Education Specialist - Teacher Development and Workforce, P-4, Temporary Position, Global Programme Division, 364 days, COE, Amman - Jordan, #00137289 (Remote)
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For every child, the right to a Future
How can you make a difference?
The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy emphasizes the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families and ensures that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential.
UNICEF’s Education Programme supports countries to deliver equitable, inclusive, and high‑quality learning for all children and adolescents, in line with Every Child Learns Education Strategy 2019–2030 and the UNICEF Strategic Plan 2026–2029. Central to this agenda is the transformation of teacher and workforce systems as a core driver of education quality, resilience, and equity.
Education Centers of Excellence (CoEs) provide predictive, integrated, and trackable technical assistance to countries. The Education Global Practice supports education system reform across the learning lifecycle, from school readiness to skills for life and work, with teacher and workforce development recognized as one of the most critical leverage points for improving learning outcomes and strengthening system resilience, particularly in fragile and crisis settings.
Under the overall guidance and direction of the Senior Advisor Education, the Education Specialist (Teacher Development and Workforce) supports the Advisor in managing the Teacher Development and Workforce portfolio in the UNICEF Education Center of Excellence.
The Education Specialist plays a key role in bringing a high level of technical expertise, innovation and overall support to the development, preparation and implementation of the Teacher Development and Workforce plans and programs.
The Education Specialist will provide technical guidance and operational support throughout all stages of programming to facilitate the management and delivery of results focused on teacher development and workforce, thus contributing to strengthening national education systems to improve both teaching and learning outcomes.
Key accountabilities include:
- Management and advisory support to the Senior Education Advisor
- Technical, Analytical, and Country Support
- Policy, Guidance, and Knowledge Products
- Evidence, Learning, Coordination, and Reporting
If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: Education Specialist P4 .pdf
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Minimum requirements
- Education: Master or equivalent (Advanced University Degree) in Education, International Development, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Teacher Development and any other related fields.
- Work Experience: A minimum of 8 years of professional experience in teacher development, education systems strengthening, and/or teacher workforce policy and programming, teacher competency and certification systems, programme planning, management, and/or research in education (teacher development and workforce) is required.
- Skills: Teacher development, workforce programming, Education policy, Technical advisory, programme coordination, Knowledge management and coordination, Partnership engagement, Data analysis and evidence use.
- Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required.
Desirables
- Language: Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language
- An advanced degree (and practical experience) in the area of teacher development and workforce would be an asset.
- Familiarity with global education agendas, including SDG 4 and teacher professionalization reforms.
- Demonstrated experience supporting policy analysis, program design, technical assistance and advocacy in teacher development and workforce.
- Experience and familiarity with using EdTech and AI for teachers
- Experience working in low‑ and middle‑income countries; experience in fragile, crisis, or humanitarian contexts is an asset.
- Experience as a classroom teacher is an asset.
- Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset.
For every Child, you demonstrate...
UNICEF's Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
UNICEF competencies required for this post are…
(1) Builds and maintains partnerships
(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
(3) Drive to achieve results for impact
(4) Innovates and embraces change
(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity
(6) Thinks and acts strategically
(7) Works collaboratively with others
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