Programme Officer (Education)

OVERVIEW Position Number: 4THED 0005TA Grade: P-3 Parent Sector: Education Sector (ED) Duty Station: Bangkok Job Family: Education Contract Type: Temporary Appointment Duration of contract: From 7 to 11 months Recruitment open to: Internal and external candidates Application deadline (Midnight Paris Time): 11/06/2026 UNESCO Core Values: Commitment to the Organization, Integrity, Respect for Diversity, Professionalism Duration of contract: 11 months with possibility of extension subject to availability of funds and satisfactory performance.OVERVIEW OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE POST The UNESCO Regional Office in Bangkok and Office for UN Coordination for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCO Bangkok) covers Afghanistan, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Vietnam, Singapore and Thailand. The office represents UNESCO in the United Nations regional architecture, namely the Regional Collaborative Platform for Asia-Pacific, and leads the regional coordination of Sustainable Development Goal 4. The Education Section at UNESCO Bangkok is dedicated to strengthening the capacities of the Member States to provide equitable, inclusive, and quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for all. Through targeted support, UNESCO Bangkok assists Member States in designing, reviewing, financing, and systematically monitoring their education sector policies and plans to develop transformative education systems aligned with SDG4. In this context, UNESCO supports programmes in higher education, TVET, skills development and digital transformation, including emerging areas such as AI in education, to help countries develop relevant skills for the future of work and improve education systems. Furthermore, the UNESCO Regional Office in Bangkok is the Secretariat of the Tokyo Convention on Recognition of Qualifications, and of the Entrepreneurship Education Network for Asia-Pacific. KEY ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES Under the overall authority of the Director of the UNESCO Regional Office in Bangkok and the direct supervision of the Chief of Education section, the incumbent will design, plan, coordinate, implement, and monitor the above-mentioned programmes:(1) Support the implementation of the programmes in compliance with the programmes specific objectives, activities and expected outputs by:• Ensuring quality achievement of the programme outputs;• Regularly monitoring and updating, as relevant, of the project work plan;• Planning and organizing procurement of goods and services and regularly monitoring its implementation;• Identifying programme implementation partners and providers of goods and services.• Following up on the implementation of the contracts, assessing the quality of services provided, and requesting disbursement of funds; • Building synergies with other programmes and activities of the UNESCO Regional Office in Bangkok and relevant programmes of other development partners in our region.(2) Ensure the monitoring and evaluation of programmes implementation and the reporting on activities by:• Contributing to monitoring and evaluation of programme activities, reporting on progress, and suggesting updates to the programme timeframe;• Regularly monitoring the financial status of the programmes and promptly developing budget revision if needed;• Regularly preparing, conducting, and following up meetings of the programme coordination and technical mechanisms, preparing their minutes and action plans with the clear division of responsibility and timeframe;• Presenting aggregate strategic analysis on programme performance based on commitment of indicators and implementation of activities as well as output delivery;• Preparing reports on programme activities for UNESCO, the donor and partners;• Ensuring the implementation of the communication and visibility plan of the programmes, in close coordination with the Communication Team; • Fostering exchanges of information, experience, identifying new strategies of action to improve delivery of services and to achie