OVERVIEW OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE POST

The UNESCO Office in Mexico, at the request of the Secretariat of Education of Guanajuato (SEG), will provide technical assistance to this agency to design and support the implementation of the “Educational Innovation Laboratory for the Development of Public Policies.” Through this mechanism, it seeks to strengthen the actions established by the Social Pact for Education of Guanajuato that was signed in June 2022 and seek connections between the educational policies of the state Ministry of Education with the 2030 Agenda, as well as support the construction of new alliances between the public, public-private and civil society spheres.

Through the development of educational innovation projects, research and strategic studies, the Laboratory will serve to generate and disseminate relevant knowledge that supports attention to the five priorities of the Social Pact for Education: recovery of learning, stopping school dropouts, teacher training , family participation in school work, and building peaceful, inclusive and safe environments for learning.
These priorities seek to provide continuity to the schooling and recovery of learning for the entity’s students in a post-pandemic context, taking into account the “paths of action” proposed by the World Summit on the Transformation of Education, in particular the youth participation, the “guiding principles of dialogue and action” to renew education and the construction of a new social pact for education outlined by the UNESCO initiative on the Futures of Education, as well as all the goals of the Sustainable Development Goal 4.

The Innovation Laboratory project seeks to address the most pressing educational needs identified by the SEG in the post-pandemic period, coordinating actions around the priorities of the Social Pact for Education, taking advantage of the innovation capabilities that exist in the institutions of the entity and documenting the findings generated in the projects, in order to disseminate good practices that promote the right to education in a context of local and global transformations, and allow policy decision makers to respond with relevance and relevance. educational.

The laboratory will have an internet microsite where specialized information about projects, research products and innovation will be shared. This microsite will host, among other resources, the map of problems and innovations, the work reports of the commissions, the resources and research products of the Laboratory. Likewise, it will disseminate, in various formats (text, audio, image and video), the productions and progress of the projects that are implemented within the framework of the collaboration between UNESCO and the SEG.

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General objective of the consultancy
• The consultant must support the UNESCO Office in Mexico in the tasks of developing, editing, reviewing and publishing digital educational content related to the operation of the Educational Innovation Laboratory in the microsite defined by the of UNESCO and SEG.

Consulting activities
1. Support the UNESCO Office in Mexico in the development, design and editing of digital educational content that is disseminated on the microsite of the Educational Innovation Laboratory for the Development of Public Policies.
2. Support the publication and dissemination of the products of the Educational Innovation Laboratory on digital platforms and in-person events that are carried out to publicize and promote the initiatives that are generated.

Obligations of the consultant: 
a. Maintain fluid and constant communication with the UNESCO Office in Mexico and the Secretariat of Education of Guanajuato, in particular, with the coordination of the Educational Innovation Laboratory, for the definition of digital educational content and the dates of preparation, editing and publication corresponding.
b. Carry out support actions, technical advice, accompaniment and monitoring, in person and online, for the development of the activities of the Educational Innovation Laboratory.
c. Make clarifications and/or extensions or provide additional information that the coordination deems necessary to comply with the agreed products and activities;
d. Grant UNESCO copyright, patents and any other intellectual property rights, in cases where these rights apply to the works and documents produced by the consultants within the financed contracts.
and. Comply with the established delivery time of products and reports.

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Deliverable products
1. Documents in Word file with the planning of activities to support the preparation, editing and publication of digital content related to the Educational Innovation Laboratory for the Development of Public Policies.
2. Monthly report of the actions carried out in support of the UNESCO Office in Mexico and the Secretariat of Education of Guanajuato regarding the production, editing and publication of digital educational content.
3. Documents, resources and materials published on the Innovation Laboratory microsite that UNESCO and the SEG determine as part of the collaboration products.

COMPETENCIES (Core / Managerial)

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Consultant profile:

Education: Specialists with a university degree in Pedagogy, Educational Sciences, Teaching, Psychology, Social Sciences and/or Anthropology, Social Communication, and/or Design and graphic communication.

Experience: 5 years of verifiable experience in the educational sector; preferably in activities related to the design, development and editing of digital educational content in different formats, communication and the design of digital platforms.

Capabilities:
• Skills for the production of digital educational content.
• Skills for managing and designing digital platforms.
• Teamwork skills.
• Knowledge of the perspective on education promoted by UNESCO and Sustainable Development Goal 4 of the United Nations 2030 Agenda