Educational Policy Specialist-Gender at the Centre Initiative

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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 0-5 years
  • Organisation type: Inter-governmental
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 22/01/2026
  • Location: France
Education

Organisational Context
 
With more than 60 years of experience developing the capacity of member states, IIEP-UNESCO is the only specialized organization with the mandate to support education policy, planning and management in the UN system. 

Over the past decade, IIEP-UNESCO has strengthened its commitment to reducing gender inequalities by integrating this issue in its activities. Since 2014, it has also been one of the Institute’s strategic priorities in line with UNESCO Strategy for gender equality in and through education (2019-2025) which focuses on a system-wide transformation to benefit all learners equally.

At the backbone of its strategy and commitment to reducing inequalities in education, IIEP UNESCO co-leads the Gender at the Centre Initiative – GCI, together with UNGEI. Launched in 2019 at the G7 Summit, the GCI aims to strengthen the gender mainstreaming capacities of education system stakeholders and support the development of resources to achieve gender equality in and through education. 
 
1.    Contribute to technical support in selected countries:
a.    Assist UNESCO Member States, as per their requests, in the development, implementation and monitoring of educational policies with a gender perspective: development of educational policy and national strategy documents (sector analyses, institutional analysis, education policy orientation document, simulation models, education sector plan, budgeted action plan, etc.), support the development of management and monitoring and evaluation tools, and the preparation of Joint Sector Reviews.
b.    Assist with developing and sustaining political and education policy management and planning dialogue with the highest authorities of target countries.

2.    Contribute to strengthening capacities of ministries of education:
a.     Through the implementation of multi-country training initiatives developed in the framework of GCI, in collaboration with its partners (courses on gender responsive planning, community of practice in gender and education, South-South collaboration, knowledge exchange and peer learning).
b.    Through the professional development of officials in charge of management of education planning, management and training in selected countries (through short-term and contextualized trainings in the countries).
3.    Contribute to the production and dissemination of knowledge on gender equality in and through education:
4.    Support to projects management in collaboration with the GCI team:
5.    Perform any other duties as assigned by the Senior Education Specialist/Head of GCI

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
  • Advanced university degree (Master's or equivalent) in gender, education, economics, social sciences or related fields
  • Minimum two (2) years of relevant working experience in the fields of analysis, planning and management of education systems
  • Demonstrated professional experience in gender analysis and/or policies in education, preferably in low and/or middle-income countries
  • Demonstrated professional experience in the design and/or implementation and/or monitoring and evaluation of education policies or education sector development plans, preferably in low and/or middle-income countries
  • Gender mainstreaming expertise in education planning and ability to integrate gender perspectives into policies, programs, and projects.
  • Excellent command (written and oral) of English or French and written and oral proficiency in the other language.

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