Under the overall authority of the Director of the UNESCO Regional Office in Bangkok and the direct supervision and overall guidance of the Chief of Education Section, and daily guidance of the Team Leader of Education Policy and Planning, and in close collaboration with the relevant education staff at UNESCO Kathmandu and Suva Offices, the individual specialist is expected to perform the following tasks:
Review existing teacher training programmes to identify how best to reinforce pre-service training on transversal competencies and alignment with the designed in-service or pre-service training modules.
Co-develop with the respective national technical teams the definitions and descriptions of a subset of selected transversal competencies with hypothesised learning indicators.
Co-develop with the respective national technical teams the nationally contextualized teacher training module for training teachers on the integration of selected soft skills in classroom teaching.
Co-organize with the respective national technical teams training workshops for master teacher trainers on tools and methods to integrate a subset of selected transversal competencies in teaching practices, using train-the-trainers models. (In the case of Nepal)
Co-organize with the respective national technical teams a technical consultation with relevant departments of the Ministry of Education and teacher training institutions to design roll-out plans for pre-service and in-service teachers’ continuous professional development in transversal competencies.
Provide technical guidance to the respective national technical teams for the design or strengthening of a national repository including the training module, tools, guidelines and examples for teachers on transversal competencies teaching and learning.
The assignments will require country visits to Nepal and the Solomon Islands.
Required Qualifications:
Education:
A doctorate degree in the field of social sciences, international studies, education, or a related field.
Work Experience:
At least 10 years of relevant work experience in the area of education policy and teacher education.
Skills/Competencies:
Proven conceptual and analytical skills especially in transversal competencies teaching and learning
Excellent research skills
Ability to work in a multicultural environment and maintain effective team cooperation
Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite and other software
Capacity to work independently and in a timely manner
Languages
Excellent knowledge of English (written and spoken)
