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Education Officer

UNICEFSuva,Fiji
Position:Professional | P-2Deadline:16 Sep 2026 (1 day left)Job ID:595494Posted on:2 Sep 2026 (13 days ago)
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Job Description

Supports UNICEF’s climate-resilient education agenda across Pacific Island countries, helping turn climate-change and disaster-risk priorities into effective education programming. Working with education, field-office and cross-sector teams, the role plans, implements and monitors results, coordinates partners, and strengthens knowledge and capacity for resilient learning systems.

Key Details

Department

Pacific Multi-Country Office

Position Details

Experience level

Early

Minimum experience

2 years

Employment type

Temporary

Arrangement

Onsite

Minimum education

Bachelor's degree

Contract duration

364 days

Language Requirements

Required

English

Preferred

Another official language, Local language

Summary of Responsibilities

  • Support implementation of climate-resilient education programming
  • Address climate change and disaster-risk reduction across Pacific countries
  • Support programme development and planning
  • Manage, monitor and deliver programme results
  • Provide technical and operational support to implementation
  • Coordinate partners across education, field offices and related sections
  • Strengthen innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

Role Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Education, Psychology, Sociology or a related field
  • At least two years of relevant experience in programme planning, management or research in education
  • Fluency in English

Desired Criteria

  • Experience in a UN system agency or organization
  • Experience promoting climate priorities with government, UN, private-sector or other partners
  • Experience in a developing country, Pacific or small-island developing-state context
  • Experience managing education programmes at global, regional or multi-country level
  • Experience working across more than one country on education programming

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Source & verification

IGO Jobs sourced this vacancy from UNICEF Careers, on 2 Sep 2026.