The assignment falls in the framework of the project “Yemen Education Management Information System (YEMIS) – Phase 2” (hereinafter referred to as “the Project”).
The Project aims to consolidate Yemen’s capacities to collect and analyze education data, with a whole-of-Yemen approach, with the aim of having a national education census for the Whole of Yemen for the school year 2024-2025. The Project will also contribute to building an evidence-based decision-making process for education planning and governance by 2030, which will be grounded in the Yemen Education Sector Plan 2024-2030 under development with the support of UNESCO.
The UNESCO regional Bureau for Education in the Arab States (UNESCO-Beirut) is hiring a consultant based in Sana'a, to provide the Ministry of Education (MOE) personnel with technical support and training in the field of EMIS, as well as education data management, collection, analysis, cleaning, and verification more broadly.
Tasks And Expected Output: The consultant is expected to perform the following specific tasks, in close coordination with UNESCO Office in Beirut:
Assist the MoE in finalizing the EMIS roadmap/strategy;
Under the guidance of UNESCO-Beirut, support MoE in finalizing the EMIS protocols, questionnaire, and user manual, and in providing feedback and technical inputs to the MoE for their finalization;
Provide technical support and input to the MoE in finalizing the EMIS Software and Hardware needs assessment, including the Bill of Quantities, training and capacity development needs, maintenance requirements, etc.
Support the MoE in developing a data exchange protocol for nationwide data integration to facilitate country-wide reporting;
Support the MOE EMIS in rolling out the EMIS process by providing technical advice, notably on how to pilot locally;
Provide support in analyzing the feedback from the pilot sample on the questionnaire testing and suggest modifications to align with the questionnaire end-users' needs;
Effectively prepare the necessary documents, strategies, policies, TOR, BOQ, etc., as part of the project, and timely share them with UNESCO and integrate UNESCO's feedback;
Assist in developing a capacity reinforcement plan for the MoE staff to raise their level of capacities in all aspects of EMIS;
Attend UNESCO's EMIS workshops and training outside Yemen and provide local training sessions to staff based in Yemen according to the plan above;
Provide daily technical advice and support to the MOE in the field of EMIS and data management in Yemen as required;
Support in the technical liaison between UNESCO and MOE EMIS technical teams throughout the assignment's duration;
Regularly coordinate with UNESCO staff and consultants and MoE to implement the activities;
Regularly attend meetings, as required;
Contractual Period:
The total duration of the assignment is tentatively from May 2023 to March 2024.
The consultancy will be full time, based in Yemen, with missions inside Yemen and abroad as needed.
Deliverables:
Monthly progress reports with supporting documents showing evidence of tasks performed.
Capacity reinforcement plan for MoE staff.
Final detailed report of the capacity reinforcement activities.
Required Qualifications:
Advanced university degree, master’s in statistics, education, or similar field;
Minimum 5 years of experience in education data management
Experience in developing and delivering trainings on data management or similar field;
Experience in education data;
Experience in organization of data collection exercise at large scale;
Fluency in oral, reading, and written Arabic and English;
Strong communication skills;
Intercultural competence;
Flexibility and adaptability skills to respond to project changes and complexities;
