PROGRAMME SPECIALIST
(Secondary, Technical and Vocational Education)

The Director-General would welcome applications from qualified candidates for the following vacancy. Applications from qualified women candidates are encouraged, as are applications from under- or non-represented Member States. Each candidate should provide a full curriculum vitae on the official UNESCO form (No. 250), accompanied by a recent identity photograph and photocopies of diplomas. The forms may be obtained at UNESCO Headquarters, from Internet at the following web site: http://www.unesco.org/per, or from:

• the National Commission for UNESCO in the candidate's home country;
• any office of a UNESCO Representative or one of UNESCO's established offices
• away from Headquarters;
• any office of a United Nations Resident Representative.

Title: Programme Specialist (Secondary, Technical and Vocational Education)
Post No.: AF/RP/SEN/ED/0030
Category and level: Professional category (P-4)
Organizational location: UNESCO Dakar Office Dakar, Senegal

Duties and responsibilities:
Under the supervision of the Director, UNESCO Dakar, the incumbent will implement programme activities related to Secondary, Technical and Vocational Education, in addition to acting as programme coordinator for the ED Sector within the cluster countries of UNESCO Dakar:

1. Programme Implementation (Secondary, Technical and Vocational Education):

• Undertake activities with a view to improving secondary, technical and vocational education, viz. teacher training, adaptation of curriculum and delivery methods, and production of appropriate teaching materials.

• Promote the creation and/or reinforcement of secondary, technical and vocational teaching centres and research groups in order to encourage pedagogical innovation in this field.

• Contribute to reinforcing the network of secondary, technical and vocational institutions through the creation of a data base so as to facilitate the exchange of technical information.

• Undertake consultative missions with members States to evaluate, at their request, the secondary, technical and vocational systems.

• If requested, assist Member States in developing and implementing national programmes that are consistent with their policies and needs, and in implementing projects in the field of secondary, technical and vocational education.

• Maintain close contact and cooperation with the full range of development partners and
  stakeholders, including UNESCO Institutes, INGOs, NGOs, development banks, and bilateral donor organizations, in the field of secondary, technical and vocational education.

2. Programme Coordination - Provide strategic planning advice for strengthening the programming and implementation capacity of the Office and its personnel when performing their roles and functions in a reformed and decentralized UNESCO organizational structure:

• Assist in building capacity for the Education Sector while maintaining close cooperation with Headquarters, specialist Institutes and Centres, other decentralized units, and relevant external agencies, promoting complementarities for achieving programme priorities.

• Encourage appropriate consultation externally and internally when implementing the programme, providing technical assistance and substantive backstopping as requested, assisting in the upstream identification and preparation of extra-budgetary projects.

• Monitor the implementation of the Office's programme and budget against the backdrop of the overall goals of the Organization as articulated in the C4 and C5, General Conference resolutions and Executive Board decisions.

Qualifications and experience required:

• University degree in the field of Secondary, Technical and Vocational Education.
• Extensive relevant professional experience in the field of Secondary, Technical and Vocational Education, preferably in UNESCO or in an Organization of the United Nations system and/or in senior positions at the national level .
• Good knowledge of recent information technologies and their application

Languages required
Excellent knowledge of French and good knowledge of English.

Salary and allowances
Initial appointment will be at P-4 grade with a net salary equivalent to US$61,548 per annum ($57,316 if without dependants), plus the prescribed annual allowances: post adjustment, at present US$7,078 dollars for staff members with dependants (US$6,591 for staff members without dependants, family allowance of $1,936 for each dependent child (if there is no dependent spouse, this allowance is not payable in respect of the first dependent child). These emoluments are normally exempt from all direct taxation. Income tax on such remuneration, if levied, is reimbursed in accordance with the Staff Regulations and Staff Rules. Participation in the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund and the UNESCO Medical Benefits Fund is compulsory, and contributions to these Funds will be deducted monthly from the salary.

Travel is provided for the staff member and his family (spouse and recognized dependants). In addition, UNESCO contributes towards the cost of installation at the duty station and to the education of dependent children. On separation from UNESCO, a repatriation grant is paid.

Closing date
Staff Members of UNESCO wishing to apply for this post should use the application RECRUTWEB (please select "to apply for" on the Intranet page displaying post vacancies).

All other candidates should send their applications in English or French, mentioning nationality, date of birth, and gender should be addressed to the Chief, Recruitment and Staffing Section, Bureau of Human Resources Management, UNESCO, 7 place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SP, France, no later than 5 November 2002. Please note that the upper age limit for initial appointments to regular programme posts is 56 years.

Please quote: AF/RP/SEN/ED/0030