Individual Consultant, Needs Assessment, Coordination and Implementation Support System Transformation Grant (STG) at UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization – Yangon, Myanmar

Under the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) System Transformation Grant (STG), UNESCO Project Antenna Office in Yangon is implementing activities aimed at ensuring that children across Myanmar, including those facing barriers to learning, have access to quality, inclusive education in safe and protective learning spaces, supported by strong community and partner engagement, as well as targeted evidence generation and dissemination.

The programme aligns closely with the current Joint Response Framework for Education in Myanmar II (JRF II), ensuring a coordinated and strategic approach to addressing the educational needs of children aged 3-18 years across basic and secondary education. STG is organized around three key drivers of learning: Access, Quality, and System Strengthening.

The purpose of the assignment is to provide technical and analytical support for engagement and coordination with current and future implementation partners, ensuring efficient, optimal, and timely delivery of activities on the ground. This involves needs assessments, close programme coordination and monitoring, and technical and institutional support to smoothen programme implementation. The consultant will also contribute to UNESCO’s resource mobilization and proposal development efforts based on information and knowledge collected from the ground.

Duties and responsibilities include planning and integrating UNESCO frameworks, ensuring that implementing partners understand and apply UNESCO frameworks, standards, and tools in the most impactful and sustainable ways in their implementation of STG activities.

- Demonstrated experience in education programme coordination, partnership engagement and dialogues, and education systems strengthening.
- Level 2 - Middle experience is required for this consultant role.