National Consultant on IT/Data-base (part-time, home-based)
Job no: 561555
Position type: Consultant
Location: Romania Division/Equivalent: CEE/CIS
School/Unit: Romania
Department/Office: Bucharest, Romania
Categories: Education
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Scope of Work:
The Ministry of Education applied in 2021 to the European Commission TSI call for applications, in partnership with UNICEF, on school desegregation. The European Commission approved the TSI Project developed by UNICEF, and by October 2022 the European Commission approved the DPD (detailed project description) and granted the funding for its implementation. The consultancy requested is part of the consultancies included in the TSI Project programmatic documents, namely contracting the services of an IT Expert.
The TSI Project on School Desegregation in Romania is directly contributing to achieving the Output 2.2. of UNICEF 2023-2027 Country Programme, „by 2027, UNICEF expertise informs key conceptual, normative, budgeting, and operational parts of Romania’s education system to offer quality and inclusive early childhood education as well as primary and secondary education services”.
The TSI Project on School Desegregation has the following outputs: Output 1.1 Methodology for monitoring school segregation field tested and adjusted, if needed. Output 1.2 Methodology for the prevention of school segregation and intervention in cases of school segregation developed, field tested and adopted. Output 2 SIIIR adjusted and developed to monitor school segregation Output 3 Capacity of MoE, NCSDI, CSIs, CTTHs and selected school units developed Output 4 National strategy for school desegregation and corresponding action-plan developed and adopted
The consultant to be selected is expected to contribute to all the above outputs of the TSI Project and should have a track record of experience with IT platforms for data collection and processing, building and operating large databases and online communication and feedback solutions.
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Work Assignments Overview
TSI Project on School Desegregation – IT technical assistance and support
– Assessment of SIIIR Module’s functional compliance with the requirements related to the indicators within the methodology for monitoring school segregation conducted (40 days)
– IT development solutions identified and recommended for the development of SIIIR Module and know how transferred to MoE SIIIR operator. IT development solution for ensuring complementarity with SIIIR Module identified and implemented. (40 days)
– Data processing solutions for indicator calculation, school scoring and reporting (at school, county and NCSDI level) to complement the SIIIR Module or to provide an alternative to this module (if need be) (30 days)
– Assessments of the compatibility and accuracy of data transfers between SIIIR and other platforms conducted (30 days)
– Development of IT solutions for online consultations / for feedback collection and processing in relation with the school units and other stakeholders within the TSI Project; technical support for UNICEF team for online training and other online tools needed by the team developed (60 days)
– Relevant learning resources (IT sections) developed and contributions to the training design and delivery in relation to his/her area of expertise (20 days)
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Application procedure:
The application will be made in the dedicated UNICEF platform and it must include:
- an Updated CV focused on the skills and experience requested by the current consultancy; match the requirements of the position;
- List of similar projects
- Closes May 07 2023National Consultant on IT/Data-base (part-time, home-based) in Romania
Under the supervision of UNICEF Education Specialist, the purpose of this consultancy is to provide technical assistance and support to the education team that will contribute to the implementation of the TSI Project on School Desegregation.
