Education Cannot Wait Fund Posts

Education Cannot Wait – a Fund for Education in Emergencies was launched at the World Humanitarian Summit in May 2016 as a new solution to mobilize financing for the estimated 75 million children and youth whose education is interrupted due to conflict, disaster and emergency. 

The Fund aims to increase the impact of current approaches to education in emergencies by bringing together public and private partners, leveraging additional financing, catalyzing new approaches to financing, and strengthening delivery including through innovation.  Hosted and administered within UNICEF, the Education Cannot Wait Secretariat is responsible for implementing the day to day work of the Fund under the direction of the High Level Steering Group, which comprises of the heads of major UN agencies, the Global Partnership for Education, government ministers and leaders from civil society, business and philanthropy.

We are looking for highly motivated professionals with relevant experience to join the Education Cannot Wait Secretariat in New York as:

• Director, Education Cannot Wait Fund,  D-2 
• Senior Adviser, Education, P-5
• Senior Adviser, Education Economist/Statistician, P-5 
• Senior Adviser, Humanitarian and Development Finance, P-5 
• Specialist, Innovative Finance, P-4 
• Specialist, Grant and Recipient Support, P-4  
• Specialist, Donor engagement, Communications and Advocacy, P-4

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.

Please submit your application by Tuesday 3rd January 2017.