United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has announced a new and exciting career opportunity for job seekers in Ethiopia. They are currently hiring for the position of Education Associate at Gondar. This role is a great opportunity for candidates.
UNHCR Education Associate Jobs 2025 Details
| Position | Education Associate |
| Location | Gondar, Ethiopia |
| Organization | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| Application Deadline | 15th July, 2025 |
| Job Type | Full-Time |
Job Description
Task and Responsibilities:
- Assist the supervisor in managing and coordination of the education sector.
- Assist in monitoring of implementation of the education strategy and activities at all levels in formal and non-formal education sectors.
- Assist in providing regular reports on educational activities, achievements and challenges.
- Conduct regular visits to community schools, carry out assessments and write recommendation.
- Assist in identification of persons with special educational needs and support implementation of inclusive and special needs education.
- Support and promote quality education data collection, analysis and reporting by assisting the implementation of Education Management Information System (EMIS).
- Ensure education level of refugee children are updated in the UNHCR database for tracking of education achievement of refugee children.
- Assess needs for services of persons of concern, as related to education responses.
- Systematically promote and comply with the Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) policy and other priorities such as the HIV/AIDS policy.
- Liaise on behalf of UNHCR with external partners like Education Ministry on education matters.
- As requested participate in local humanitarian and development sector working groups to support and ensure all refugee education support programming at country level is extended, amplified and reported against sector development goals and humanitarian partners and funding serve system strengthening.
- Foster inter-sectoral linkages and coordination with child protection, GBV, gender, community services, livelihoods/economic inclusion and health, among others, and provide specialist advice for other sectors, to ensure that they fully integrate education related concerns in their planning.
- Monitor implementation of education programmes and provide guidance on orientation.
- Assist in the planning and coordination of UNHCR’s role concerning education.
- Identify training needs and train UNHCR staff, sister UN agency staff, NGOs, and Ministry of Education officials on refugee education priorities and identified topics.
Minimum Qualifications:
- For G6 – 3 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 2 years relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher
- Education; Social Sciences; Business Administration;
Experience:
- Demonstrated work experience in education programmes.
- Field experience in education programme implementation and coordination in humanitarian and/or development contexts.
- Experience working with Governments, Ministry of Education and other line Ministries.
- Strong inter-personal skills in collaboration and coordination.
- Demonstrated capacity to work with minimum supervision.
- Demonstrated work experience in refugee education programmes.
- Knowledge and experience of UNHCR policies and standards.
- Experience in the area of child protection.
- Experience with educational research, teaching or education administration.
Languages:
- For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.
- For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.
- For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.
How to Apply
Interested candidates are encouraged to apply through the official UNHCR career portal.
(Visit the link and search for the job title “Education Associate – Gondar” to begin your application.)
Make sure to submit your application before 15th July, 2025, as late applications will not be considered.
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