Position type: Fixed Term Appointment

Location: Nepal

Division/Equivalent: Kathmandu(ROSA)

School/Unit: Regional Services Div (SAR), Kathmandu

Department/Office: Reg Serv – Prog Section, Kathmandu

Categories: Education

Education: An advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in Education, Economics, Social Sciences or another field relevant to international development.

Work Experience:

• A minimum of eight years of progressively relevant professional work experience in programme planning, management, and/or research in education at the international level, some of which is preferably in a developing country, is required.
• Demonstrated experience with fundraising and resource mobilization. Knowledge and experience working with the Global Partnership for Education is an asset.
• Demonstrated experience in staff supervision and management.
• Knowledge of learning assessment and education quality indicators is desirable.
• Knowledge of digital learning solutions (including for teacher capacity development) is desirable
• Knowledge of Excel, Visual Basic for Applications and statistical package software, e.g. Stata, SPSS and specialized assessment / Rasch analysis software such as ConQuest is an asset.
• Experience working in the UN, other international development organization or a Ministry of Education is an asset.

Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of a South Asian language or of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.

Desirables:

• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency.

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