Associate Project Officer (Education for Health and Wellbeing) Job at UNESCO (Lilongwe)

Job Description

UNESCO’s new strategy, Education for Health and Well-being, provides the overarching framework for concerted action by UNESCO and its partners at global, regional and country levels during 2016-2021. While the strategy reflects UNESCO’s continued commitment to HIV, it also reflects the shift towards situating HIV within the framework of comprehensive sexuality education. Furthermore, UNESCO recognizes that the education sector cannot achieve better health and well-being alone and thus will also support education sector collaboration with other sectors and with the health sector in particular. UNESCO will engage political leaders and the Regional Economic Communities, especially Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) to sustain the response and provide a platform for collaboration and accountability. The Associate Project Officer will be responsible for implementation, monitoring and reporting of programs/projects/activities related to UNESCO’s expanded work on Education for Health and Wellbeing in Malawi.

Job Responsibility

Support the Government of Malawi in developing, reviewing and/or implementing policies and guidelines on the provision of CSE and ASRH services to young people
Support UNESCO’s efforts to facilitate delivery of high-quality comprehensive sexuality education that is gender transformative, evidence–based, culturally and age appropriate including teacher education and curriculum support
Support the scale-up of efforts to address Early and Unintended Pregnancy, Gender-based Violence, Child Marriage and other emerging issues around sexual reproductive health
Build capacity of Teacher Educators, Primary Education Advisors and CSO Partners responsible for teacher training in the College-Hub Model towards the delivery of high quality CSE in classroom settings
Support the government of Malawi in the development and implementation of programs and policies that prevent and respond to violence in and through education
Support development of activities to improve community and youth engagement in young people's access to comprehensive sexuality education & services
Support the development of research, monitoring & evaluation around CSE/SRH for young people aged 10 – 24
Support the monitoring, evaluation and reporting on UNESCO’s work on Education for Health and Wellbeing

Requirements

Advanced university degree (Master's or equivalent) in education, social sciences, public health, or related field
Minimum 2 years of relevant professional experience in the field of education, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, including CSE, HIV and AIDS programming of which preferably one year should have been acquired at the international level
Experience in working with Government, international/national Non-Governmental Organizations and UN Agencies
Experience in training, coordination and/or institutional and human capacity building
Experience in monitoring and evaluation
Strong knowledge of the country context, with a particular focus on education and public health landscape
Extensive professional knowledge and experience on HIV and AIDS
High level of technical writing skills on issues related to education and HIV and AIDS
A track record in resource mobilization, ability to manage budgets and report on implementation
Excellent strategic and analytical skills
Good computer and other IT skills including excellent skills in MS office
Excellent knowledge of English (oral and written)

What we offer

30 days annual leave
family allowance
medical insurance
pension plan

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