Consultant – Integrating Climate and Environment into Teacher Training

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🇲🇻 Maldives – Remote

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🟡 Mid-level

💼 Consultant

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UNESCO

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1945

📚 Education

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

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

• Review existing pre-service and in-service teacher training resources from primary to secondary levels for climate, environment, and DRR content • Identify priority climate and environmental topics and learning outcomes aligned with national frameworks and UNESCO guidance • Assess teachers’ and school leaders’ readiness to teach climate, environment, and DRR through an online survey • Map existing content and pedagogical approaches and identify gaps, opportunities, and capacity needs • Update teacher training materials and programmes and develop supplementary teaching aids, including lesson exemplars, facilitation notes, and formative assessment tools • Integrate transformative, action-oriented, learner-centred, inclusive, and gender-responsive pedagogies, including place-based learning, inquiry-based projects, and scenario planning • Work closely with the Ministry of Education, National Institute of Education, teacher training institutions, TRCs, UNESCO, and CSESI partners • Support consultation and validation workshops with relevant stakeholders • Incorporate feedback and finalize deliverables, including recommendations for institutionalization through NIE and national teacher education systems • Produce an assessment and mapping report, teacher readiness assessment report, updated training materials and supplementary teaching aids, and consultation and validation workshop report • Attend regular meetings with UNESCO and incorporate feedback and revisions into deliverables • Integrate gender analysis and mainstreaming throughout activities

🎯 Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master's or equivalent) in education, curriculum development, teacher education, pedagogy, Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), environmental education, or a related field; alternatively, Bachelor's degree with three years of relevant experience • Minimum of two years of progressive professional experience in the education sector • Expertise in curriculum development, teacher training, teaching and learning materials (TLMs), pedagogy, and institutional capacity development • Strong knowledge of global standards and best practices in curriculum design, teacher education, and development of TLMs, including integration of climate change, environmental sustainability and/or Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) • Experience designing, reviewing, and revising curricula and teacher training resources, ideally in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) or similar contexts • Experience in climate change education, Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), and/or DRR integration in education systems • Experience working in South Asia, preferably the Maldives, including familiarity with the Ministry of Education (MoE), National Institute of Education (NIE), and teacher training systems • Experience conducting capacity assessments, including survey design, data collection and analysis, and development of actionable recommendations • Experience facilitating stakeholder consultations and collaborating with government counterparts, teacher training institutions, and development partners • Experience integrating learner-centred, inclusive, gender-responsive, and action-oriented pedagogies into curriculum and teacher training resources • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English • Ability to deliver high-quality outputs within agreed timelines • Dhivehi desired for the assignment, with local support • Ability to arrange own logistics, including office space, administrative and secretarial support, team members, telecommunications, travel, and printing • Ability to use Harvard referencing style and comply with international academic and copyright standards

🏖️ Benefits

• 6-month consultant contract • Remote work location • UNESCO feedback and regular progress meetings • Opportunity to contribute to UNESCO-owned technical assets and global education initiatives • Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups, and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply