Eduction officer

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For every child, the right to Education

How can you make a difference?

In this context, UNICEF Senegal is supporting interventions aimed at improving girls’ education, vocational training, inclusive education and empowerment, while promoting gender-transformative and disability-inclusive approaches enabling children and adolescents to develop their full potential. UNICEF Senegal is also engaged in initiatives related to inclusive education, assistive technology and disability inclusion in partnership with government counterparts, WHO, ATscale and other stakeholders, as well as regional and global initiatives related to girls’ education and gender equality in education, including the Gender at the Centre Initiative (GCI) and collaboration with the United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI). UNICEF Senegal is therefore recruiting an Education Officer to support the interventions of the Education Section related to girls’ education, inclusive education, assistive technology and empowerment of vulnerable children and adolescents.

Major responsibilities

• Support to programme development and planning
• Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results
• Technical and operational support to programme implementation
• Networking and partnership building
• Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: Download File JD TA P2 Education.docx

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Minimum requirements

• Education: University degree in one of the following fields is required: education, psychology, sociology or another relevant technical field.
• Work Experience: Minimum of two years of professional experience in programme planning, management, and/or research in education is required.
• Skills: gender equality, adolescent empowerment,
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