Chief Education - New Delhi, India - cinfo

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For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development.

The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS.

More than 13,000 staff work with UNICEF, with approximately 85 per located in the field in 190 countries.

Seven regional offices and over 124 country offices worldwide, 34 national committees, a research centre in Florence, a supply division in Copenhagen, a shared services centre in Budapest and offices in Berlin, Brussels, Seoul and Tokyo, and UNICEF headquarters in New York and Geneva work on helping children survive and thrive, from early childhood through adolescence.

• We employ committed professional to work in our five focus areas: Child Survival and Development, Basic Education and Gender Equality, HIV/AIDS, Child Protection and Policy Advocacy and Partnerships. We also employ staff with expertise in administration and finance, human resources, information technology, supply and logistics as well as external relations and communication. UNICEF's presence in humanitarian crises means that we also seek experts in emergency preparedness and response.
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And we never give up.


For every child, AN ADVOCATE

UNICEF India Country Office (ICO) works in close collaboration with government and other partners to achieve results for children including adolescents and continue to address bottlenecks compounding the inequities in educational access and learning with a continuous influence on shaping policy and practice.

The key interventions and change strategies across the education programmatic areas will be enhanced data analysis to inform system strengthening and improve education service delivery, mainstreaming gender transformation, children with disabilities and climate change environmental sustainability across the education system, digital transformation in teaching and learning and leveraging partnerships and convergence, on both demand and supply side of the education ecosystem.

How can you make a difference?

• Under the overall guidance of the Deputy Representative, the Chief, Education is accountable for the development, design, planning, implementation, and management of the Education programme within the country programme. As Head of Section, s/he leads a group of professional and support staff to develop and manage the education programme in collaboration with other programme sectors, and with government and key development partners. S/he is accountable for the overall quality of the programme design and for ensuring that it is effectively and efficiently managed and monitored.
• The Chief is responsible for managing and leading all stages of education programmes/projects from strategic planning and formulation to delivery of results on strengthening national education systems to improve learning outcomes, universal access to equitable and inclusive primary/early childhood education, and renewing involvement in secondary education, especially for children who are marginalized, disadvantaged and excluded in society.
• The Chief is responsible for leading, managing and establishing the plans of action to ensure the achievement of concrete and sustainable programme/project results, according to plans, allocation, results basedmanagement approaches and methodology (RBM) and UNICEF's Strategic Plans, standards of performance and accountability framework.

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

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Managerial leadership:

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Programme development and planning:

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  Programme management, monitoring and quality control of results:

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Advisory services and technical support:

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  Advocacy, networking and partnership building:

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Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

1. Managerial leadership

• Establish the section's annual work plan with the education team and set priorities and targets. Monitor work progress and ensure results are achieved according to schedule and performance standards.
• Establish clear individual performance objectives, goals and timelines; and provide timely guidance to enable the team to perform their duties responsibly and efficiently. Plan and ensure timely performance management and assessment of the team.
• Supervise team members by providing them with clear objectives, goals, direction, and guidance to enable them to perfo