National Consultant – Integrating Climate and Environment into Teacher Training

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🇲🇻 Maldives – Remote

⏳ Contract/Temporary

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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 and map existing pre-service and in-service teacher training curricula, modules, and materials from primary to secondary levels • Identify gaps, opportunities, capacity needs, priority climate/environment/DRR topics, and learning outcomes aligned with national frameworks and UNESCO guidance • Assess teachers’ and school leaders’ readiness to teach climate, environmental, and DRR topics through an online survey • Analyse knowledge, attitudes, confidence, and practices, including climate science, pedagogical content knowledge, and learner-centred/action-based pedagogies • Update pre-service and in-service teacher training materials and programmes in collaboration with NIE • Develop supplementary teaching aids such as lesson exemplars, facilitation notes, and formative assessment tools • Integrate transformative, action-oriented, learner-centred, inclusive, gender-responsive, place-based, inquiry-based, and scenario-planning pedagogies • Support UNESCO, the Ministry of Education, and NIE in consultation and validation workshops • Incorporate stakeholder feedback and finalize deliverables and institutionalization recommendations • Produce assessment and mapping, teacher readiness assessment, updated training materials and teaching aids, and consultation/validation reports • Hold regular meetings with UNESCO to discuss progress and next steps • Integrate a gender perspective and gender analysis into 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 • Experience in climate change education, ESD, and/or DRR integration in education systems • Experience working in South Asia, preferably the Maldives, with familiarity with the MoE, NIE, and teacher training systems • Experience conducting capacity assessments, including survey design, data collection, analysis, and 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 • 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 support, telecommunications, travel, and printing • Ability to use Harvard referencing style and comply with international academic standards and copyright requirements

🏖️ Benefits

• 6-month consultancy contract • Remote work location • UNESCO feedback and regular progress meetings • Opportunity to contribute to climate and environmental education in the Maldives • Technical assets produced will be the property of UNESCO • Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply