Education Officer (Sports for Development), Pretoria, South Africa- job careers opportunity

• Organization: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
• Country: South Africa
• City: Pretoria
• Office: UNICEF Pretoria
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UNICEF | 6th Floor, Metro Park Building | 351 Schoeman Street | Pretoria

Closing date: Sunday, 23 October 2016

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Job no: 497885
Work type: Fixed Term Staff
Location: South Africa
Categories: Education
If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you.
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. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.
Purpose of the post
Under the guidance of the Youth & Adolescent Development Specialist, the Education (Sport for Development) Officer, will be responsible for the planning, implementation, strategizing, monitoring and evaluation of Sport for Development programme.
Key Expected Results

• Contribute to the preparation/update of situation analysis for the programme sector/s for development, design and management of education-related programmes/projects
• Contribute to the development/establishment of sectoral programme goals, objectives and strategies and results-based planning through research, collection, analysis and reporting of education and other related information for development planning and priority and goal setting
• Work closely and collaboratively with internal and external colleagues and partners to discuss operational and implementation issues, provide solutions, recommendations and/or alert appropriate officials and stakeholders for higher-level intervention and/ or decision
• Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises, programme reviews and annual reviews with Government and other counterparts to assess programmes/projects and to report on required action/interventions at the higher level of programme management
• Monitor and report on the use of sectoral programme resources (financial, administrative and other assets), verify compliance with approved allocation/goals, organisational rules, regulations/procedures and donor commitments, standards of accountability and integrity
• Draft regular/mandated sectoral programme/project reports for management, donors and partners to keep them informed of programme progress
• Conduct regular programme field visits and surveys and/or exchange information on sports for development with special focus on youth development, HIV and violence prevention, meaningful youth participation with partners/stakeholders to assess progress and provide technical support, take appropriate action to resolve issues and/or refer to relevant officials for resolution
• Build and sustain effective close working partnerships with Government counterparts and national stakeholders through active sharing of information and knowledge to facilitate programme implementation and build capacity of stakeholders to achieve and sustain results on education programmes
• Draft communication and information materials for CO programme advocacy to promote awareness for sports, for development programme, quality physical education for all boys and girls, establish partnership/alliances and support fundraising for education programmes
• Research information on potential donors and prepare resource mobilisation materials and briefs for fundraising and partnership development purposes
• Apply innovative approaches and promote good practice to support the implementation and delivery of concrete and sustainable programme results.

Qualifications of Successful Candidate

• University degree in one or more of the disciplines relevant to the following areas: Education; Sports Science; Primary Education; or a Social Sciences fields relevant to international development assistance or any related field
• At least two years of progressively professional work experience at national and international levels in field programmes relevant to Education programmes.
• Experience in national level development assistance is an advantage
• Experience working in the UN or other international development organization an asset
• Background/familiarity with Emergency.
• Fluency in English and local working language of the duty

Functional Competencies

• Formulating strategies and concepts
• Analyzing
• Applying technical expertise
• Learning and researching
• Planning and organizing

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all South Africa nationals, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organisation.
Only South Africa Nationals will be considered
CANDIDATES WHO INITIALLY APPLIED FOR THIS POST NEED NOT RE-APLLY
Advertised: Jul 31 2016 Syria Standard Time
Application close: Oct 23 2016 Syria Standard Time