Associate Project Officer (Education Finance)

Support UNESCO-IIEP education-finance programmes from Paris by advising ministries on costing, budgets and public financial management, analysing financing and expenditure, building simulation models and costed plans, integrating gender and climate considerations, designing training tools and coordinating research partnerships.

Department: International Institute for Educational Planning, Cost, Finance and Budget Unit

• Coordinate education-finance technical assistance for ministries
• Analyse financing sources, expenditure and public-finance constraints
• Develop simulation models and costed education-sector plans
• Integrate gender, equity and climate considerations into budgets
• Design education-finance training materials and analytical tools
• Support research, knowledge sharing and public debate
• Coordinate consultations across IIEP offices, governments and donors

• Advanced degree in economics, statistics, public policy, public finance or a related field
• At least two years of relevant experience, preferably including one year internationally, in education finance or public financial management technical cooperation
• Experience analysing education costs, finance and budgets or public financial management in education
• Experience advising national or subnational entities on education financing
• Experience using sex-disaggregated data for gender-responsive budget decisions
• Excellent English

• International Professional post subject to geographical mobility