Goal and objective:

Under the supervision of the Regional Technology for Development Business Analyst, the consultant will –

• Coordinate and provide technical support to ESAR countries to advance the Digital Education agenda in the region, including strengthening programme design, mentoring, and monitoring of the programme implementation.
• Ensure that the offices in the region maintain their momentum for implementing the digital learning priorities in the remaining time period of the partnership with Airtel Africa
• Support and expand the implementation of systems-oriented investments in digital education throughout the region, together with partners such as GIGA and Edtech Hub;
• Create documentation of best practices, develop knowledge products on digital learning, organize workshops, webinars, learning sessions and disseminate within UNICEF across stakeholders.
• Participate in regular meetings and contribute to providing updates and share insights and reflections from country coordination and implementations.

Activities and Tasks:

The following activities are expected to be undertaken under this assignment -

• Analyze and provide written suggestions to CO workplans to identify opportunities for integration of UNICEF's Edtech priorities based on new global digital education strategy, including connectivity lessons-learned from Airtel and GIGA and the use of the SuperStar Teacher Toolbox and Pathways Framework for increasing the digital capacity of teachers
• Guide the design of the final Pathways Framework package for dissemination and support launch
• Provide quarterly analysis of implementation of the Airtel partnership activities in 7 countries, including the use of zero-rated platforms, utilization of in-kind data donation, and technical assistance provided
• Review End-of-Year reporting from 21 country offices and consistently update a comprehensive Powerpoint deck of the status of digital learning in the region
• Provide technical support to the development of additional topics for the Superstar Teacher Toolbox - such as the pedagogical approaches on the use of shared devices in a classroom and inclusive education – including support to adaptation of contents into online courses to be uploaded on the global Learning Passport library and other national platforms
• Provide organizing support to the Year 5 Airtel Convention partnership meeting
• Provide technical support to 3-4 countries in the region to utilize the Pathways Framework and Superstar Teacher Toolbox for teacher digital capacity development plans
• Provide support to the creation of a regional Long-Term Agreement for digital education content development and support the analysis of LTA proposals
• Document feedback and key M&E learnings from the first set of 3-4 countries using the Pathways Framework to be integrated into the next version
• Travel to provide on-site technical assistance to ESAR countries as needed during the contract period
• Provide support to the finalization process for the UNICEF ESARO – Airtel Africa 5-year partnership report

Desired competencies, technical background and experience

• Education: Advanced university degree or equivalent experience in Education, Education Technology, ICT or related field of study. *A first University Degree in a relevant field, combined with 7 additional years of professional experience, may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree.
• At least 8 years of proven experience in the implementation of technology programmes;
• Solid experience in the design and implementation of education programming at scale;
• Excellent writing skills, planning and coordination skills, with proven ability to work independently;
• Previous work with UNICEF (HQ or RO) is an added advantage;
• Previous work experience in advising or implementing digital education initiatives in developing contexts, especially Africa, is an added advantage
• Indicate the length of relevant work experience that is required in the tec
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