimination and violence against children and empowering parents, caregivers and legal guardians, to provide a protective, stimulating environment for every child.

UNICEF is also mobilizing resources from private individuals, private sector companies and foundations to support children in Romania and beyond.

Education is one of the key programmatic work areas of UNICEF Romania, with the goal to strengthen education systems and create more equitable access and participation in quality pre-university education for all children, particularly Roma children and those living with disabilities. This work will include providing technical assistance for (i) strengthening systems to provide access to and participation in quality and inclusive education for all children in pre-university education; (ii) developing instruments and methodologies to reduce and prevent segregation in the education system; (iii) developing policies and services for early childhood education and care; (iv) reviewing and developing the curriculum to strengthen competence in twenty-first century skills; (v) developing policies and services for parenting education and counselling to support positive parenting and gender socialization; (vi) strengthening equitable, adequate and efficient financing of pre-university education; and (vii) ensuring gender equality in transition from lower secondary to higher levels of education.

The selected UNV will have the role of providing day-to-day support to the education team activities, including, but not limited to, technical, research and/or reporting support for the projects implemented by UNICEF under the sectoral focus of education and ECEC.

Under the direct supervision of the Education Specialist, the Education Administrative Assistant will:
- Data Collection and Analysis: Help UNICEF education team with gathering and analysing data at national and European levels in education, gathering data to assess the impact of educational projects and identify areas for improvement.
- Training and Capacity Building: Support the education team in preparing & conducting training sessions for a broad array of education stakeholders.
- Advocacy and Awareness: Help the education team with the organization and implementation of different advocacy and awareness raising campaigns.
- Resource Development: Assist the education team in creating and distributing educational materials and resources to support the implementation of the educational projects.
- Reporting and Documentation: Preparing reports and documentation to track project progress and outcomes.
- Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor.

Results/Expected Outputs:
- As an active UNICEF team member, efficient, timely, responsive, beneficiary-friendly, and high-quality support provided to our interventions in the accomplishment of her/his function.
- Regular updates on the progress of project activities, highlighting milestones achieved and any challenges encountered.
- In-depth reports analyzing the collected data, identifying trends, and providing actionable insights.
- Education events and activities are supported, ensuring the full implementation of UNICEF Child Safeguarding rules and principles.
- Timely documents are being drafted and leveraged to influence policy and decision-making.