L’UNESCO recrute 01 analyste et planificateur de politiques éducatives sensibles au genre

Overview

UNESCO Core Values: Commitment to the Organization, Integrity, Respect for Diversity, Professionalism

Duration of contract: 1 year with possibility of extension subject to availability of funds and performance.

Organisational context

IIEP-UNESCO Dakar is the International Institute for Educational Planning’s (IIEP) Africa-based office located in Dakar, Senegal. IIEP is a UNESCO specialized institute with a mandate to strengthen Member States’ capacity to plan and manage their education systems. The IIEP-UNESCO Dakar, is renowned for its cutting edge educational sector analyses and supports African countries in developing realistic and credible education system development plans in support of the Education 2030 agenda, an essential part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Through a well-crafted and targeted capacity development approach, IIEP-UNESCO Dakar contributes to the creation of diagnostic analyses, sector plans and pedagogical tools. In concert, these contribute to more relevant and sustainable educational policies across Africa. IIEP-UNESCO Dakar is also actively involved in knowledge creation for the education sector in Africa.

Overview of the functions of the post

Under the overall authority of the Director of IIEP and of IIEP-Dakar Head of Office and the direct supervision of IIEP-Dakar Head of the Gender at the Center Initiative (GCI), the incumbent will contribute to activities related to the analysis, planning, implementation, management, and monitoring of education and training policies in Africa. More specifically, the selected candidate will be assigned the following tasks:

Assist GCI African countries, as per their requests, in the development, implementation and monitoring of educational policies with a gender perspective:

• Support the development of education and training sector, sub-sector, and thematic diagnosis.
• Support discussions and definitions of educational policy trade-offs and the development of national strategy documents (education policy orientation document, simulation models, education sector plan, expenditure medium term financial framework, budgeted action plan, etc.).
• Support the development of management and Monitoring and Evaluation tools, and the preparation of Joint Sector Reviews.