Job Description
OVERVIEW OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE POST
Under the overall authority and direct supervision of the Director, IIEP, a member of IIEP’s Senior Management Team, and within the framework of IIEP’s Medium-Term Strategy (2022-2024), the Global Practice Lead in Training will lead and coordinate the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of IIEP’s global training programmes, based on the strategy responding to the Member States’ capacity needs. The incumbent will manage, advise, and report on the global training funding, design, guidelines, and delivery against the Institute’s strategy and goal expectations. The incumbent will provide leadership and guidance to staff of the Training and Education Programme (TEP) unit, and more widely, to IIEP staff involved in delivering training programmes. In particular, the incumbent will:
Manage the work of the Training and Education Programme Unit and supervise a team of Professional and General Service Staff as well as those on temporary assignments.
Design and implement a new training and professional development strategy for UNESCO-IIEP as well as priorities for the continued development and delivery of IIEP’s global training, based on consultation with IIEP partners (Member States, Donors, external institutes, etc.).
Manage key strategic investments designed to strengthen and refine IIEP’s existing training and professional development programmes through identifying sources of donor funding, exploring and pursuing alternative funding opportunities and mechanisms.
Promote a coherent approach for IIEP’s global core training offer across Offices and coordinate a global practice comprised of training experts across the three Offices, ensuring the right balance of core and specialized courses and programmes and global and regional programmes, including needs assessment, monitoring of results and overall training quality.
Strengthen Institute-wide instructional design and pedagogical standards and techniques and provide advice and assistance to programme specialists undertaking delivery of training or educational programmes. These include e-learning systems and tools and distance education programmes and techniques
Ensure a strengthened and sustainable business model for IIEP’s training offer and participate in resource mobilization for the Institute’s training programmes.
Manage and strengthen IIEP’s global virtual campus – comprised of online learning specialists and an online platform.
Ensure engagement of participants and development of alumni communities of practice.
Work with the Director and the Senior Management Team to ensure alignment of IIEP’s research, training, and capacity development activities, and a strong corporate focus on programme effectiveness, resource mobilization and strategic impact.
Offer advice on IIEP’s work to support training institutions in educational planning and participate in selected institutional support programmes.
Develop partnerships with (i) academic and training institutions that can contribute to the implementation of the strategic vision; (ii) member state beneficiaries and; (iii) donors and bodies relevant for the recognition and quality assurance of training programmes.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Education
Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or higher) in education policy and administration or another related social science discipline.
Work Experience
A minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience in the field education policy and planning, of which preferably at least 5 years acquired at the international level.
A minimum of 5 years of experience in conducting training, capacity development projects in the fields of educational development, educational policy analysis, planning, and management
Experience in the design and administration of training and capacity development programs.
Demonstrated management experience of a team and a portfolio of projects and programs.
Skills and Competencies
Demonstrated leadership, management and organizational skills;
Demonstrated ability to work with international trainees and professionals from Ministries of Education;
Advanced knowledge of the theory and practical application of the techniques used in education planning and social sciences;
Excellent capacity to design and conduct training needs assessments and evaluation of training programmes;
Excellent knowledge of adult learning principles and their application to learning and development in organisational contexts;
Demonstrated knowledge of the new and emerging learning technology, tools and platforms and their use and application in different organisational contexts;
Demonstrated fundraising and resource mobilization skills;
Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain partnerships and to ensure a high-level coordination and cooperation with internal and external stakeholders;
Proven ability to lead, manage and motivate staff and teams and to maintain effective working relationships in a multicultural environment;
Excellent interpersonal and communication (written and oral) skills; Ability to communicate effectively, persuasively and to provide intellectual leadership to guide team and staff;
Demonstrated ability to analyse complex and ambiguous situations, evaluate options, make decisions and recommendations that support organisational goals and objectives;
Demonstrated ability to interact with a wide range of high-level partners, conduct and participate effectively in high-level negotiations.
Languages
Excellent knowledge (written and spoken) of English or French and good working knowledge of the other.
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