Junior research consultants for the Global Education Monitoring Report (multiple positions)

OVERVIEW

Parent Sector : Education Sector (ED)

Duty Station: Multiple

 

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Standard Duration of Assignement : [[filter13]]

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) : 15/04/2024

 

UNESCO Core Values: Commitment to the Organization, Integrity, Respect for Diversity, Professionalism

 

OVERVIEW OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE POST

IMPORTANT: APPLICATION PROCEDURES

In place of the Employment History Form, please upload required documents. The whole package needs to be uploaded as a single PDF document (CV, Technical and financial proposal):
•    an updated curriculum vitae
•    a cover letter explaining how your profile and experience meet our mandatory requirements.
•    a technical proposal including an approach and methodology for the assignment (1-2 pages)
•    a financial proposal: The amount to be charged for the assignment, which should be quoted in US dollars, GBP or Euros as a monthly fee.
 

The position will be carried out remotely.
 

Please submit your supporting documents in English.
 

UNESCO places great emphasis on ensuring that the objectives of the work assignment, as described in the Terms of Reference, are met. Accordingly, in evaluating the proposals for the assignment, attention will focus first and foremost on the technical elements. From those proposals deemed suitable in relation to the criteria set forth in the Terms of Reference, UNESCO shall select the proposal that offers the Organization best value for money.
 

Only complete applications will be considered.
 

By submitting your application for this vacancy, you consent to the inclusion of your profile in our consultant roster, and you may be contacted in the future for similar types of tasks or opportunities. If you prefer not to be included in the roster, please indicate in your application.
 

UNESCO is inviting written proposals from Individuals for the work assignment described in Annex A.
 

ANNEX A
 

1. BACKGROUND
 

The Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report is an editorially independent, evidence-based annual report hosted and published by UNESCO. Established in 2002, its current mandate derives from the 2015 World Education Forum and focuses on monitoring education in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the implementation of the strategies outlined in the Education 2030 Framework for Action. Accordingly, each report has two parts: 
 

•    a monitoring part reviews the SDG 4 targets, education in the other SDGs and education finance.
•    a thematic/policy research part focuses on a relevant theme in the international education agenda, which is selected by the GEM Report’s Advisory Board; the last six themes in the GEM Report series have been: education and the other SDGs (2016), accountability (2017/8), migration and displacement (2019), inclusion (2020), non-state actors (2021/2), technology (2023) and leadership (2024/5).
 

Alongside the annual report, the GEM Report team publishes summary, youth, gender and regional editions, policy papers, background papers, a scorecard on benchmarks, and four online resources on inequality in education (WIDE), monitoring of SDG 4 progress (SCOPE), descriptions of national education systems (PEER) and completion and out-of-school rates (VIEW).
 

The GEM Report has a recurring need for consultants to ensure research for the themes analysed in its global, regional and gender reports and for the PEER country profiles maintain a consistent high quality in terms of accuracy, relevance, timeliness, and novelty. 
 

Long Description

2. OBJECTIVES
 

Under the supervision and guidance of the Senior Policy Analyst (Thematic Lead), the consultant contributes to the preparation of the global, regional and thematic Reports, and the PEER profiles providing research inputs, contributing to fact-checking and referencing process, and drafting country profiles as needed.
 

The work will involve also close collaboration with the Coordinator of the PEER profile, the Coordinator of the Regional Reports and with the thematic research team and the communication team as needed. 
 

3. TASKS
 

The Consultant’s tasks consist of contributions to the different research outputs of the GEM Report:
 

Global report 
•    Provide research inputs to the global report drafting literature review, case studies, sections or carrying out quantitative and qualitative analysis as needed
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