UNESCO
Education • Non-profit • Social Impact
UNESCO is a specialized agency of the United Nations aimed at promoting international collaboration in the fields of education, culture, natural sciences, and social sciences. It works to foster peace, development, and sustainable practices through educational programs and cultural initiatives. UNESCO advocates for equal access to education and cultural preservation around the world, leveraging its partnerships with various entities, including governments and institutions, to achieve its goals.
Consultant - Gender Equality and Education
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July 10
🗣️🇫🇷 French Required
🗣️🇪🇸 Spanish Required
🗣️🇧🇷🇵🇹 Portuguese Required
UNESCO
Education • Non-profit • Social Impact
UNESCO is a specialized agency of the United Nations aimed at promoting international collaboration in the fields of education, culture, natural sciences, and social sciences. It works to foster peace, development, and sustainable practices through educational programs and cultural initiatives. UNESCO advocates for equal access to education and cultural preservation around the world, leveraging its partnerships with various entities, including governments and institutions, to achieve its goals.
📋 Description
• Build Partnerships and Mobilize Resources: Forge strong alliances with key stakeholders, including donors, governments, civil society organizations, and development partners. • Mobilize financial resources to support the implementation of the roadmap and ensure the successful advancement of gender equality in education across Africa • Facilitate collaborative efforts to promote gender equality in education across the continent • Facilitate the relationships between GCI/IIEP, the African Union, and AU Member States • Build Capacity of AU Member States in gender transformative policies: Provide technical assistance and training to national and regional education authorities on gender mainstreaming in education policies and programs. • Enhance the capabilities of AU Member States to design and implement gender-responsive education initiatives. • Provide Awareness and Advocacy efforts on gender and girls’ education: Promote awareness campaigns and advocacy efforts to highlight the importance of girls' education and gender equality in Africa, and in particular the Africaeducatesher Campaign • Strengthen continental monitoring mechanisms for girls' education and gender equality: Strengthen continental accountability mechanisms for girls' education and gender equality. • Develop and implement robust monitoring and evaluation frameworks to assess the effectiveness of gender-responsive education policies, initiatives, and programs. • Ensure continuous improvement based on data-driven insights and feedback. • Document best practices on gender-responsive education policies: Document best practices, initiatives, and interventions on gender-responsive policies • Follow up on the implementation of key recommendations related to policy planning and reforms. • Support the development of a comprehensive mapping of existing gender-responsive education policies across AU Member States. • Support the development of situation analyses to understand the current landscape and identify gaps and opportunities. • Promote evidence-based insights to inform policy development and advocacy efforts • Foster a Community of Practice on gender transformative education: Support the establishment of a Community of Practice in collaboration with IIEP and AU CIEFFA focal points from Ministries of Education and Ministries on Gender capitalizing on IIEP existing community of practice • Facilitate knowledge sharing and peer-learning on gender-responsive education policies in Africa
🎯 Requirements
• Advanced university degree (Master's or equivalent) in political science, development studies, public policy, social sciences, gender studies or other related disciplines. • Minimum of 6 years’ experience on girls’ education and gender equality • Demonstrated experience in implementing/supporting education related policies and frameworks in Africa • Demonstrated experience in developing and implementing monitoring and evaluation frameworks for education policies and programs • Demonstrated experience in engaging with ministries of education/ministries of gender, NGOS, development partners, donors and other relevant stakeholders in Africa • Experience in managing and overseeing projects with a focus on gender-responsive policies. • Excellent command (written and oral) of English or French and written and oral proficiency in the other language. • Experience in research and analysis • Good understanding of education sector planning • Proficiency in Spanish or Portuguese
🏖️ Benefits
• Travel expenses will be covered by IIEP according to UN travel rules (airplane tickets + Daily Substance Allowance) • All travel will have to be organised by the consultant him/herself, including the visa required. Secondary cost associate (visa processing, etc.) must be included in the monthly fee proposed as a separate item.
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