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The Resilience in Secondary Education (RISE) programme is a multi-sectoral initiative implementedby UNICEF Kenya in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, FAWE Kenya, Kenya Red CrossSociety (KRCS), Government of Kenya institutions, and other strategic partners. The programmeaims to expand access to inclusive, flexible, accredited, and technology-enabled secondaryeducation and skills pathways for out-of-school adolescents and youth (OOSAY), particularly youngwomen and mothers, refugees, adolescents and youth with disabilities, and learners frommarginalized and ASAL communities.
RISE seeks to strengthen Multiple Flexible Pathways (MFP) in secondary education through blendedlearning approaches, Alternative Learning Sites (ALS), youth facilitator models, digital learningsystems, wrap-around support services, and strengthened policy and systems integration alignedwith Kenya’s ongoing Competency-Based Education (CBE)reforms. The programme, implementedover a five-year period, integrates education, digital inclusion, safeguarding, disability inclusion,psychosocial support, youth engagement, and livelihoods-oriented approaches to improve learnerretention, completion, transition, and resilience
Purpose of the job
Under the guidance and general supervision of the Chief Education, with a dotted line to the Deputy Representative, Programme, the Programme Manager provides technical leadership, programme management and coordination support to advance RISE Kenya’s objective of establishing multiple, flexible and safe learning pathways to quality formal and non-formalsecondary education, skills development and transition opportunities for out-of-school adolescents and youth. The role will support system capacity building, technology-enabled learning, data and evidence generation, and youth engagement to drive scalable, inclusive and sustainable education.
The Programme Manager contributes to achievement of results according to plans, allocation,results based-management approaches and methodology (RBM), as well as UNICEF’s StrategicPlans, standards of performance, and accountability framework.
The position will serve as Programme Manager for the RISE program signed between UNICEF andMastercard Foundation. The position is the central coordination point across government, UNICEF,Mastercard Foundation, consortium partners, development partners, and private sectorstakeholders, and carries accountability for program results, risk management, and the reporting tothe Program Steering Committee.
Summary of key functions/accountabilities
2. Programme development and planning
3. Programme management, monitoring and quality control of results
4. Advisory services and technical support
5. Advocacy, networking and partnership building
6. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
Minimum requirements
Desirables
- Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
- Prior experience working with UNICEF UN, Mastercard Foundations Private Sector engagement, or comparable UN/foundation governance and reporting systems is strongly preferred.
- Experience working in a developing country is considered as an asset.
- Experience working with private sector and foundations as an advantage.
- Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.
For every Child, you demonstrate...
UNICEF competencies required for this post are…
(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
(3) Drive to achieve results for impact
(4) Innovates and embraces change
(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity
(6) Thinks and acts strategically
(7) Works collaboratively with others
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Remarks
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