National Consultant-Integrating Climate and Environment into Teacher Training(CSESI)

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  • Organisation: UNESCO
  • Location: Maldives, Maldives
  • Deadline: 21 September 2026

JOB DETAILS

Type of contract : Consultant Contract

Level :   Level 2 - Middle

Hiring Unit :   Education Sector (ED)

Duty Station : Maldives

Work location : Remote

Duration of contract : 6 months

Hiring open to : External candidates

Application deadline (Midnight IST Time) : 21/09/2026

UNESCO Core Values: Commitment to the Organization, Integrity, Respect for Diversity, Professionalism

OVERVIEW

CSESI was launched in early 2023 by the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) in partnership with Save the Children, UNESCO’s Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Section and UNESCO ‑ IIEP. The initiative is being implemented in 35 countries and seeks to strengthen national capacities to:

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Mainstream climate change adaptation and environmental sustainability into education sector plans, policies and budgets; and

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Enhance education ministry capacity for cross ‑ sectoral coordination on climate- and environment ‑ related policy and programming.

CSESI promotes a systems approach, supporting scalable models for integrating climate action into education and fostering coordination across policy, planning, curriculum, teacher development, infrastructure and data systems to build resilience among learners and education systems.

UNESCO applies a holistic Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) approach, addressing climate change from environmental, social and economic perspectives and supporting the development of knowledge, values, attitudes and competencies that enable learners to contribute to mitigation, adaptation, resilience and sustainable development. Global reference documents guiding this work include the Greening Curriculum Guidance (UNESCO, 2024) , ESD for Sustainable Development Goals : Learning Objectives (UNESCO, 2017), and curriculum alignment guidance developed by UNESCO ‑ IBE.