Education Specialist - Learning Assessment, P-4, Fixed Term Position, Global Programme Division, Education COE Bangkok, #00133290

About the Role

The Global Programme Division (GPD) plays a central role in driving programme excellence across UNICEF. It provides global strategic leadership and policy direction, develops and monitors frameworks and standards, and ensures coherence and alignment across sectors, regions and partners. GPD generates high-impact, evidence-based solutions and serves as a hub of specialized expertise, offering technical guidance on policy reform and scalable programming. GPD leads UNICEF’s policies, standards and negotiations for programme, ensuring the organization’s assets and priorities are aligned with and contribute to child development goals. In addition, GPD strengthens country-level implementation through integrated technical support, linking global policy with on-the-ground action to deliver results for children at scale.

As part of this structure, UNICEF has established Centres of Excellence (CoEs) to provide high-quality, demand-driven technical assistance to Country and Regional Offices, and their governments and partners. Located strategically in Nairobi, Panama, Amman and Bangkok, the CoEs bring together cross-cutting expertise across time zones. Global Programme Practices in CoEs function as a single point of entry for support, delivering tailored assistance in priority areas such as policy reform in matters that advance the wellbeing of children, at-scale programme design, public finance, workforce development and institutional strengthening, and timely humanitarian response while promoting resilient development.

How You Can Make a Difference?

Under the supervision of the Senior Advisor, Education (Education Financing), the Education Specialist (Learning Assessment) will provide high-level technical assistance and strategic support to advance UNICEF’s global agenda on learning assessment. The role will guide UNICEF’s work on strengthening national learning assessment systems and their use at all levels for increasing learning outcomes, with a particular focus on early learning and foundational learning.

The Education Specialist (Learning Assessment) will provide technical assistance to UNICEF Country and Regional Offices, national governments and partners, to develop, implement, and use learning assessments that inform sector policy, planning and financing, school monitoring and classroom instruction to improve learning outcomes. The role will also contribute to global standard-setting, the development of methodologies, and partnerships to promote equity-driven, inclusive, and actionable learning assessments that support system-wide education reform, equitable resource allocation and education programming in emergency settings.

Under the supervision of the Senior Advisor, Education (Education Financing), the Education Specialist (Learning Assessment) will provide high-level technical assistance and strategic support to advance UNICEF’s global agenda on learning assessment. The role will guide UNICEF’s work on strengthening national learning assessment systems and their use at all levels for increasing learning outcomes, with a particular focus on early learning and foundational learning. The Education Specialist (Learning Assessment) will provide technical assistance to UNICEF Country and Regional Offices, national governments and partners, to develop, implement, and use learning assessments that inform sector policy, planning and financing, school monitoring and classroom instruction to improve learning outcomes. The role will also contribute to global standard-setting, the development of methodologies, and partnerships to promote equity-driven, inclusive, and actionable learning assessments that support system-wide education reform, equitable resource allocation and education programming in emergency settings.

Minimum Requirements

• Education: Master or equivalent (Advanced University Degree) in Education, Statistics, Economics, Social Science, Psychometrics, Educational measurement, Social Sciences, Learning Measurement or other related fields.
• Work Experience: At least 8 years of progressively responsible professional experience in education, learning assessment, education monitoring, labor market monitoring, learning assessment, workforce development or other related fields is required.
• Skills: Demonstrated expertise in learning assessment, education monitoring, psychometrics, data analysis and reporting, learning measurement, and