Job Detail
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Experience 7 Years
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Gender Both
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Vacancy Number N/A
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Education Level Bachelors Degree
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No of Vacancies N/A
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Grade Level/Post Level N/A
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Contract Duration From 7 to 11 months
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Required Language English
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Hiring For UNESCO
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Age Requirement 18+
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Recruitment Type N/A
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Required Field of Study anthropologist, sociologist, professional
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Post Number N/A
Job Description
OVERVIEW
Parent Sector : Field Office
Duty Station: Lima
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) : 17 DIC 2025
UNESCO Core Values: Commitment to the Organization, Integrity, Respect for Diversity, Professionalism
BACKGROUND
Education is a fundamental human right and a global public good with the potential to transform the lives of individuals, communities, and the planet. UNESCO’s Education Sector provides global and regional leadership to ensure that everyone has access to quality education throughout life.
Within the framework of the Education Program in Peru, the UNESCO Office and the Anglo American Quellaveco Association signed an agreement in 2024 to implement the UNESCO-Quellaveco-Reimagina 2024-2027 Project. This project, being carried out in the Moquegua region, aims to improve the learning outcomes of 12,000 students, consolidating the region’s position among the best in the country. It promotes innovative active learning methodologies that enrich students’ academic experience, life plans, and socio-emotional and digital skills, contributing to the development of their communities.
In this context, the UNESCO Office in Peru requires the services of a Pedagogical Specialist for the UNESCO-Quellaveco-REIMAGINA Project, hereinafter “the Project”.
GOALS
To provide technical assistance and support to the educational community for the transformation of the UNESCO-Quellaveco-REIMAGINA Project schools in Moquegua, as well as the improvement of student learning, for schools integrated in rural areas with multi-grade primary education.
MAIN FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Within the framework of the implementation of the 2026 activities and projects of the Education Sector of the UNESCO Office in Peru, as well as the Project, and under the authority of the Head of the Office and the direct supervision of the Education Coordinator, as well as the Project Coordinator, the individual consultant, in their capacity as advisor for change, shall perform the following functions:
3.1. Programmatic planning and coordination
- Conduct a diagnostic visit to the assigned educational institutions (IIEE), considering the components of the Project, learning levels, student well-being, technological appropriation, and partnership management.
- Develop a technical assistance plan for each assigned educational institution, taking into account the diagnostic assessment, the school’s transformation plan, and the project’s programmatic plan. The change advisor will conduct weekly visits to each assigned school.
- Prepare a presentation (aimed at the educational community) detailing the intervention to be carried out in the assigned educational institutions. The presentation should include the timeline and the tools for monitoring the intervention.
- To support management teams in strengthening leadership and the articulation of the driving groups and teaching teams of the educational institution based on the implementation of the challenges identified by the institution.
- To support the management and teaching teams of the educational institutions under their charge in establishing alliances with other organizations or institutions to enrich and expand the scope/impact of the educational projects developed within the framework of the Project.
- Ensure that the learning projects of the educational institutions under your responsibility contribute to solving a real problem in the community where your students live and are linked to the identified territorial challenges. This process will be carried out progressively and must be promoted by the advisor.
- To encourage teachers and school administrators to present their transformation experiences and/or projects in spaces of visibility and influence at the local, regional and national innovation competitions.
- Ensure that the teaching and management teams of the IIEE develop and promote the incorporation of the components of the Project within the management instruments and in the institutional organization of the IIEE.
3.2. Pedagogical advice
- To support management and teaching teams in the transformation of the school within the framework of the implementation of the Project, which promotes the development of learning under a competency-based approach, and the implementation of active methodologies based on the PBL (Project-Based Learning) methodology, integrating information technologies and the systematization of the process.
- Facilitating pedagogical routes and strategies, based on the identification of needs, promoting innovative ideas for change in educational institutions, providing recommendations for improvement and generating commitments.
- Develop and evaluate face-to-face and/or virtual collective training actions to strengthen the professional skills of socio-educational actors on the components of the Project, making use of the means available in each context.
- To guide and assist school principals, teaching staff and socio-educational personnel on the development of educational projects using PBL methodology or active learning methodologies.
- Ensure that teaching and management teams develop student projects within the framework of the PBL methodology, aligned with territorial challenges, becoming innovation hubs in their territorial spaces.
- Facilitating communication, the exchange of good practices within the educational institution and knowledge management (systematization) and the exchange of good practices between participating educational institutions in order to constitute and support the activities of a teacher learning community.
- To support management teams in developing strategies and implementing activities for the creation and monitoring of students’ educational and personal trajectories, incorporating individualized monitoring tools in order to take actions to improve their school trajectory.
3.3. Report Preparation
- Consolidate and organize the information gathered on the Project’s progress as input for monthly and quarterly reports. Analyze progress, within the framework of an action-research methodology, towards achieving the objectives and results set forth in the educational projects and in the educational institutions.
- Prepare monthly reports on the progress of the Project’s implementation. Submit reports and supporting documentation for visits and activities related to support and technical assistance provided at educational institutions. Complete the visit log form each time you visit an educational institution.
- Maintain systematic control of school visits and summary reports of visits, through registration in the Project monitoring system.
- Prepare the final report of the activities under your responsibility, based on the Project components and their indicators. Systematize the process followed in the educational institutions under your responsibility.
- The report should consider the four principles: active learning, technological appropriation, interactive alternation, and life project. It also includes an analysis of the activities carried out during the period, lessons learned, conclusions, and recommendations for the following year.
- The report should consolidate the pedagogical strategies developed, and should contain objectives, indicators, goals achieved, and opportunities for improvement for future interventions.
- The report includes the final status of support for each of the assigned educational institutions, analyzing the progress of their transformation plans.
3.4. Teamwork
- Promote a positive team spirit, a collaborative atmosphere and work environment that contributes to the overall performance of the Project and its success.
- Participate and contribute regularly to the Project team meetings, under the direction of the coordination, as well as – when appropriate – participate in the Education team meetings of the UNESCO Peru Office, under the direction of the Education Coordinator.
- Maintain regular exchange and feedback sessions with the Project coordination, in addition to contributing to the overall performance of the Lima Office.
- Promote the articulation and interaction of the projects of their educational institutions with projects of other educational institutions, generating synergies and enhancing their impact.
3.5 Other functions
- Actively support the organization of the Reimagina 2026 Festival, for the presentation of projects and in any necessary coordination aspects.
- To actively support the organization of the Pedagogical Congress 2026, as well as any academic activity, in the coordination and management aspects that may be necessary.
COMPETENCIES (Core / Managerial)
PRODUCTS
The professional, under the supervision of the Education Sector Coordinator, must rigorously guarantee the effective implementation of the activities and the effective management of the schedule by preparing the following deliverables with a receipt for fees:
Product 1
Certificate of courses: BSAFE, PSEA and Ethics and Integrity.
Adjustments to the in-service training proposal for teachers and managers of the Reimagina Educational Institutions.
General work plan for the execution of the service.
Design of the route for the diagnosis of the assigned IIEE.
Design of the training workshop for managers and teachers in the first block of management weeks.
30 days after the contract is signed
Product 2
Presentation of the visit plan for the first school term of the assigned educational institutions, coordinated with the cross-cutting advisors.
Report on the results of the training workshop for managers and teachers in the first block of management weeks.
Preparation of a general information record of the assigned educational institutions, according to the format proposed by the Project coordination.
Design of the learning project incorporating territorial challenges (at least one per level and semester in the IE); including the mapping of community actors with whom the project would be developed and/or intervened.
Design of the inter-teacher mentoring plan for PBL.
Evidence of registration in the Project monitoring system.
60 days after the contract was signed
Product 03
Report of the results of the diagnosis of the assigned educational institutions, considering the principles of the Project, as well as the level of learning and transformation plan.
Support plan for each educational institution according to the diagnosis of each institution, which includes the plan for addressing training needs and pedagogical strategies to be developed in the support, the instruments for monitoring the intervention and adjustments to the schedule (if relevant).
Report on the presentation of the support plan to the educational community of the assigned IIEE.
Report on the status of implementation of learning projects in schools.
Evidence of the registration of visits in the Project monitoring system.
90 days after the contract was signed
Short Description
Product 4
Presentation of the visit plan for the second school term of the assigned educational institutions, coordinated with the cross-cutting advisors.
Report on the status of implementation of learning projects in schools.
Report on the pedagogical strategies implemented in the assigned educational institutions.
PBL Mentoring Session Follow-Up Report.
Evidence of the registration of visits in the Project monitoring system.
120 days after the contract was signed
Product 5
Report of activities carried out in this quarter, containing:
Report of activities carried out within the framework of the principles: technological appropriation, interactive alternation and life project.
Report on the status of implementation of learning projects in schools.
Report on the pedagogical strategies implemented in the assigned educational institutions.
Report on the results of the training workshop for managers and teachers in the second block of management weeks.
Presentation of the proposal for the visibility of learning projects within the realization of the achievement day (Reimagina Festival I).
Update of the general information register of the assigned IIEE, according to the format proposed by the Project coordination.
Evidence of the registration of visits in the Project monitoring system.
150 days after the contract was signed
Product 6
Report on the status of implementation of learning projects in schools.
Report on good teaching practices identified in the assigned educational institutions.
Report on the pedagogical strategies implemented in the assigned educational institutions.
PBL Mentoring Session Follow-Up Report.
Evidence of the registration of visits in the Project monitoring system.
180 days after the contract was signed
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Product 7
Presentation of the visit plan for the third school term of the assigned educational institutions, coordinated with the cross-cutting advisors.
Design of the learning project incorporating territorial challenges (at least one per level and semester in the IE); including the mapping of community actors with whom the project would be developed and/or intervened.
Achievement Day Implementation Report (Reimagine Festival I).
Report on the pedagogical strategies implemented in the assigned educational institutions.
Report on the results of the training workshop for managers and teachers in the third block of management weeks.
Evidence of the registration of visits in the Project monitoring system.
210 days after the contract was signed
Product 8
Report of activities carried out in this quarter, containing:
Report of activities carried out within the framework of the principles: technological appropriation, interactive alternation and life project.
Report on the status of implementation of learning projects in schools.
Report on the pedagogical strategies implemented in the assigned educational institutions.
Presentation of proposal for the Reimagina II Festival.
Presentation of a proposal for the International Pedagogical Congress (Reimagina Festival II).
Update of the general information register of the assigned IIEE, according to the format proposed by the Project coordination.
PBL Mentoring Session Follow-Up Report.
Evidence of the registration of visits in the Project monitoring system.
240 days after the contract was signed
Long Description
Product 9
Presentation of the visit plan for the fourth school term of the assigned educational institutions, coordinated with the cross-cutting advisors.
Report on the status of implementation of learning projects in schools.
Report on the pedagogical strategies implemented in the assigned educational institutions.
Report on the results of the training workshop for managers and teachers in the fourth block of management weeks.
Evidence of the registration of visits in the Project monitoring system.
270 days after the contract was signed
Product 10
Report on the status of implementation of learning projects in schools.
Report on the pedagogical strategies implemented in the assigned educational institutions.
Report on good teaching practices identified in the assigned educational institutions.
Report on your participation in the Reimagina II Festival and International Pedagogical Congress.
PBL Mentoring Session Follow-Up Report.
Evidence of the registration of visits in the Project monitoring system.
300 days after the contract was signed
Product 11
Final report containing the evaluation of:
The activities carried out during this period, which consider the four principles: active learning, technological appropriation, interactive alternation and life project.
The design and implementation of learning projects in the assigned schools.
The pedagogical strategies implemented in the assigned educational institutions.
The implementation of the transformation plan in the assigned educational institutions.
The implementation of the inter-teacher mentoring plan ABP.
Evidence of the registration of visits in the Project monitoring system.
330 days after the contract was signed
(*) As part of Product 1, the consultant must submit certificates for the United Nations Security – BSAFE ( https://training.dss.un.org/) , Protection Against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse – PSEA ( https://agora.unicef.org/) , and Ethics and Integrity ( https://inspira.un.org/)
courses . Any partial or complete products to be published and/or disseminated as official UNESCO material must be validated/approved by the Organization. These products must include a table of contents, as well as drafts and/or the final draft. UNESCO validation and approval will be carried out by the Program Specialist with prior authorization from the Office Director.
Payments are made upon presentation and approval of the products. The management specialist is obligated to report within the established deadlines and attach all required annexes and forms.
REQUIREMENTS
Education
- Bachelor of Education or teacher (desirable), anthropologist, sociologist, professional in social science areas or related careers.
- Specialization in the areas of communication, or language and literature or language or Spanish, mathematics or physics, science and technology, biology or natural sciences, or social sciences (desirable).
- Postgraduate studies in education, social sciences or related areas (desirable).
Work Experience
- More than 8 years of experience in the practice of his profession.
- At least 5 years of teaching experience in public or private educational institutions.
- At least 5 years of experience in educational projects, as an advisor, mentor, pedagogical monitor or technical assistance; including experience as pedagogical specialists in centralized or decentralized educational bodies.
- Experience in at least 02 multi-grade primary education projects in public or private educational institutions (desirable).
- Experience in at least 02 projects or consultancies related to education, community work in educational projects, managing educational networks, relationship with teachers and directors, educational innovation.
- Experience in two (2) or more programs, projects, consultancies related to the use and management of technologies.
Languages
- Spanish (native language level)
CONSULTANCY DEVELOPMENT LOCATION
The consultancy will be carried out in the Moquegua region and requires that the selected professional have a domicile or residence in the rural area of the assigned schools in the Moquegua region, or be willing to move to that city.
TRIPS
The professional must be available to travel within and outside the country, according to the needs of the Project. Travel costs will be covered by the Project, in accordance with UNESCO’s internal regulations.
DURATION
The contract will have a duration of eleven (11) months, subject to budget availability and performance evaluation. The contract does not include any expectation of renewal or conversion to another type of contract, nor does it include coverage for medical services.
APPLICATION TO THE CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Professionals interested in participating should apply to the call for applications and attach the following in a single PDF document:
a) CV personal.
b) Employment History Form.
c) References (name, position, email address and cell phone number) from the last three (3) experiences.
d) Technical Proposal / Economic Proposal.
Download the application form here . Check your downloads folder.
Only those who pass the first evaluation phase will be contacted.
RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION
Please note that all candidates must complete an online application providing full and accurate information by visiting the website: https://careers.unesco.org/
The selection of candidates is based on the requirements of the job posting and may include tests and/or assessments, as well as a competency assessment interview.
UNESCO uses communication technologies such as video or teleconferences, email messages, among others.
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