Extenders are engaged through a third-party Service Provider that is directly responsible for the administrative and security related aspects of the Extenders deployment, while UNICEF is responsible for financial support, technical guidance and supervision.

Accordingly, the Extenders will be contracted by a Service Provider and will be considered a staff of the contracting company for all purposes and in all circumstances. The Extenders will not be considered a UNICEF staff member or consultant. As such, UNICEF will not be directly or indirectly responsible for the Extenders while implementing this Terms of Reference (TOR).

Extenders are tasked to facilitate and support UNICEF programme activities implementation and monitoring tasks that cannot be done by UNICEF staff due to accessibility, security, and scale. Which make extenders modality the most reliable and efficient way to support those tasks.

Extender will be based at their area of responsibility, and usually selected from communities in same area for easy mobility and to reduce security risks, and transportation time and cost. These extenders are not given task that is supposed to be done normally by UNICEF staff.

UNICEF is performing in far-flung and insecure communities with high gender disparity, a high number of out-of-school children, and limited functional public schools for children, particularly girls. Most of those areas where UNICEF is undertaking interventions in far-flung remote communities are insecure for UNICEF staff to travel. Considering the importance of monitoring to ensure effective and efficient implementation of education interventions in far remote and insecure areas, Technical Extender is the best possible solution to perform regular monitoring and report on the status of interventions promptly. In this case, UNICEF will ensure accountability towards effective implementation of organizational objectives and efficient use of the fund to partners.

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Key skills and Competencies Requirements:

Able to mobilize communities to support access to and retention in education for children.

Ability to ensure regular and timely field visits, and monitoring of as well as reporting on education activities.

Coordinate knowledge sharing and capacity-building events for provincial Academic Supervision Unit (ASU) staff and schools’ personnel (e.g., teachers, principals, and school Shura members) in specific recommended/needed areas, where necessary.

Communication Skills: Ability to communicate fluently and has interpersonal communication skills at the community level.

Computer Skills: Familiarity in Office Applications are preferred.

Personal qualities: Team player, flexible, network-builder, able to handle pressure well, and work in a cross-cultural setting.