Consultant - Numeracy Modules Development - Readvertised

OVERVIEW

Parent Sector : Education Sector (ED)

Duty Station: Yangon

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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) : 7-July-2024

UNESCO Core Values: Commitment to the Organization, Integrity, Respect for Diversity, Professionalism

BACKGROUND

Under the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Education Sector Program Implementation Grant (ESPIG), UNESCO has secured funding to implement activities towards the attainment of the undermentioned three (3) outcome areas. 
•    Outcome 1: Ensuring safe and equitable access to learning for children and youth in Myanmar; 
•    Outcome 2: Ensuring quality teaching and learning for children and youth in Myanmar by strengthening the capacities of education staff and fostering context-responsive, equity-focused learning resources and modalities adapted to the evolving situation; and 
•    Outcome 3: Ensuring systems strengthening, management, coordination, and monitoring. 

UNESCO, through the Education Sector Programme Implementation Grant (ESPIG) project, continues this effort addressing the needs for both pre-and in-service teacher education under ESPIG Outcome Area 2: Ensuring quality teaching and learning for children and youths in Myanmar by strengthening the capacities of education staff and fostering context-responsive, equity-focused learning resources and modalities adapted to the evolving situation. As an effort to deliver quality teacher education, UNESCO brings Myanmar Teacher Platform (MTP) to offer continuous learning for educators, learners and other interested parties to access quality learning materials, videos and other resources in a safe and secure environment and provide online courses by themes. Through ESPIG project, UNESCO is committed to improve the literacy and numeracy level of the children by equipping teachers with knowledge in literacy and numeracy and instructional strategies effectively teach students in those areas. To initiate this, UNESCO will develop online courses for teachers to do self-pace learning to help with mathematic and numeracy teaching and those e-learning courses will be uploaded on MTP. Through online courses, this will enable teachers: 1) to equip with knowledge to create engaging numeracy lessons; 2) to enhance their understanding of effective numeracy instructional strategies; and 3) to develop teachers’ ability to assess students’ numeracy levels accurately. Therefore, UNESCO is hiring an Individual Specialist which is responsible for developing ten numeracy modules targeting early grades in low resource setting.  

Long Description

Under the overall authority of the Director of UNESCO Regional Office in Bangkok (hereinafter called UNESCO Bangkok), the direct supervision of the Head of UNESCO Antenna Office in Yangon and in close collaboration with Responsible Officer who is responsible for the contents of the modules, the Individual Specialist shall specifically perform the following:

1.1    Provide author services by following the requirements as listed below:
a.    Discuss with UNESCO ESPIG team the content, objectives and target participants for numeracy modules to prepare concept note;
b.    Conduct research to ensure the proposed module titles, in terms of overarching, concepts, content, quizzes, teaching and learning strategies, interactive learning activities and assessment, approaches are contextualized and provide the relevant approaches on developing module contents;
c.    Submit the revised the contents, incorporating UNESCO and other stakeholder’s comments, suggestions and ideas as necessary;
d.    Develop PowerPoints based on the module contents and revise PowerPoints, incorporating UNESCO and other stakeholder’s comments, suggestions and ideas as necessary;
e.    Review and provide technical feedback on the draft video scripts for creating videos for online modules. 
1.2 Follow the requirements of the manuals, guidelines and intellectual property rights:
a.    Ensure that the course content comply with the UNESCO Style Manual (2004 version available at https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000141812) such as terminology, abbreviations, acronyms and format of footnotes, etc.;
b.    Streamline UNESCO’s gender strategy, ensure the Guidelines on Gender-Neutral Language is applied throughout the course content (https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000377299);
c.    When referring to the region, ensure to avoid using ‘in the Asia-Pacific’ and ‘in Asia Pacific’. Instead, use one of the following terms interchangeably: in the Asia-Pacific region, in Asia and the Pacific, and in Asia-Pacific;
d.    Compile a list of tables, figures (including diagram, chart, illustration), photos (including images, cartoons, icons) and other graphic elements from the third party-materials by using a template provided by UNESCO;

Long Description

e.    Secure the intellectual property rights by using the “permission consent form” (provided by UNESCO) to obtain a written authorization from the original source of work when include the third-party materials (see item e) and inform them regarding UNESCO Open Access Policy; 
f.    Ensure that no plagiarized or self-plagiarized material is published without appropriate acknowledgement of the source;
g.    Provide a proper credit or citation to the original work of the third-party materials. For any materials (see item e) created by author, the “Source: author” should be placed underneath aforementioned materials;
h.    Avoid including maps (global, regional, country) that could be politically sensitive or that could affect the legal status of any country, territory, city, area, or its authorities, or the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. If the map must be used, seeking DPI/PAX clearance is required (refer to a memo);
i.    The structure of the course content should be following this order; cover, legal page, short summary, blank page, inside title page, foreword, acknowledgements, table of contents and list of figures and tables, executive summary and the content (refer to (1) How to Structure and (2) Foreword/Preface guideline);
j.    Obtain permission from the photographed/videographed persons by having them signed a consent form (provided by UNESCO);
k.    Secure the required owner authorization using Grant of Rights form (permission from original source of work) when any photo, illustration, icon, music is used as part of the video that is not owned by UNESCO. Ensure appropriate credits are applied;
l.    Ensure that the module content is in full compliance with the international copyrights policy to avoid any illegal consequences as outline in the ‘General Terms and Conditions’ which annexed in this contract;
m.    Improve and incorporate suggested changes (if required) and finalize the module contents until it is considered as satisfactory;
n.    Strictly treat the module content, confidential and the rights of distribution will reside solely with UNESCO; 
o.    Communicate with UNESCO on a regular basis to update on the progress of the assignment.

DELIVERABLES AND TIMELINE

DELIVERABLES AND TIMELINE

The Individual Specialist shall submit the following deliverables to UNESCO with original and editable files for approval:
a.    Submit the draft concept note and module outlines in Standard English by 15 July 2024;
b.    Submit the final version of the concept note and module outlines in Standard English by 30 July 2024;
c.    Submit the draft contents (narrative session) of the first batch (five modules) in Standard English by 30 August 2024;
d.    Submit the final version of contents (narrative session) of the first batch (five modules) in Standard English by 18 October 2024;
e.    Submit draft PowerPoints of the first batch (five modules) in Standard English by 15 November 2024; 
f.    Submit final version of PowerPoints of the first batch (five modules) in Standard English by 13 December 2024;
g.    Submit the draft contents (narrative session) of the second batch (five modules) in Standard English by 20 December 2024;
h.    Submit the final version of contents (narrative session) of the second batch (five modules) in Standard English by 17 February 2025; 
i.    Submit draft PowerPoints of the second batch (five modules) in Standard English by 29 February 2025; and
j.    Submit final version of PowerPoints of the second batch (five modules) in Standard English by 31 March 2025;

The Individual Specialist is required to complete the assignment with quality that meets the satisfaction of UNESCO. The deliverables will be reviewed by UNESCO. The Individual Specialist may be requested to re-submit the documents if they are not of satisfactory quality within an agreed timeframe upon receipt of the requests. 

COMPETENCIES (Core / Managerial)

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REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

•    At least Bachelor's degree in the field of mathematics, education, development, or related field;
•    Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience in the field of education and/or training provision;
•    Experience in course design, content development and creating training manuals;
•    Ability to produce high quality content on tight deadlines;
•    Ability to work with flexibility and collaboration is essential; and
•    Excellent planning and organizational skills.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS

•    Master’s degree in mathematics, social sciences, development, educational sciences, or other related discipline;
•    Experience in content development and training manuals in numeracy and mathematics; and
•    Previous experience working with UN organizations and international organizations.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Interested candidates should click on “Apply Now” and complete the Employment History form (Word document) in "Employment History Form / My Documents." Before uploading the document, at the end of the Word document, please insert the extra pages with the following required information. Upload all documents as a single PDF document in place of the Employment History Form.  

•    Technical Proposal clearly referencing “Individual Consultant-Numeracy Modules Development” indicating: 1) how your qualifications and experience make you suitable for the assignment, 2) updated CV with contact detail of three referees, 3) a sample course/ module or training materials; and 
•    Financial Proposal indicating the expected consultancy fee in USD. 

UNESCO places great emphasis on ensuring that the objectives of the work assignment, as described in the Terms of Reference, are met. Accordingly, in evaluating the proposals for the assignment, attention will focus first and foremost on the technical elements. From those proposals deemed suitable in terms of the criteria in the Terms of Reference, UNESCO shall select the proposal that offers the Organization the best value for money.

Assessment
•    Only applications providing the information requested in the application procedure will be considered.
•    Evaluation of qualified applicants may include an assessment exercise and a competency-based interview.

Note:   
•    Due to the large number of applications we receive, we are able to inform only the successful candidate(s) about the outcome or status of the selection process. 
•    Please submit your application through SuccessFactors. 

SELECTION AND RECRUITMENT PROCESS

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