Senior Regional Advisor (Statistics)

Established in 1999, the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) is the statistical office of UNESCO and serves as the United Nations depository for cross-nationally comparable statistics in the fields of education, science, technology, culture, and communication and information for its 193 Member States and 12 Associate Members. The UIS agenda is focused on the delivery of cross-national comparable data for global, regional and development agendas, structured around three pillars: standards and methodologies; data production; and brokering and outreach. As articulated in its 2022–2029 Medium-Term Strategy, the UIS aims to ensure that countries’ policies and decision-making are informed by sound statistical information, that they can benchmark progress towards national and international goals, and that they can learn from the experience of others. The UIS provides the data and technical inputs that underpin global, regional and funding mechanisms for education, including the UN Transforming Education Summit, the Global Education Cooperation Mechanism (GCM), the G7, the G20, and the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) results framework. The UIS also responds to emerging data needs, for example through its joint work with UNICEF, the World Bank, the OECD and the Global Education Monitoring Report (GEMR) on national education responses to COVID-19. Together with the GEMR, the UIS achieved consensus on the adoption of the SDG 4 benchmarking process and co-leads the data and monitoring function of the GCM, supporting countries in setting and monitoring targets for 2025 and 2030. This position sits within the Regional Field Network Unit of the UIS and leads the UIS team in Africa. The incumbent is a member of the UIS senior management team, works under the direct supervision of the Director of the Institute, and collaborates closely with the different Sections of the Institute.