Public Financing for Education Consultant (Remote with possibility of travel), 11.5 months, New Delhi
Overview
Provide technical support across four interconnected areas of Public Financing for Education to strengthen UNICEF India's education financing agenda.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical inputs from a PFM & Education financing perspective and support finalization and operationalization of UNICEF India's Education Financing Strategy.
- Provide technical inputs to the adaptation and contextualization of the Financing for Children/Education Financing capacity-strengthening programme.
- Provide independent technical review, quality assurance and advisory support to the agency undertaking the “Diagnosis of Efficiency and Equity in Budget Execution under the Samagra Shiksha Scheme in India”.
- Undertake and support education financing analysis and translate evidence and study findings into policy, knowledge and stakeholder engagement products.
Required Experience
A minimum of 10 years of professional experience in public finance, public financial management (PFM), budget analysis, education financing, public expenditure analysis or related areas. Demonstrated experience in policy-oriented research, diagnostic studies, public expenditure reviews or similar assignments. Demonstrated experience in designing, adapting and/or delivering capacity-strengthening programmes on public finance, budgeting, PFM or education financing. Demonstrated experience working with government, UN agencies and/or development partners.
Qualifications
Advanced university (Master's degree or above) degree in Economics / Public Finance / Development Economics / Education / Social Sciences or another relevant field.