Project Officer

JOB DETAILS

Type of contract : Service Contract

Level : 9

Hiring Unit : Education Sector (ED)

Duty Station : Yangon

Work location : On site

Duration of contract : 11 months

Hiring open to : External candidates

Application deadline (Midnight UTC+7 Time) : 11/03/2026

UNESCO Core Values: Commitment to the Organization, Integrity, Respect for Diversity, Professionalism

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

Under the overall authority of the Regional Director of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization Regional Office in Bangkok and Office for UN Coordination for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCO Bangkok), and the direct supervision from Head of Antenna Office in Yangon and the project officer, the incumbent will be responsible for providing programme implementation and monitoring support to the UNESCO Antenna Office in Yangon (hereafter UNESCO Office) educational projects, namely the System Capacity Grant (SCG) and the System Transformation Grant (STG).

Long Description

MAIN TASKS AND SERVICES

1. Project Monitoring & Evaluation

• Provide technical advice to design, plan, implement the educational M&E frameworks and systems to monitor all activities of the ongoing projects, including System Capacity Grant (SCG) and System Transformation Grant (STG).
• Play a key role in monitoring and assessing educational progress by regularly tracking key performance indicators (KPIs) and project milestones. This includes overseeing the collection and analysis of data, identifying gaps, challenges, and areas for improvement, and ensuring interventions are on track to meet their desired outcomes.
• Support the roll-out and implementation of the Joint Response Framework (JRF) for Monitoring, Reporting and Evaluation across educational projects in Myanmar. This includes facilitating the alignment of individual M&E frameworks from a range of stakeholders, incl