International Digital Education Consultancy

The consultancy provides specialized technical expertise to support UNICEF Mongolia in advancing education-sector digital transformation priorities. It focuses on strategic planning, implementation, monitoring of digital education initiatives, and generating evidence to inform programme planning and decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialized technical expertise to support UNICEF Mongolia in advancing education-sector digital transformation priorities.
• Strengthen strategic planning, implementation and monitoring of digital education initiatives.
• Provide technical inputs for the development and application of innovative and inclusive digital learning approaches and solutions.
• Generate evidence and knowledge to inform programme planning and decision-making.
• Produce technical analyses, programme and policy inputs, implementation and monitoring products, knowledge products, and partnership and resource-mobilization materials.
• Strengthen equitable access to digital learning and support effective and responsible integration of digital technologies and emerging innovations in education.
• Ensure digital education interventions respond to the needs of children in remote, rural, disadvantaged and underserved communities.
• Contribute to strengthening strategic partnerships for digital education, including engagement with Korean development cooperation partners and other international stakeholders.
• Prepare technical and programme inputs to support technical cooperation, resource mobilization, sustainability and potential scale-up of UNICEF-supported initiatives.
• Deliver clearly defined and measurable deliverables within the consultancy period to consolidate ongoing digital education initiatives and inform their further development, sustainability and scale-up.

Requirements

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in Education, Education Management, Education Policy, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience in international development, including substantial experience in the education sector.
• Fluency in English and Korean is required.
• Demonstrated knowledge and technical expertise in digital education, digital learning and education-sector digital transformation, including relevant policy, programme and implementation considerations.
• Strong understanding of education programme design, implementation, monitoring and evidence generation, with the ability to translate analysis and evidence into practical technical recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct research, policy analysis, technical assessments, and synthesis of quantitative and qualitative information, and to produce high-quality technical briefs, reports, programme documents and knowledge products.
• Demonstrated strong knowledge of partnership development and resource mobilization, including the preparation of concept notes, technical proposals, partnership briefs, presentations and related programme materials for development, public-sector, private-sector and philanthropic partners.
• Ability to work effectively with government institutions, international organizations, development partners and multidisciplinary teams in a multicultural environment.
• Previous professional experience with UNICEF, another United Nations agency, or an international development organization in education, digital transformation or a closely related area (desirable).
• Experience supporting government-led education-sector digital transformation strategies, policies, implementation frameworks or roadmaps (desirable).
• Experience in the design, implementation, monitoring or evaluation of digital education initiatives in developing-country, remote, rural or underserved contexts (desirable).
• Familiarity with UNICEF global or regional approaches, frameworks and tools related to digital education, education technology, connectivity, innovation or responsible use of emerging technologies (desirable).
• Experience working with or supporting engagement with Korean development cooperation institutions and partners, including KOICA, the Korean Committee for UNICEF (KCU), Korean public institutions, private-sector partners or philanthropic organizations (desirable).
• Experience developing donor proposals, concept notes and resource-mobilization materials for education or digital transformation programmes (desirable).
• Knowledge or professional experience relevant to the Mongolian education sector and its institutional, geographic and digital-access context would be an asset (desirable).

Skills

• Digital Education
• Education Policy Evaluation
• Education Programme Design
• Education Programme Implementation
• Educational Monitoring and Evaluation
• Evidence Generation
• Research and Policy Analysis
• Technical Report Preparation
• Digital Learning
• Education-sector Digital Transformation
• Partnership Development
• Resource Mobilization
• Concept note drafting
• Technical Proposal Development
• Programme Documentation
• Stakeholder Coordination
• Government Relations
• International Development
• Donor Proposals
• Education Technology

Languages

English, Korean