National Technical Specialist, out of school children

About Ministry of Education (MoE)

Job Summary

The UNICEF assisted Country Program of Cooperation for 2015-2019 (CP) is being implemented in collaboration with the Government of Afghanistan and aims at addressing inequities to enable all children, adolescents and women to have access to quality basic services and fulfill their rights to survival, development, protection and participation.
The Education component of the CP builds upon the current status of basic education in the country and contributes to the national efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs 2 and 3) as well as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within a post-2015 framework.
The Education component is in line with the newly developed NESP III (2017-2021), contributing to the following priorities: a) Increased Gross Enrollment Rate to 131.6% in primary education, 95.4% in lower secondary, and 65.4% in upper secondary education; and b) Increased enrollment in General Education to 11.4 million children.
UNICEF Outcome statement: Girls and boys of school age, especially vulnerable children in deprived provinces and areas, access primary education that is progressively child friendly and demonstrates improved learning outcomes.

Duties & Responsibilities

Overall, the purpose of this Technical Specialist is to provide strategic support to the ministry on Out of School Children in Policy Development, Strategy Coordination, Knowledge Management, Capacity Building, Quality Assurance, Advocacy and Leveraging, Monitoring and Assessment, Communication, Networking and Partnership.Some of the specific Tasks includes but not limited to:

Coordination:
1.Support the functioning of the Steering Committee and Technical Working Group through participation, and provision of technical inputs
2. Liaison between the Ministry of Education and UNICEF on the various Out of School Study reports

Policy Dialogue, Strategies and Advocacy:

1.Support analysis of existing policies and interventions on their contribution to needs of OoSCin close collaboration with General Education Directorate General and partner organizations.

2. Lead dialogue on formulation of recommendations from the Out of School Study and subsequent EMIS pilot.

3. Lead discussions on policy development to address the complex needs of OoSC and provide technical inputs

Innovation:
1. Facilitate use of Edutrac to improve data collection
2. Maintain an updated database on Out of School Children’s profile by Province/District

Capacity Development:
1. Facilitate the development of a capacity building exercise for relevant Ministry of Education staff on Edutrac
2. Conduct workshops at provincial levels on Out of School Children

Quality Assurance and Monitoring:
1. Conduct joint monitoring visit on the roll out of the EMIS pilot

2. Lead the coordination of provincial/district plans on addressing the needs of Out of School Children and reintegration
3.Prepare the monthly progress reports to UNICEF and prepares and submits monthly, quarterly annual and other reports in timely manner
4. Undertakes any other task assigned by Ministry/Deputy Ministry for General Education

Job Requirements

Bachelor Degree in Education or other related field.

Minimum 7 years of work experiences in the education sector

Experience in monitoring and evaluation of data flow (processes and approaches) in a government system.

Experience in effectively maintaining of communication and coordination among MoE and its development partners

Strong team building skills, management, communication, research and development (R&D) and skill
development

Strong knowledge of communication, presentation and change management

Excellent English, Dari and Pashto written and oral communication skills
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Submission Guideline

Interested Afghan candidates should submit their letter of interest (cover letter) along with the updated resumes to:
HRMU, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
Deh Afghanan, Ministry of Education, 4th floor first Corridor first office, Kabul, Afghanistan
no later than 04th Jun 2017, candidates who have access to the Internet can send their applications to the below email.

You are requested to send your letter of interest along with the updated resume, and attested degree from Ministry of Higher Education in Word or PDF file. Please mention post title and vacancy number in the subject line of your email. However, do not email us heavy sized files such as your certificates, recommendation letters and etc. THOSE WHO DO NOT FULFILL THE APPLYING REQUIREMENTS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR SHORTLIST. Only short listed candidates will be contacted with, and called for the test and interview. The test & interview dates, time and place will be determined and communicated with the short listed candidates only sooner after the deadline of vacancy announcement.

Ministry of Education is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
MoE does not and will not discriminate in employment and personnel practices on the basis of race, sex, handicap, religion, ethnic origin or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

Candidates with disabilities and qualified female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.

According to NTA Policy this position will be place in B Grade

Functional Area

Education

Countries

Submission Email

Applications.moe@gmail.com

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