Inclusive National Education Consultant, Zagreb, Croatia, 14.6 months, Remote with travel

UNICEF seeks a national education consultant to strengthen school leadership, governance and inclusive education in Croatia. The consultant will support newly appointed headteachers, develop and test a resource-school model for inclusion, and provide technical assistance on student mental health and wellbeing, with scalable approaches that benefit schools serving Roma and migrant children.

• Assess the needs of newly appointed headteachers and provide mentoring and recommendations for the national induction programme
• Develop the resource school model, including capacity building, peer-support mechanisms and tools for educational inclusion
• Support schools serving Roma and migrant children through inclusive-education approaches
• Provide targeted technical assistance to education stakeholders on school-based responses to student mental health and wellbeing

• Bachelor's degree in sciences, public policy, social sciences, political sciences, language and literature, philosophy, communication sciences, journalism or natural sciences
• At least 10 years of relevant experience in education sector planning, coordination and policy formulation, particularly in Croatia
• Proven experience supporting the development and implementation of educational policies
• Fluency in written and spoken Croatian and English

• Knowledge of school regulations, ordinances, administration and organisation
• Experience facilitating structured group work and individual coaching and mentoring activities
• Experience working with school staff and parents is desirable
• Classroom teaching experience is desirable

• Education policy formulation
• School administration
• Capacity development
• Coaching
• Mentoring
• Change management
• Analytic writing
• Facilitation

• Submit an up-to-date TMS profile and CV, cover letter and a separate financial proposal through UNICEF's online recruitment portal