Digital Learning and AI in Education Consultant

Unicef; New Delhi; Remote; INR 1,500,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

UNICEF in New Delhi seeks a Digital Learning and AI in Education Consultant for a 12.5-month national remote assignment with travel. Location: New Delhi. The role focuses on strengthening digital education systems, AI-enabled teaching, and scalable EdTech architectures to support government counterparts.

You will develop roadmaps, capacity building, monitoring tools, and knowledge products to improve planning, implementation and equity in education for children and adolescents.

Qualifications

• Masters degree in Education, Educational Technology, Management or a related social science field.
• 10+ years of professional experience in education with substantial digital learning experience.
• Strong understanding of education systems and digital learning initiatives.
• Expertise in digital pedagogy, content development and blended learning.
• Knowledge of AI literacy, adaptive learning, and digital remediation tools.
• Experience with dashboards, indicators and evidence systems for usage, engagement and equity.
• Excellent technical writing, facilitation and presentation skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialized technical assistance for strengthening safe, inclusive, scalable digital education interventions at national and state levels.
• Support development and operationalization of digital education roadmaps and architecture frameworks for effective blended learning.
• Build capacity, monitoring systems and knowledge products to enable planning, implementation, review and scale-up of digital education initiatives.
• Collaborate with government counterparts and UN agencies to advance equitable access and learning outcomes for marginalized communities.

Skills

Digital learning design

EdTech architecture

APIs & data flow

LMS knowledge

English writing

Education

Masters in Education/EdTech

Tools

DIKSHA

APIs

Job description

Job Summary

Digital Learning and AI in Education Consultant (National, Remote with travel), 12.5 months.

Location: New Delhi

Responsibilities

• The purpose of this consultancy is to provide specialized technical support to UNICEF and government counterparts for strengthening safe, inclusive, scalable and evidence-informed digital education interventions at national and state levels.
• The assignment will support the development and operationalization of digital education roadmaps, digital architecture frameworks for effective blended learning; strengthen digital pedagogy to support remediation and STEM education, AI-enabled teaching and learning approaches; and build capacity, monitoring systems and knowledge products that enable more effective planning, implementation, review and scale-up of digital education initiatives.
• UNICEF is actively engaged in supporting the Government of India and state governments to strengthen equitable access, retention and learning outcomes, with a particular focus on children and adolescents from marginalized communities.
• In view of the rapid expansion of digital technologies in education and the persistent inequities in both learning opportunities and digital infrastructure, UNICEF proposes hiring a Digital Education Consultant to provide specialized technical assistance under Output 301, including support for digital pedagogy, responsible use of AI in education, EdTech architecture, capacity strengthening, monitoring and knowledge generation

Minimum requirements

• Education: Masters (Advanced university) degree in Education/Educational Technology/Management/Sociology / or another relevant social science field
• Work Experience: At least 10 years of professional experience in education, with substantial experience in designing, implementing and/or scaling digital learning or technology-enabled education programmes, preferably in government or large-scale education systems.
• Knowledge/Expertise/Skills:
  • Strong understanding of education systems and digital learning, with demonstrated experience in designing and implementing technology-enabled education programmes
  • Expertise in digital learning systems, EdTech architecture and scalable platform ecosystems.
  • Knowledge of APIs, interoperability, authentication, data flows, metadata and privacy-by-design.
  • Knowledge of LMS, digital content repositories such as DIKSHA, state and platform analytics.
  • Expertise in digital pedagogy, instructional design, content development, blended learning and content QA.
  • Understanding of AI literacy, adaptive learning, assessment and digital remediation tools.
  • Knowledge of responsible AI governance, inclusion and child online safeguards.
  • Experience with dashboards, indicators and evidence systems for usage, engagement and equity.li>
  • Strong technical writing, facilitation and presentation skills in English for policy and technical audiences.
• Language Requirements: Fluency in written and spoken English
• Desirables: Experience with UN, government, state institutions or large-scale EdTech programmes is an asset.

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