Education and Young People Engagement Associate, Nairobi, Kenya

The UN Volunteer will provide support across UNICEF's PROSPECTS, EiE, Inclusive Education and ADAP program by contributing to coordinated implementation, routine monitoring, and field-level engagement. The role will assist in strengthening meaningful adolescent and youth engagement in PROSPECTS program through supporting coordination across different sections engaged in PROSPECTS implementation, data and information management for Education programming and the EiE working group with linkages to the refugee education group.

Task description:
Under the direct supervision of the Education Specialist - Access and Inclusion, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:
Contributes to inclusive PROSPECTS coordination by facilitating structured consultation and representation of refugee youth voices, particularly from Kakuma and Dadaab, through inputs into coordination forums, synthesis of youth perspectives, and support to evidence-based decision making at the national level
Supports the implementation of EiE, Access and Inclusive Education portfolio by assisting with follow-up on activity plans, tracking progress against workplans and contributing to smooth rollout across refugee settlements and targeted counties and schools.
Assists in planning and coordinating key program activities, including teacher trainings, community mobilization events, school verification exercises and joint monitoring visits, and participates in field missions by engaging with partners, capturing key observations, and contributing to high-quality after-action documentation.
Together with the education team, contributes to monitoring, reporting and data management by supporting routine data collection from schools and field partners, maintaining and cleaning datasets, organizing monitoring information and assisting in preparing progress updates and donor reporting inputs.
Supports knowledge management by compiling lessons learned, updating shared folders and knowledge products (including communication materials), documenting best practices across refugee education, inclusive education for children with disabilities and OOSC programming, and helping prepare briefs, presentations and summaries.
Contributes to coordination and information management processes for the Education in Emergencies Working Group (EiE WG) by preparing background briefs and agendas, summarizing key insights and action points, maintaining partner and distribution lists and supporting quarterly 5W data consolidation and visualization.
Work closely with the Adolescent Development Specialist to support the government in the review and strengthening of national children and adolescent participation guidelines, practical guidance tools for engagement in humanitarian settings, ensuring alignment with UNICEF standards and the best global practices
Assist with data collection and documentation to support PROSPECTS adolescent situation analyses in Kakuma and Dadaab, contributing evidence on refugee and host‑community adolescents to inform monitoring and planning of adolescent development and participation activities across sectors.

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