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Parent Sector : [[Education]]
Duty Station: [[Islamabad]]
Classification of duty station: [[filter12]]
Standard Duration of Assignement : [[1 Year]]
Job Family: Education
Type of contract : [[Service Contract]]
Level : [[SB-4]]
Duration of contract : [[12 months]]
Recruitment open to : [[External/Internal]]
Application Deadline (Midnight Paris Time) : [[13-MAY-2024]]
UNESCO Core Values: Commitment to the Organization, Integrity, Respect for Diversity, Professionalism
Based on its learning from the Radio Education programme implemented amidst the COVID-19, UNESCO in collaboration and support from Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs developed a project, “Radio Education: Promotion of learning through Radio in Marginalized Areas of Pakistan”. The project aims at enhancing access to schools, communities, and youth in isolated areas of Pakistan to improve learning opportunities through an Interactive Radio Instruction (IRI) Approach. The project is implemented in six target districts which include: districts Lower Kohistan, Mohmand, and Swat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, district Loralai in Balochistan, and districts Diamer and Ghizer (Gupis-Yasin) in Gilgit-Baltistan.
The project is a multi-sector intervention with a focus on practical knowledge pertaining to Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and Global Citizenship Education (GCED), while culture has been integrated as an integral part of the project to promote the tangible and intangible cultural heritage of Pakistan through broadcasting customized radio content and related information in the target areas. The notions of GCED, ESD, peace and social cohesion are carefully interwoven in the project framework to promote inclusion, tolerance, and harmony in society. Information sharing on emerging trends and issues of the science sector, such as climate change, environmental degradation, deforestation, loss of biodiversity, and global warming will be regularly taken up in the radio broadcasting.
Under the overall authority of the Director of UNESCO Islamabad Office and the direct supervision of Head of Education team, the National Project Officer (Education) is responsible for the overall management, implementation, monitoring, and reporting on the project, in addition to its Education component, and is expected to contribute to the implementation of, and reporting on timely implementation of the project activities. Specifically, the incumbent will be responsible for the following functions:
Oversee the overall management of the project, in close coordination between the Education and the Culture sectors. This includes consolidation of relevant project documents such as work plans, budgets, and periodic reports, showing that different sectors are delivering as one. Manage and provide technical and administrative support in the implementation of the Education component of the project and coordinate implementation in collaboration with relevant local implementing partners, governmental and non-governmental entities concerned.Education : Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in Education, international relations, development studies or any other related field of social sciences.