Individual Consultant - Course Development on ICT courses (English Language)

OVERVIEW

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Parent Sector : Field Office

Duty Station: Yangon

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) : 09-Dec-2024

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

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE

UNESCO is actively involved in the Global Partnership for Education- Education Sector Program Implementation Grant (GPE-ESPIG) program. The primary objective of the GPE-ESPIG program is to ensure that the most marginalized children, including those who are out-of-school or at risk of dropping out, gain access to quality learning opportunities. These opportunities are crucial for them to acquire relevant skills, build resilience, continue their education, and enhance their overall well-being. The GPE-ESPIG program consists of three key components: 
•    Access: The program focuses on facilitating safe and equitable access to learning for children and youth in Myanmar. 
•    Quality: The program aims to ensure quality teaching and learning experiences for children and youth in Myanmar. This involves strengthening the capacities of education personnel and fostering context-responsive, equity-focused learning resources and modalities that adapt to the evolving situation. 
•    System Strengthening: The program places emphasis on strengthening systems, management, coordination, and monitoring related to education in Myanmar. 

Through ESPIG programme, UNESCO commits to address the needs for both pre-and in-service teacher education under ESPIG Outcome Area 2: Ensuring quality teaching and learning for children and youths in Myanmar by strengthening the capacities of education staff and fostering context-responsive, equity-focused learning resources and modalities adapted to the evolving situation. As an effort to enhance the quality of education delivery, Myanmar Teacher Platform (MTP) has been launched and utilized by many teachers, and educators of different affiliations. MTP offers continuous learning for educators, learners and other interested parties to access quality learning materials, videos and other resources in a safe and secure environment and provides online courses by themes. 
Moreover, using this platform and taking a blended learning approach, UNESCO supports teacher training and professional development through online courses development for teachers and teacher trainers working in different types of schools within Myanmar, including not limited to ethnic, faith-based and community schools. As such, UNESCO is hiring an Individual Consultant who is responsible for developing ICT courses aiming at teachers in low resource setting. 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the overall authority of the Director of UNESCO Regional Office in Bangkok (hereinafter called UNESCO Bangkok), the direct supervision of UNESCO Antenna Office in Yangon and in close collaboration with Responsible Officer, the Individual Consultant will perform the following tasks:
a.    Discuss with UNESCO education team the context, objectives and target participants for the following courses:

2. PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT

b. Review existing courses on Myanmar Teacher Platform (MTP) to map out the course materials and ensure the development of well-aligned courses;
c. Conduct further research to ensure the proposed course titles, in terms of overarching, concepts, content, learning activities, teaching and learning strategies and assessment, approaches are contextualized and provide the relevant approaches on developing course contents;
d. Develop six courses (beginner & intermediate level) in Standard English language with B1 level. The course should include lectures, presentations, quizzes, and assessments;
e. Revise and finalize the courses in English incorporating comments provided by UNESCO;
f. Draft and finalize video scripts based on the summary of each course and each script should not be more than 5 minutes to create online course; 
g. Secure the intellectual property rights by using the “permission consent form” (provided by UNESCO) to obtain a written authorization from the original source of work when include the third-party materials (see item e) and inform them regarding UNESCO Open Access Policy; 
h. Ensure that no plagiarized or self-plagiarized material is published without appropriate acknowledgement of the source;
i. Provide a proper credit or citation to the original work of the third-party materials. For any materials (see item e) created by author, the “Source: author” should be placed underneath aforementioned materials;
j. In line with UNESCO’s overall gender mainstreaming strategy, ensure the Guidelines on Gender-Neutral Language is applied throughout the work (https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000377299); and
k. Communicate with UNESCO on a regular basis to update on the progress of the assignment.

TIMETABLE AND DELIVERABLES  

All deliverables are submitted in English with original, editable files to UNESCO (such as MS-Word, etc.) and the assigned tasks must be submitted by the following deadlines:

a.    The work plan with course outlines in Standard English.
b.    The final version of the work plan with course outlines in Standard English.
c.    The draft course contents (narrative session) of at least three courses of both levels (#first batch).
d.    Final draft course contents (narrative session) all three courses of both levels (#first batch).
e.    The draft course contents (narrative session) another three courses of both levels (#second batch).
f.    Final version of course contents (narrative session) for three courses of both levels (#second batch).
g.    Draft video scripts of all six courses of both levels.
h.    Final version of video scripts of all six courses of both levels.

The Individual Consultant is required to complete the assignment with quality that meets the satisfaction of UNESCO. The deliverables will be reviewed by UNESCO. The Individual Consultant may be requested to re-submit the documents if they are not of satisfactory quality within an agreed timeframe upon receipt of the requests. 

COMPETENCIES (Core / Managerial)

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LOCATION AND TRAVEL
The work of Individual Consultant will be home-based and no travel is anticipated.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

•    A degree in the field of education, development, or related field;
•    Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience in the field of education and/or teacher training;
•    Experience in course design, content development and training manuals;
•    Ability to produce high quality content on tight deadlines;
•    Ability to work with flexibility and collaboration is essential; and
•    Excellent planning and organizational skills.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS

•    Master’s degree in education, social sciences, development, educational sciences, or other related discipline;
•    Good knowledge on Myanmar context, particularly teacher education; and
•    Previous experience working with UN organizations.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Interested candidates should click on “Apply Now” and upload the following documents as a single PDF document in place of the Employment History Form.  

a)    An updated Curriculum Vitae (CV) and a cover letter indicating how your qualifications and experience make you suitable for the assignment. 
b)    Written technical and financial proposals (in English);
c)    Approach and methodology for carrying out the assignment (maximum 2, A4 pages) with a workplan and comments on the Terms of Reference, in brief, if any, and;
d)    The proposed daily or monthly rates of the amount of budget to be charged for the assignment, which should be quoted in USD. 

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 terms of the criteria in the Terms of Reference, UNESCO shall select the proposal that offers the Organisation the best value for money.

Assessment 

• Only applications providing the information requested in the application procedure will be considered. 
• Evaluation of qualified applicants may include an assessment exercise and a competency-based interview. 

Note:   

• Due to the large number of applications we receive, we are able to inform only the successful candidate(s) about the outcome or status of the selection process. 
• Please submit your application through SuccessFactors. Only if you are unable to attach requirements in the system, please inform us at yangon@unesco.org 

SELECTION AND RECRUITMENT PROCESS

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