OVERVIEW
Parent Sector : Education Sector (ED)
Duty Station: Bangkok
Job Family: Education
Type of contract : Non Staff
Duration of contract : From 7 to 11 months
Recruitment open to : External candidates
Application Deadline (Midnight Paris Time) : 5-MAY-2024
UNESCO Core Values: Commitment to the Organization, Integrity, Respect for Diversity, Professionalism
OVERVIEW OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE POST
BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE
Under the commitment to ensure โinclusive and equitable quality educationโ and promote โlifelong learning for allโ as part of the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4), the Asia-Pacific region has made a significant progress in terms of both access and quality of education. However, millions of children from disadvantaged groups are kept out or pushed out of education systems through education policies and practices that make learning irrelevant, stereotyping in textbooks, discrimination in resource allocation and assessments, tolerance of violence and neglect of needs. In addition, the prolonged school closure during the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the pre-existing inequalities and stalled global progress to meet the promise of โleave no one behindโ.
In order to address inclusion in education issues, the Equitable and Inclusive Learning Team at UNESCO Regional Office in Bangkok supports the promotion of inclusive, equitable and quality education for all levels of education in the region as a human right. UNESCO Bangkok, as the secretariat and a chair of Asia Pacific Multilingual Education Working Group (MLE WG) and the Disability-Inclusive Education in Asia-Pacific Working Group, has worked collaboratively with partners to raise awareness and remove persistent inequalities in the educational attainment of ethnolinguistic minorities and children with disabilities.
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
WORK ASSIGNMENT
Under the overall authority of the Director of UNESCO Regional Office in Bangkok, the direct supervision and overall guidance of the Chief of Section for Education, and daily guidance of the Programme Specialist, Equitable and inclusive Learning Team, the Individual Specialist will undertake the following tasks:
1. Support the coordination and implementation of activities under the Asia-Pacific Multilingual Education Working Group (MLE WG);
- Coordinate and assist in regional guidance on assessment of multilingual learners;
- Create communications for MLE WG website, social media and newsletter and for First Language based MLE page under UNESCO website;
- Coordinate and assist in the organization of MLE WG events such as MLE WG webinars, quarterly meetings, consultations, etc.;
- Produce post-conference advocacy materials of the 7th International Conference on Language and Learning (Bangkok, October 2023);
- Develop a regional roadmap on Bangkok Priorities for Action on First Language-based Multilingual Education
Long Description
2. Support the development of the equity and inclusion chapter of Asia Pacific Transforming Education planning guide and toolkit;
3. Assist in the resource mobilization for equity and inclusive learning, with a focus on multilingual education activities;
4. Carry out additional tasks as required and assigned by the Supervisor and Section Chief or Office Director
In line with UNESCOโs overall gender mainstreaming strategy, the incumbent is expected to integrate a gender perspective in all activities and apply gender analysis and mainstreaming concepts whenever feasible.
Expected Deliverables/Outputs:
EXPECTED DELIVERABLES/OUTPUTS:
Deliverables Deadline for Submission 1- Draft concept note for MLE WG webinar on assessment strategies
- Draft concept note for consultations of Regional Roadmap on L1 MLE
- Draft a revised TOR for the MLE WG 31 May 2024 2
- Draft minutes of the MLE WG meeting
- Revised post-conference advocacy materials
- Draft quarterly update for MLE WG newsletter
- Draft equity and inclusion chapter of the TES planning guide and toolkit 30 June 2024 3
- Draft concept note for MLE WG webinar on teaching and learning strategies