Jobs/Roles in the ECE Community: Internationally

The three international organizations that appealed to me was Save the Children, United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development. Each of these organization has a unique mission statement that is designed to better and empower the lives of children and families all over the world. Also, each of these organizations work hard to meet the needs, support, caring for and educate young children everywhere.

1. Save the Children

The job I would pursue Project Director- School Disaster Management in Dhaka, Bangladesh which is an 18 months project with funding from the European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (DG ECHO). This project focuses on School Disaster Management in Bangladesh.

The role:

·         The objective of the project is to increase the resilience and safety of the students, teachers, schools and the education sector overall in Bangladesh.

·         Minimum Master Degree  in Education, Disaster Management, International Relations, Social Sciences, or Development studies

·         Minimum 5 years international professional experiences in either education, education in emergencies, or disaster risk management- ideally a combination of education, response and disaster risk reduction experience or exposure would be preferred.

·         Demonstrate experience of project management including planning, monitoring, financial and budget management, reporting etc.

·         Excellent interpersonal, communication skills and ability to build a strong and highly functioning team.

·         High fluency in English (written and spoken).

·         Training /capacity building development and delivery skills and experiences.

 

2. United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

The job I would pursue within the UNESCO organization is Associate Project Officer (Social Media & Web), Global Education Monitoring Reports

The Duties are:

·         Maintain and update content of the website, including new web and multimedia projects, and uploading blogs onto WordPress.

·         Contribute to the conception and implementation of creative social media campaigns

·         Work in collaboration with UNESCO’s internal web and social media services and external online communications groups in order to improve the outreach of the GEMR.

·         Keep up to date with trends in social media tools, technologies and applications.

·         Monitor benchmarks for measuring the impact of the GEMR on web and social media.

·         Analyze, review, and report on the effectiveness of web and social media strategies and campaigns.

3. Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development

The job opportunity I would like to pursue is OECD Young Professionals Programme, which representative a rich diversity of cultures, languages and professional backgrounds. They collaborate with many of the more than 60.000 senior national policy meetings each year.

Description and duties:

·         Uses research to prepare policy documents

·         Conduct committee reports, intergovernmental discussion and publications.

·          Contribute to the monitoring, analysis, forecasting and reporting of economic and social developments.

References:

Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (2015). Young Professionals

Programme Retrieved from http://www.Oecd.org/careers/oecdyoungprofessional

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Save the Children (2011). Retrieved from http:// www. savethechildren.org

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United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), (2015).

          Global Education Monitoring Report.  Retrieved from http://en.unesco.org

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