Associate Project Officer (Education)
at UNESCO, Paris, France
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- Not given in the advert
- Closing date
- 10 December 2026
- Start
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- Type of post
- Administration and business
A support post, not a teaching post. - Contract
- P-1
- First seen
- 27 October 2026, on UNESCO
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OVERVIEW Position Number: ED/PA 266 Grade: P-1 Parent Sector: Education Sector (ED) Duty Station: Paris Job Family: Education Contract Type: Project Appointment Duration of contract: 1 year Recruitment open to: Internal and external candidates Application deadline (Midnight Paris Time): 10/11/2026 UNESCO Core Values: Commitment to the Organization, Integrity, Respect for Diversity, Professionalism Duration of contract: 1 year with possibility of extension subject to availability of funds and satisfactory performance.ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT Within the UNESCO Education Sector, the Division for Education 2030, the Section of Education for Inclusion and Gender Equality (ED/E30/IGE) supports Member States and other partners in the implementation of activities to achieve gender equality and inclusion in and through education, and the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals 4 and 5 on inclusive quality education and lifelong learning, and gender equality. The Section’s work is guided by the UNESCO strategy for gender equality in and through education, and its three pillars aiming to support: better data to inform action for gender equality in and through education; better legal, policy and planning frameworks to advance rights; and better teaching and learning practices to empower. The Section supports coordination across UNESCO to ensure coherence, complementarities and synergies within UNESCO’s Education Sector and across UNESCO programme sectors, field offices and institutes, as well as with external partners. It also leads and contributes to many initiatives aiming for collective action with civil society, academia, bilateral and multilateral agencies and the private sector to advance gender equality in and through education. The Section also supports capacity-development of the gender architecture of the Education Sector to ensure sufficient capacity for mainstreaming gender equality in UNESCO’s assessment, planning and proposal development processes, as well as in monitoring, evaluation and communication of work on gender equality in and through education. The PA will work under the direct supervision of the Programme Specialist to strengthen evidence and systems for gender-transformative education, strengthen the systematic integration of gender equality considerations across education sector programming, and support monitoring, reporting and accountability on gender equality in and through education.OVERVIEW OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE POST Under the overall authority of the Assistant Director General for Education and the Director of the Division for Education 2030, the overall oversight of the Chief of the Section of Education for Inclusion and Gender Equality, and the direct supervision of the Programme Specialist, the Associate Project Officer will carry out a range of substantive tasks to support the successful implementation of the activities of the Section. Long Description KEY ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES In particular, the incumbent will: Support gender-related follow-up to the Transforming Education Summit (TES), including by analyzing the evidence on countries’ progress and good practice through the Global Accountability Dashboard of the Global Platform for Gender Equality in and through Education, co-hosted by UNESCO to strengthen UNESCO’s support to advance girls’ education; and support information- and evidence-sharing at key international education moments. Contribute to internal and external post-2030 processes and support coordinating an expert group on gender and education to improve cross-national data on gender equality and education and inform the post-2030 agenda, to identify key data gaps, priority areas for improvement, and initiate a process for actionable recommendations. Support the coordination of cross-sectional work on curriculum under the 3G MapED project and follow-up work on indicator development. Support the coordination of the internal UNESCO community of Practice on Gender Equality and educati