Consultant

The Individual Consultant 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. The role supports the in-country Project Officer in implementing the "Our Rights, Our Lives, Our Future" Programme and represents the project office in UN Joint programmes and technical working groups at country level.

Responsibilities

• 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 for learners with disabilities.
• Provide oversight to CSO Partners in the implementation of activities to engage parents, guardians, traditional and religious leaders to address Early and Unintended Pregnancy, Gender-based Violence, Child Marriage and other emerging issues around sexual reproductive health.
• Support the review of the Readmission Policy to support learner re-entry into school.
• Support the development and implementation of digital innovations for adolescents and young people on comprehensive sexuality education and adolescent sexual reproductive health.
• Implement, monitor and report on programs/projects/activities related to UNESCO’s expanded work on Education for Health and Wellbeing in Malawi.
• Represent the project office on UN Joint programmes and technical working groups at country level.

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 working with civil society organizations.
• 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 and sexuality education.
• High level of technical writing skills on issues related to sexuality education and HIV and AIDS.
• Excellent strategic and analytical skills.
• Good computer and other IT skills including excellent skills in MS office.
• Excellent knowledge of English (oral and written).
• Experience in training, coordination and/or institutional and human capacity building (desirable).
• Experience in monitoring and evaluation (desirable).
• A track record in resource mobilization, ability to manage budgets and report on implementation (desirable).

Skills

• Sexual Education
• HIV Programming
• Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health
• Education Programme Implementation
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Technical Writing
• Strategic Analysis
• Resource Mobilization
• Budget Management
• Training and Capacity Building
• Government Relations
• UN Agency Collaboration
• Civil Society Engagement
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Public Health Knowledge
• International Program Experience

Languages

English