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Job no: 596868 Contract type: Consultant Duty Station: Dodoma Level: Consultancy Location: United Republic of Tanzania Categories: Education Working arrangement: Home-based in Tanzania, with travel to Morogoro and other locations as required UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence. At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling. UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive Compensation and
BENEFITS
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- Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.
- For every child, the right to learn Tanzania is pursuing an ambitious education reform agenda through the Education Sector Development Plan (ESDP), including expansion of compulsory education, increased transition to secondary education, investments in skills and employability, digital learning, infrastructure, and improvements in education quality.
- Delivering these reforms within a constrained fiscal environment places increasing importance on sustainable domestic financing, effective use of available resources, and strong alignment between sector priorities, planning and budgeting processes.
- Against this backdrop, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) has identified domestic resource mobilization (DRM) and education financing as important areas for continued institutional learning, collaboration and dialogue.
- Tanzania already has significant expertise and ongoing initiatives across these areas.
- The opportunity is to bring together the complementary perspectives and
RESPONSIBILITIES
- of institutions across the financing and implementation chain – including MoEST, the Ministry of Finance, Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA), President’s Office – Regional Administration and Local Government (PO-RALG), Local Government Authorities (LGAs), and other relevant actors – to develop a shared understanding of education financing priorities, constraints and opportunities.
- Through the GPE-KIX Country Support Mechanism, UNICEF is supporting MoEST to convene an applied capacity-strengthening and inter-sectoral engagement around this agenda.
- The engagement will connect domestic resource mobilization with expenditure efficiency, prioritization, the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), budget execution and education results.
- It will also provide a practical platform for examining financing and expenditure patterns alongside learning and other education outcomes, strengthening evidence-informed dialogue on resource allocation, efficiency and value for money.
- How can you make a difference?
- The purpose of the consultancy is to provide technical support to UNICEF and MoEST in the design, adaptation and delivery of an applied capacity-strengthening programme on domestic financing for education in Tanzania.
- Working within a Government-led process, the consultant will curate and adapt existing education financing, domestic resource mobilization and public finance materials to the Tanzania [...]
HOW TO APPLY
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