Jobs/Roles in the ECE Community: Internationally

The three organizations I looked into were United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and Save the Children.  I found my research of these multinational organizations to be particularly enlightening because I had no idea some of them even existed. I would be proud to work at any of these organizations because of the work that they do and their missions.  I also selected these organizations because they all have jobs that are available in countries where my husband and I could end up being stationed (my husband is an officer in the Navy).  Below are some of the positions that stood out to me along with the skills and education that the positions require.   

UNESCO, Professional job within education

Education: An advanced university degree in education, culture, science, social and human sciences, communication, business administration or a related field.

Languages:  Fluent English or French (the two working languages of UNESCO) and a good working knowledge of the other language. Knowledge of Arabic, Chinese, Spanish or Russian is an additional asset.

Prior experience:

•Junior level (P1/P2 or NOA/NOB): 2 to 4 years of experience;

•Middle level (P3/P4 or NOC/NOD): 4 to 10 years of experience;

•Senior level (P5 and above or NOE): 10 to 15 years of experience (including management experience).

Values:  Integrity, professionalism, respect for diversity and a strong commitment to UNESCO's mission.

 

UNICEF, Communication for Development Specialist, P-3, NETI, Various Duty Stations - Generic Vacancy Announcement

The New and Emerging Talent Initiative (NETI) is an entry point for dynamic professionals interested in an international career with UNICEF. Aside from the qualifications indicated in the below job description for this post, all NETI Programme applicants must also meet the following minimum requirements:

1.Completion of an advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) at the time of application;

2.Proficiency in English and working knowledge of another official language of the United Nations;

3.Readiness to be assigned to any UNICEF office worldwide, including hardship duty stations;

4.At least 5 years of relevant work experience for functions at the P-3 level.

 

Save the Children, Operations Support Advisor (Asia) Location: Singapore

Role Purpose:

The role holder will provide consistent operational support to targeted country programmes (Myanmar and Afghanistan) to improve operational delivery by supporting the strengthening of leadership, management capability, structure and systems (through the coordination of Operations Platform Strengthening (OPS) plans), operations advisory support and direct support. S/he will also support country offices and regional offices in the management of the OPS budgets.

Qualifications:

Relevant academic qualification (Masters or equivalent) in the field of international development or social/political science.

Experience:

•Experience of senior operations management with extensive people management experience, and core processes (project, awards/grants, finance, logistics management), including in insecure, fragile and/or emergency contexts.

•Excellent analytical and strategic planning skills.

•Experience in change management, organisational development or management consultancy.

•Substantial experience of capacity building and coaching in an INGO, ideally at both HQ and programme levels, and familiarity with a range of approaches

•Excellent representational, influencing and diplomatic skills to enable the post holder to operate effectively within Save the Children and support in-country change management

•Excellent project management skills, including proven track record of resource management and managing concurrent activities/deadlines

•Proven writing and numerical skills and experience in budget monitoring, editing of learning materials and drafting of summary reports and briefing documents

•Proven attention for detail and ability to effectively manage a high volume of data and information

•Excellent verbal and written communication skills in order to deal tactfully and sensitively with a wide range of people in a large organisation, very often at a distance

•Collaborative with a strong interest in providing support to others

•Willingness and ability to travel abroad for up to 35% of the time, sometimes at short notice