世界銀行、教育の「学習危機」に警鐘

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世界開発報告2018： より厳密な測定とエビデンスに基づいた行動を呼びかけ ワシントン、2017年9月26日 – 低・中所得国では数百万人に上る児童・生徒が、初等・中等教育でその後の人生に役立つような教育を受けられないが故に、成人後に機会を逸したり低賃金労働に甘んじる傾向にある。世界銀行がこのほど発表した『世界開発報告（WDR）2018：教育と学び－可能性を実現するために』は、世界的に見られる教育の「学習危機」に警鐘を鳴らし、「学びに結びつかない学校教育は、開発機会を無駄にするだけでなく、世界中の子供や若者に対する不当な扱いである」と指摘している。 同報告書は、学習を伴わない教育は、極度の貧困を撲滅し、全ての人に機会と繁栄をもたらすための手助けにならないとしている。学校に何年通っても、読み書きや基礎的レベルの計算ができない子供の数は数百万人にも上っている。この学習危機は、社会の格差を縮めるどころか拡大につながっている。貧困や 紛争、ジェンダー、障害などの理由から、それでなくても不利な立場にある児童・生徒が、必要最低限のライフスキルさえ身につけられずに青年期を迎えている。 「こうした学びの危機は、ひいては倫理的・経済的な危機にほかならない。適切な教育を受けた若者には、雇用、相応の収入、健康、そして貧困に苦しむ事のない生活が約束される。また教育は、コミュニティにイノベーションの加速、組織・制度の強化、社会的一体感をもたらす。しかし、こうした恩恵を享受するためには学習が不可欠であり、それを伴わない学校教育は機会を無駄にしていると言っても過言ではない。子供たちに対する不当な扱いとさえ言えるだろう。社会から疎外されている子供たちこそ、充実した人生を送るための質の高い教育を最も必要としている。」と、ジム・ヨン・キム世界銀行グループ総裁は述べた。 同報告書は、途上国がこうした深刻な学びの危機を解消するための具体的な手段として、学習効果のより厳密な評価を提言している。具体的には、何が有効で何が有効でないかを検証し、エビデンスに基づいた意思決定を行う事により、「万人のための学びの機会」を実現する教育の改革を社会全体で取組むよう呼びかけている。 同報告書は、ケニア、タンザニア、ウガンダでは、小学校3年生の児童に英語やスワヒリ語で書かれた「その犬の名前はパピーです」という文章を読み上げるよう指示したところ、何が書いてあるのか理解できなかった児童が4分の3に上ったという事例を紹介している。また、インドの農村部では、「46－17」など2桁の引き算の問題を解けない児童が、3年生の4分の3近く、5年生でも半数に上った。ブラジルでは、15歳の生徒の読み書き・計算能力に改善が見られるものの、現在の改善スピードでは先進国の平均に追いつくまでに数学が75年、読解は263年かかる計算になる。 しかもこれは、紛争や差別、障害などの理由から初等・中等教育に就学できずにいる2億6,000万人の子供を含まない数字である。 全ての途上国にこれほど深刻な学習格差が存在するわけではないが、多くの国では、期待される水準をはるかに下回っている。読み書き・計算能力の到達度を評価する国際的調査によると、貧困国の平均的な生徒の成績は高所得国であれば95％が達成しているレベルで、補習の対象となる。また、中所得国で成績が上位4分の1に入る優秀な男女生徒も、富裕国に置き換えると下位4分の1に相当する。 世界開発報告2018は、ディオン・フィルマーとハルジイ・ロジャースの2名の世界銀行リード・エコノミストが率いるチームが執筆した。同報告書は、このように学習効果が上がっていない原因として、多くの学校で授業が学習に結びついていない構造だけでなく、根深い政治的影響を挙げている。 劇的な改善は可能 仮に各国の指導者が、「全ての人々に学習の機会を」を国家の優先課題として掲げれば、教育水準を劇的に改善する事は可能である。例えば1950年代の韓国は、戦争による荒廃で識字率も極めて低かったが、1995年までに中等学校全入を達成した。さらに同国は、このように質の高い教育を普及させた結果、国際的な学習到達度評価でトップレベルの成績を上げるまでになった。また、2012年にOECDが高校生を対象に行った読解力及び数学的リテラシーの評価（PISA）では、ベトナムが15歳の学生の成績でドイツと同レベルの結果を収めた。ドイツよりはるかに貧しいにもかかわらずである。 ペルーでは、協調的な政策措置が功を奏し、2009年から2015年の期間に学習全般の成果にとりわけ大きな改善が見られた。また、リベリア、パプアニューギニア、トンガなどでは、エビデンスに基づく的を絞った取り組みにより、低学年の読解力がごく短期間で著しく向上した。 「改善のための処方箋は、『事実から真実を見い出す』事だ。教育を巡る事実は厳しい真実を突き付けている。実に多くの子供が、学校教育から学びを得られていない。」と、ポール・ローマー世界銀行チーフ・エコノミストは述べた。 同報告書は、20カ国で行われた政府、開発・調査機関、市民社会組織（CSO）、および民間セクターとの広範なコンサルテーションを通じてエビデンスと助言を集め、その上で以下の3つの政策提言を行っている。 第1、学習効果の評価による測定可能な目標の設定 初等学校・前期中等学校修了時の学習到達度の測定基準を設けている国は、途上国のわずか半分に過ぎない。綿密に設計された学習到達度の評価システムは、教師による学習指導、教育制度の管理、学習に対する社会の注意喚起に役立つ。更にこうした評価基準は、国の教育政策の参考となる他、進捗状況を把握し、取り残された子供たちを識別する事ができる。 第2、全ての子供に対応する学校づくり 幼少期の慢性栄養不良の解消と脳への刺激による発達促進により、全ての子供たちが学習可能な状態で就学時を迎えられるようにする。また、優れた人材を教師として招き、個々の状況に合わせた教員研修とメンター制度の導入を組み合わせる事で教師の教育意欲を維持する。さらに、生徒のレベルに合わせた授業が行われ、また、校長を含め学校の運営体制を強化できるよう、テクノロジーを導入する。 第3、学習に関わるすべての人の参加 情報と測定を最大限活用し、一般市民の意識向上、説明責任の改善、教育改革に向けた政治的意思の喚起を図る。ビジネス界を含め全ての関係者が、設計から実施まで、教育改革の全ての段階に参加するようにする。 「学習を巡る途上国の状況は、本来あるべきレベルからは程遠い。多くの国が十分な資金を投じておらず、投資の効率化も図る必要がある。しかし、単に資金面だけの問題ではない。次世代の教育を担う人材の能力や制度を高めるための投資も不可欠だ。教育改革は急務であり、息の長い取り組みと共に、政府・メディア・起業家・教師・父兄・生徒が一体となった政策が必要だ。全ての関係者が一丸となり、効果的な学習の価値を認識し、その実現を求めていかなければならない。」と、元ペルー教育相で現在は世界銀行のシニア・ダイレクター（教育担当）を務めるハイメ・サアベドラは述べた。

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  • Colombia: Deputy Director for Programs

    Organization: International Rescue Committee
    Country: Colombia
    Closing date: 01 Apr 2019

    BACKGROUND:

    The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC works with people forced to flee from war, conflict and disaster and the host communities which support them, as well as those who remain within their homes and communities. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.

    IRC COLOMBIA

    A combined two decades of economic mismanagement, a drop in oil prices, and the deterioration of democratic institutions has resulted in a humanitarian crisis inside Venezuela. Insecurity has manifested following protests in April 2017 against the president and his government, particularly for failing to address the growing inflation rate which lead to large-scale food insecurity. The demonstrations were initially peaceful but grew in severity of violence as time passed. Venezuela’s economic devastation worsened in the last half of 2017. This caused a massive migration of Venezuelans into neighboring Colombia in search of affordable food, medicine and work. The number of Venezuelans living in Colombia has increased to more than one million people.

    In response, the IRC has launched emergency programming in Colombia, focusing on an integrated response involving child protection, women’s protection and empowerment activities, primary and reproductive healthcare, and cash transfer programming. The IRC is in the process of delivering these and future activities directly in Colombia, and in partnership with local civil society organizations in Venezuela. In Colombia, IRC currently has operations in Cucuta, and Medellin, and is soon to expand to Bogota and Barranquilla.

    Length of Assignment: 2 years

    PLEASE SUBMIT AN ENGLISH CV.

    JOB OVERVIEW/SUMMARY:

    The position of Deputy Director of Programs (DDP) is a member of the Senior Management Team and is integral to the successful implementation of IRC’s programs in Colombia. Working under the direction of the Country Director (CD), the DDP is responsible for overall program direction and implementation within the program framework, government policies and strategies, and in compliance with donor regulations, specifically in the areas of a) grant management b) program development, quality and implementation c) day-to-day representation with donor agencies and local and international stakeholders, and d) Monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning.

    The DDP will spearhead the development and execution of the Country Strategic Plan and also be responsible for supervising the Health, Child Protection, Women’s Protection and Empowerment, Economic Recovery and Development and Grants Coordinator. This position will work closely and collaboratively with the different departments within the country program, the IRC technical advisors and the IRC Emergency Unit.

    The DDP will be based in Bogota, Colombia, with frequent travel to Cucuta, Medellin, Barranquilla, and any other national sites in Colombia where IRC designs and develops programming.

    MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

    Program Strategy, Design and Fundraising

    • Lead the operationalization of the current IRC Colombia response strategy and actively engage in strategic planning processes for the longer term.
    • Ensure, with Coordinators, and HQ-based Technical Unit staff, that project design reflects IRC program quality standards and industry best practices.
    • Lead efforts for sustainable program growth, proactively identifying opportunities for new programming initiatives and emphasizing multi-year funding to support them.
    • Provide leadership support to the program and grants teams to develop competitive, evidence-based and cost-effective funding applications.
    • Provide guidance, strategies and tools to ensure that program choices are based on needs assessment findings (primary & secondary data) and analysis, input from communities, a thorough understanding of context, technical best practices, and operational viability.
    • Formulate integrated program initiatives so that technical sectors complement each other and promote mainstreaming of protection principles and gender-responsive approaches.

    Program Management – Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation

    • Provide overall leadership and management of IRC Colombia program portfolio, ensuring strategically coherent program direction, well-managed growth, and compliance with IRC and donor regulations.
    • Continually seek out ways to build the capacities of the program team members, individually and collectively.
    • Ensure that detailed, realistic and feasible project implementation plans are developed, and modified as needed, in collaboration with the Program Coordinators and Operations team.
    • Coordinate with other members of the Senior Management Team on appropriate management, compliance and performance standards, as well as effective systems for budget management, knowledge management and risk management.
    • Support programming staff to collect, document and disseminate lessons learned and best practices, incorporating these into new project designs.
    • With program staff, develop effective and appropriate M&E plans, including methodologies and tools to strengthen the quality of data collection, analysis and reporting.
    • Review M&E and accountability data with program staff to identify and address areas for operational improvement.

    Grants Management

    • Provide strategic direction in terms of development of a funding strategy, widening and strengthening donor base, ensuring quality grants management, ensuring compliance with donor requirements, ensuring quality information management related to programs/ grants, and supporting directly in all aspects of the proposal development and reporting processes.
    • Supervise all internal, external and reporting with programs and finance, ensuring high-quality, well-written and timely reports meeting donor and IRC and partner requirements; conduct thorough reviews and/or revisions of all external reports compiled by the Grants Coordinator.
    • Ensure that Program Coordinators and Grants Senior Manager conduct routine monitoring visits to implementation sites to ensure donor compliance and quality program implementation.
    • Coordinate with the Program Coordinators and Grants and Finance teams to ensure sound budget management, expense control and timely contractual documentation.
    • Support the Grants Senior Manager to lead Grant Opening and Grant Closing Meetings with all relevant department and units and to ensure they take place on time. Also ensure that programming staff are well trained to properly manage project budgets.
    • Ensure that the program coordinators review BvAs on a regular basis; provide leadership and management support to ensure effective monthly grant review meetings.
    • Mitigate any potential risk by collaborating with the Finance Department to ensure that programming staff fully understand financial and administrative processes involved in project budget cycles.

    External Representation and Advocacy

    • Develop a sound understanding of the IRC’s programs to be able to professionally represent the IRC to implementing partners, the government and donors;
    • Assist the Country Director developing strong relationships with donors, assisting with visits and in the development of appropriate advocacy actions;
    • Forge and maintain solid cooperation with partner organizations through regular communication, cooperation and, where appropriate, joint decision-making.
    • Act as the focal point for program-related communication between IRC country programs in the region and worldwide offices.
    • Identify funding opportunities and track them in collaboration with the technical teams.
    • Oversee programmatic inputs to advocacy efforts both in-country and globally.

    Staff Management and Development

    • Provide guidance and supervision to the technical coordinators, M&E Manager, the grants senior manager, information officers; to discuss job expectations, set objectives and provide appropriate and timely feedback on performance of direct reports, including timely implementation of performance management system.
    • Create a supervisory environment focused on the achievement of team and individual results that emphasizes the importance of learning, productivity, accountability and openness
    • Adhere to IRC’s performance management system, providing regular, timely and thoughtful coaching, feedback, performance assessment, and professional development for all direct reports, while making sure that they do the same for their direct reports.
    • Build capacities of programming staff in key project management principles, tools and approaches and ensure that these new skills are utilized on the job.
    • Manage recruitment, hiring and development of high-performing national staff to assume greater levels of responsibility.
    • Provide leadership support for the successful implementation of and adherence to the IRC Global HR Operating Policies and Procedures.

    PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS

    The IRC and IRC staff must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way – Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

    As a leader you will be placed in a position of trust. To maintain that trust, you are expected to always:

    • Lead by example and be a positive role model to others.
    • Promote awareness of the IRC’s standards and make sure those you supervise are equipped with the knowledge and resources they need to comply with them.
    • Monitor conduct of those you supervise and take responsibility for activities that occur under your supervision.
    • Be responsive to anyone who raises an ethics or compliance concern and make sure matters are resolved in a fair and appropriate manner.

    KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

    • Country Director, Colombia and Venezuela
    • Other Colombia-based staff, including operations, finance, and grants
    • Technical Advisors (based globally) and any roster staff required to support program staff inside Venezuela
    • Awards Management Unit to support all compliance and reporting for partners, as well as proposals
    • Global Supply Chain to procure goods and support partners to procure
    • Communications and Advocacy units to support any key messages at external meetings
    • Global Security to support any risk analysis and mitigation
    • Emergency Unit

    REQUIREMENTS

    Master’s degree in Development Studies, International Relations, Social Sciences or a similar field;

    Minimum eight years of management experience working in a humanitarian or development setting with a minimum of five years of INGO program management experience.

    Experience in managing protection, ERD and/or health, and experience working in partnership with local organizations, is strongly desired.

    Proven ability to develop winning proposals to public and private-sector donors;

    Familiarity and experience with US and European, donors;

    Previous experience managing programs financed by US government agencies, DFID, EU, foundations and private donors a must, with previous experience in competitive environments a plus.

    Proven ability to manage projects to completion on time, within budget, and with the anticipated results.

    Ability to respond to multiple priorities in a timely manner, producing high-quality outcomes.

    Demonstrated successful leadership experience with a multi-disciplinary team in a cross-cultural setting, including active mentoring and coaching. Strong leadership, motivational and team-building skills;

    Proven fluency in English and Spanish a must

    How to apply:

    https://rescue.csod.com/ats/careersite/jobdetails.aspx?site=1&c=rescue&id=3988

  • Colombia: Oficial Grants

    Organization: Save the Children
    Country: Colombia
    Closing date: 10 Mar 2019
    TITULO DEL PUESTO: Oficial Grants

    EQUIPO/PROGRAMA: Desarrollo de programas y Calidad

    UBICACION: Bogotá

    GRADO: 4 – oficiales

    Tipo de Contrato: Término Definido a 31 de dic…

  • Brazil: Corporate Alliances Acquisition Associate, GS-6, Brasília, Brazil post# 109567

    Organization: UN Children’s Fund
    Country: Brazil
    Closing date: 07 Mar 2019

    UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

    Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

    And we never give up.

    For every child, make a difference

    The Corporate Partnerships team has ambitious fundraising targets and outcomes to be reached based on market potential and building on successful results of 2018. Our aim and vision are to develop, manage and enhance the fundraising potential of working with businesses in Brazil and a core part of achieving this vision is the Corporate Alliances (CA) acquisition team (new business).

    After review, additional resource is being created to support the Acquisition (new business team) to embrace the new fundraising challenges and to reach the extra income success. The Corporate Alliances Acquisition Associate will support the CA Acquisition (new business) team with a strategic focus on customer engagement and cause related marketing (CRM) alliance models. The role will have the objective to support the leverage of the flexible or non-fixed income fundraising potential to support both, the local and global UNICEF Programme.

    For further information, please visit www.unicef.org.br

    How can you make a difference?

    Under the supervision of the Corporate Fundraising Officer (Acquisition), the Acquisition Associate will undertake supporting tasks for new business such as:

  • Assist in specifying the pipeline and building corporate alliances focused on customer engagement and cause related marketing (CRM) models, but not exclusively in those formats.
  • Support in the initial preparation of proposals with the new business team.
  • Assist on the implementation of the alliances and on reaching planned results.

    • Join our team to be responsible for:

    1) Implementation of corporate alliances focused on customer engagement and cause related marketing (CRM) models and other acquisition campaigns:

  • Continuously map new corporate partnership opportunities, initiate contact with the companies’ focal points, and participate in the alliances’ prospecting processes;
  • Proceed with the Geneva clearance process on potential and current donor companies on a weekly basis;
  • Prepare and internally/externally approve the partnership contract; and keep corporate prospection planning documents update;
  • Follow up the delivering of annual reports to the partners and support in the negotiation of renewal focusing on the best results for UNICEF;
  • Support the planning and implementation processes of the corporate alliances campaigns by following up the milestones and results of it in collaboration with Market Services team;
  • Approach partners during emergency campaigns to explore additional fundraising opportunities;
  • Continuously research and test new and innovative ways of work to improve quality in results and to simplify procedures of processing the donations;
  • Monthly searching about competitors’ corporate alliances mechanisms and good practices, evaluating replicability;
  • Fortnightly, support plan and project pitches and campaigns with Marketing Services support and other related areas, including outsourced agencies.

    • 2) Suppliers relationship:

  • Assist and support in developing, drafting and maintaining contract information, monitoring reports and relationships with current and new providers involved in the corporate alliances through UNICEF;
  • Assist the development of new providers and follow up biding processes with Operations Sector / RM&P Associate as required;

  • Ensure that the providers’ payments are due and delivered on time.

    • 3) Monitoring and Evaluation:

  • Monitor and support the implementation of the corporate alliances campaigns to target audiences and participate in the evaluation of their impact. Monitor and evaluate the use and effectiveness of each campaign materials/channels;
  • Support and monitor the level of fulfilment and success in donations processing, by analyzing and studying the best way to improve it;
  • Conduct the target and results analysis and control. Continuously monitoring campaign goals and marketing metrics related to customer engagement;

  • Compile lessons learned and support the review of successful and unsuccessful campaigns.

    • 4) Assignments of additional administrative duties and responsibilities:

  • Map potential companies from different segments and support on organizing the list of priority companies to be reached and prospected on a monthly basis;
  • Research about the prospected companies and support the evaluation of fundraising opportunities;
  • Assist the preparation of periodical corporate alliances fundraising reports, monitor and maintain control of records and results;

  • Develop, organize and maintain up-to-date data, information, record documents and control plans for the monitoring of project implementation; maintains library of corporate alliances reference materials.

    • To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

  • Completion of secondary education preferably supplemented by technical or university courses related to the work of the organization. A University degree is desirable (Business Administration, International Relations, Economics or Marketing);
  • At least six years of professional experience related to corporate fundraising, clients’ engagement, partnership development, or marketing;
  • Experience in retail sales is an asset
  • Fluency in Portuguese and English. Knowledge of Spanish will be considered as an asset

    • For every Child, you demonstrate

    UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

    The technical competencies required for this post are Relating and networking (I), Persuading and influencing (II), Planning and organizing (I) and Following Instructions and Procedures (II)

    View our competency framework at

    http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

    UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

    UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

    Remarks:

    Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

    Candidates must be Brazilian citizens or have a valid work permit.

    All candidates who wish to apply to this Vacancy Announcement are requested to prepare and submit their application in English.

    How to apply:

    UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organization. To apply, click on the following link http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/?job=520028

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