UNESCO
UNESCO
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UNESCO Climate Education Consultant – Teacher Training, Maldives

UNESCO seeks a consultant to integrate climate, environmental sustainability, and disaster risk reduction into teacher training in the Maldives. The work includes reviewing resources, assessing readiness, and creating inclusive teaching materials.

Opis

  • Review primary and secondary pre-service and in-service teacher training resources for climate, environment, and disaster risk reduction (DRR) content.
  • Select priority climate and environmental topics and learning outcomes that align with national frameworks and UNESCO guidance.
  • Use an online survey to assess teachers’ and school leaders’ readiness to teach climate, environment, and DRR.
  • Map existing content and teaching approaches, identifying gaps, opportunities, and capacity needs.
  • Revise teacher training materials and programmes, and create supplementary aids such as lesson examples, facilitation notes, and formative assessment tools.
  • Apply transformative, action-oriented, learner-centred, inclusive, and gender-responsive approaches, including place-based learning, inquiry projects, and scenario planning.
  • Coordinate with the Ministry of Education, National Institute of Education, teacher training institutions, TRCs, UNESCO, and CSESI partners.
  • Help organize stakeholder consultation and validation workshops.
  • Incorporate feedback into final deliverables, including recommendations for embedding the work in NIE and national teacher education systems.
  • Prepare assessment and mapping reports, a teacher readiness report, revised training materials and supplementary aids, and a workshop report.
  • Meet regularly with UNESCO and incorporate its feedback and revisions into deliverables.
  • Apply gender analysis and mainstreaming throughout the work.

Zahteve

  • Advanced degree (Master’s or equivalent) in education, curriculum development, teacher education, pedagogy, Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), environmental education, or a related field; alternatively, a Bachelor’s degree plus three years of relevant experience.
  • At least two years of progressive professional experience in the education sector.
  • Expertise in curriculum development, teacher training, teaching and learning materials (TLMs), pedagogy, and institutional capacity development.
  • Strong knowledge of global standards and good practice in curriculum design, teacher education, and TLM development, including climate change, environmental sustainability, or disaster risk reduction (DRR) integration.
  • Experience designing, reviewing, and revising curricula and teacher training resources; experience in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) or similar settings is preferred.
  • Experience with climate change education, Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), or integrating DRR into education systems.
  • Experience in South Asia, preferably the Maldives, with familiarity with the Ministry of Education (MoE), National Institute of Education (NIE), and teacher training systems.
  • Experience conducting capacity assessments, including survey design, data collection and analysis, and practical recommendations.
  • Experience facilitating stakeholder consultations and collaborating with government counterparts, teacher training institutions, and development partners.
  • Experience incorporating learner-centred, inclusive, gender-responsive, and action-oriented approaches into curricula and teacher training resources.
  • Excellent spoken and written English communication skills.
  • Ability to deliver high-quality work within agreed timelines.
  • Dhivehi is desirable for the assignment; local support will be available.
  • Ability to arrange own logistics, including office space, administrative and secretarial support, team members, telecommunications, travel, and printing.
  • Ability to use Harvard referencing and follow international academic and copyright standards.

Ugodnosti

  • Six-month consultant contract.
  • Remote work location.
  • Regular progress meetings and feedback from UNESCO.
  • Opportunity to contribute to UNESCO-owned technical assets and global education initiatives.
  • Applicants from minority and Indigenous groups, as well as people with disabilities, are equally encouraged to apply.

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