Associate Education Specialist

UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. It seeks to build peace through international cooperation in education, sciences, and culture. UNESCO’s programmes contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals defined in the 2030 Agenda, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2015. The Regional Office in Bangkok has a regional mandate for Asia and the Pacific related to UN coordination and in leading the Sustainable Development Goal 4 on ensuring quality and inclusive education for all and lifelong learning. It implements the six areas of UNESCO programmes—education, natural sciences, ocean sciences, social and human sciences, culture, and communication and information—in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam. National activities are implemented by National Offices in Phnom Penh, Ha Noi, Kabul and an Antenna Office in Yangon.

Under the Inclusive and Equitable Learning Team in the Education Section, the work comprises of equitable education for all with focus on out of school children and youth, and adults with low educational opportunities. UNESCO Bangkok support the promotion of learning cities and learning communities to ensure the right to education as a human right

The UN Volunteer (UNV) will join the Inclusive and Equitable Learning Team within the Education Section, supporting the equity and inclusion in education programme.

The UNV will contribute to the coordination of the Equitable Education Alliance, with focus on out of school children and youth and other marginalized and vulnerable groups. The UNV will be responsible for assisting in the implementation, coordination, and monitoring of related programmatic activities under the team’s portfolio, including activities implemented under the Equitable Education Alliance, which UNESCO Bangkok is coordinating the work to raise awareness on ‘all for education’ and to promote innovative solutions to remove persistent inequalities in the education. The team initiatives focus on facilitating access to flexible learning and lifelong learning programmes, towards a more inclusive and equitable educational landscape. They cater to a diverse range of beneficiaries, encompassing out-of-school children and youth, including migrants and displaced persons in emergency situations, as well as marginalized adults. Innovative approaches are employed to drive policy and capacity development for Member States.

The UNV will enhance their understanding of equitable education and lifelong learning development in Southeast Asian countries and strengthen knowledge and skills in the UN system’s programmatic work, including planning, implementation, coordination, and monitoring within the overall framework of equity and inclusion in education. This will contribute to the UNV’s career path in international and regional development work, especially in education development whether in the UN or other international organizations.

Skills and experience:

• Proven coordination, planning and organization skills with ability to establish and follow plans and priorities.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English, including the ability to draft and produce writing in a clear and concise manner
• Demonstrated ability to communicate and work independently and effectively in a multicultural environment, to foster and contribute to team work, and to establish good working relationships with internal and external partners.
• Strong computer and IT skills, with proficiency in MS office software packages and for webpage management and news circulation.
• Willingness to take initiative and to independently problem solve, creativity and innovation.

Relevant experience:

• 3 years

Languages:

• English, Level: Fluent, Required
• Thai, Level: Working knowledge, Desirable

Source: https://app.unv.org/opportunities/1778152612004096