International consultant on life skills, Education Section (home-based), Beijing, China

• Country: Beijing, China
• No of vacancies: N/A
  
• Salary: N/A 
• Organization: UNICEF
• Gender: Both 
• Deadline:  2024-01-10

How can you make a difference?

UNICEF China Education team is now seeking to engage an international consultant to provide technical input, expert review, international perspective and quality assurance to support

1. Development of China specific adolescent life skills framework, including assessment strategy
2. Development of a learning strategy to integrate life skills into school and TVET curriculum, building on best international practice and evidence.

The scope of work will mainly cover two major assignments:

Assignment one mainly involves providing technical input and expert reviews of the draft life skills framework, advise on the design and process of framework development based on strong international evidence and best practice, and comparative analysis to align the framework against internationally studied/evaluated standards;

Assignment two mainly involves providing technical input to development of learning strategy, including international mapping of good practice and evidence, advise on options of roadmaps to integrate life skills into school and TVET system, develop guidance on corresponding pedagogical approach and quality assurance mechanism.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Education, psychology, social research, social science and/or other relevant disciplines, specialized skills development will be a plus;
• Minimum ten years of experience in education related field, preferably in the TVET sector;
• Hands-on experience on developing competency frameworks, competency-based education assessment, life/transferable skills teaching or TVET curriculum development;
• Proven experience of international consultancy experience working with overseas countries and/or international organizations
• Excellent writing and speaking skills in English;
• A good team player, able to work with deadlines;
• Understanding of China education context, particularly the TVET sector;

The following are considered strong(admirable) assets:

• Previous technical roles with established national and international education framework and assessment projects (i.e. PISA etc.) is an asset;
• Previous international consultancy experiences with UN agencies and/or China related projects;
• Chinese language skills;

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