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McKinsey is committed to improving lifelong learning opportunities and outcomes around the globe by collaborating with clients on their top-of-mind issues while always keeping equity at the forefront. Our teams include former teachers, institutional leaders, policymakers, and researchers with deep expertise across all levels of education from early childhood and K-12, to higher education and workforce development.

We serve education institutions and systems, governments, philanthropists, investors, service providers, and vocational training providers, complementing our hands-on work with original research to allow us to better understand the sector’s toughest challenges, and build new capabilities to help solve them.

How we help clients

Early childhood education and K-12 school systems

Higher education

Workforce development

Investors, philanthropists, and service and technology providers

Strategy and implementation, organizational and performance transformation, education venture building, partnerships and mergers, examples of our work.

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Good to great transformation for a flagship state university

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K-12 Consulting Services

You have big goals for your district. We have the education consulting services to help you accomplish them.

Our Approach to Education Consulting

We approach each district partnership with the mindset that while we can share what has worked elsewhere, we must seek to understand the current culture and context of each district and school. We honor the goals, priorities, and vision of every leader with whom we work, and we help them to hone, articulate, and make those visions a reality.

Our team leads with equity and leverages deep expertise, design thinking, expert facilitation, a spirit of collaboration, and our extensive toolkit of resources and technology to deliver sustainable results.

Instructional Design & Implementation

Organizational Strategy

Leadership Strategy

Surveys & Analytics

K-12 instructional design is an iterative process. To achieve the best student outcomes, districts must rigorously improve their instruction to meet student needs.

Education Elements can help you identify your district’s biggest instructional challenges and create a student-centered approach to solving them. We provide coaching, support, and facilitated experiences to create meaningful change in instructional practice.

We’ll help your team build the necessary skills to implement instructional shifts, continually reassess instructional practice, and update your approach based on changing needs. Our work is grounded in evidence-based practices that have demonstrable impact on student and teacher success.

• Personalized and Blended Learning

This instructional approach empowers students to take ownership of their learning and get the instruction they need, when and how they need it.

We’ll work with your district to develop and articulate a vision and strategy for personalized learning and/or blended learning, and support its implementation through high-quality professional development for teachers and leaders.

• School Transformation

School transformation is the process of building (or rebuilding) school structures around the needs of students and communities. This includes school design, restart, and school improvement.

We can help your district develop the systems and vision for a new school or program, or rethink and redesign an existing one.

School Improvement

Education Elements designs sustainable solutions that improve student outcomes. We recognize that districts with schools designated as in need of improvement must focus on immediate, compliance-driven mandates while simultaneously investing in leadership and learning practices that lead to long-term, sustainable improvements.

Before you can solve a complex problem, you need to understand the root causes — and sometimes, that process is just as challenging as the problem solving itself. That’s where our education strategy consulting comes in.

Education Elements builds winning strategies through community and staff engagement. We identify core challenges, discover new possibilities with human-centered design, and ensure successful implementation through responsive planning. We’ll help your team establish priorities, sort through options, and align on an effective approach.

• Strategic Planning

Whether your district needs to create a new strategic plan or implement and monitor an existing one, we can help. Working closely with your team, we’ll craft a strategic plan that builds unity in your community, fosters alignment, and is a catalyst for transformational change.

• Talent Strategy

Retaining top talent is an enormous challenge in education. The current climate has led to increased burnout and high rates of exit among educators. While the challenge is great, we can help your district support and grow the incredible talent you have — and make your district the destination for new talent.

Leadership is an art, and every artist needs time and discipline to hone their craft. Like any specialist, educational leaders need the opportunity to gain skills and build habits that will help them implement lasting change in their districts.

At Education Elements, we take a systems approach to educational leadership development, leveraging both individual and team learning to inspire innovative leadership and help new leaders emerge.

Organizational Leadership to Support District Operations

We work with states to support district teams, increasing alignment and collaboration.

District teams benefit from support in implementing components of a strategic plan, monitoring progress of initiatives, utilizing funding to strategically support programs, and building practices to bring district and statewide initiatives to life.

Leading Change Through Teams

By building your leadership capacity, you will establish the foundation needed to support teachers and leaders to more fully design, implement, and sustain innovation in their classrooms and work.

Your team will realize a shared vision and learn how to drive equitable outcomes across diverse and complex learning organizations.

Today, many school districts struggle with DRIP syndrome: they are Data Rich and Information Poor. Some may collect data to check a box, others may be inconsistent, or organize the data in silos.

At Education Elements, we help you evaluate your current data culture to help you make more informed and more equitable decisions about how to improve educational experiences and outcomes for all students. We can support you to develop new systems and mindsets around data, elevate student voice and agency through evidence-based data collection, monitor and improve instructional effectiveness, and measure progress towards district strategic plan and school improvement goals.

• Student & Families Surveys

We believe that highlighting student voice can create positive change in districts. Through our student surveys, you can gather students’ perspectives about teaching practices, student engagement and mindsets, peer support, SEL, school climate, diversity, equity, and inclusion. Family and community voice via our Family Surveys provide input from parents and guardians about school climate, diversity, equity, and inclusion, parent satisfaction, barriers to family engagement as well as other key indicators.

Teacher & Staff Surveys

Whether you’re rolling out a new initiative, or trying to gauge how to support your teachers, our teacher surveys capture information about school quality, climate and teacher perceptions of instructional leadership and can gather feedback from beginning teachers about key challenges they are experiencing to support retention.

School Improvement & Redesign: Built On a Foundation of Knowing What Works

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Instructional Design and Implementation

• Instructional Capacity Building
• School Redesign
• Hybrid + Virtual School Support
• Curriculum Strategy and Support
• Equity Action Plan
• New Leader Strategy
• Problem of Practice Strategy
• Community Engagement
• Data Culture
• Organizational Leadership and District Operations
• Leading Change through Teams
• Recruiting and Developing Leaders
• Responsive Leadership Series
• Talent Recruitment & Retention
• Equity Leadership Series
• Learning Courses: Building Habits and Mindsets of Effective Instructional Coaches
• Learning Courses: Essential Skills for Leading Learning
• Teachers & Staff Surveys
• System-Level Progress Monitoring Surveys

Our Commitment to Equity

At Education Elements, we partner with districts and schools to design equitable learning environments that meet the needs of every student. We see equity as a choice–a choice that individuals and collective communities make to put students’ individual and unique needs first. Learn more about our approach to embedding equity into our services here.

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Retaining Teachers Requires a Belonging Strategy

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Since the turn of the 21st century, according to Credit Suisse’s global wealth report , the world’s middle-class segment has seen the biggest growth, with population size nearly trebling during the 2000-2019 period. Meanwhile, the rate of internet penetration shot up from 16.8% in 2005 to 53.6% in 2019 , according to the Telecommunication Development Sector (a special agency of the United Nations). Ready for one more statistic? According to a UNESCO-sponsored report, the global population of college students has more than doubled since 2000.

Increasingly affluent, connected and academically ambitious: That’s the modern world in a nutshell.

All this might seem like an ideal environment for growth in the education sector. The reality, however, is significantly more complicated. Public and private organizations alike face challenges in selecting the right geographical markets for expansion, creating the right educational offerings for each locality and making the appropriate digital investments for education delivery. The upshot is that in education, a robust strategy is more critical than ever.

L.E.K. Consulting’s Global Education Practice (GEP) serves public, private nonprofit and private for-profit educational institutions. We also work with investors and foundations that are involved with the education industry. As one of the world’s foremost education consulting firms, we have led on-the-ground engagements in numerous countries and industry subsegments.

From Botswana to New Zealand, from China to the United Arab Emirates, from Poland to Paraguay, our 100-plus specialists travel around the globe to provide education-sector consulting services to investors, operators and philanthropists across various markets. We’ve led multiple on-site engagements in all education segments: early childhood, K-12 and higher education. We also offer specialties in English-language training, transnational education (TNE) and education technology (edtech).

We combine primary research with advanced analytics and strategy consulting to help clients realize growth opportunities in new sectors and geographies, including untapped developing countries. Our knowledge bank contains the lessons from over 700 engagements in 90 countries — lessons that we bring to bear in helping you formulate strategies of your own.

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How we help

Clients engage us to:

• Identify and characterize opportunities. With sustainable growth and profitability as strategic imperatives, we provide an aggregated overview of both regional and global education markets, local market demand, and the competitive landscape. This helps reveal commercial opportunities and relationships, which is an essential step in establishing and strengthening regional and global presence.  
• Assess potential investments. There’s a rapidly growing appetite for investment in the education sector, which has proved to be one of the most resilient industries. At the same time, more education companies are using acquisitions as a way to scale. We work closely with our private equity and corporate clients throughout the transaction cycle. Our support ranges from identifying attractive companies to performing commercial due diligence, as well as increasing portfolio company value growth and providing exit support.  
• Define winning strategies. We help clients transform insights into actionable, tactical initiatives that are in line with their goals and objectives. We accomplish this by conducting deep-dive market assessments, using powerful analytics and combining an understanding of local markets with an awareness of global trends in the education industry.  
• Evaluate key areas for potential growth. We assess opportunities for clients aiming to increase their offerings via expansion into adjacent education subsectors such as edtech. With our understanding of the education industry size and its magnitude, we also help clients create business plans for new opportunities, taking into account specific objectives and priorities.  
• Create value from the ecosystem. We tap into our partnerships across the education network — in innovation, talent, capital and impact. Our deep global network puts us in a unique position to support our clients in strategy development, private equity investments, mergers and acquisitions, and other areas.

Success stories

We have helped clients achieve growth and strong returns on investments via growth strategies, site feasibility assessment, transactional advisory services and more. Here are a few of our success stories:

• Dual curriculum market strategy for a school operator. A prestigious British school engaged us to evaluate and identify high-potential cities across China for a possible dual curriculum endeavor. We provided a detailed market assessment and competitive landscape for each city. Then we prioritized the most attractive cities to enter and created a differentiated proposition for each market.  
• Digital strategy for a business school. We used a three-step approach to help a renowned European business school build its digital strategy. First, we assessed the school’s existing digital initiatives. Next, we conducted in-depth primary and secondary research on digital best practices specific to student recruitment, student engagement and community building. Finally, we prioritized the most effective digital initiatives for our client’s efforts to improve student outreach and sales conversion.  
• International student acquisition for a university system. The higher education institutions of a European country sought our help in finding ways to recruit more students from East Africa. Working closely with the country’s embassy in Africa, we examined the market landscape and student outflow mobility from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia. Next, we evaluated the country’s competitive positioning as a study-abroad destination. We followed up by identifying key opportunities and partnerships, and then put together a detailed go-to-market strategy.

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Higher Education

Amidst extraordinary uncertainty, BCG is helping higher education leaders build resilience, seize opportunities for growth, and discover new ways to differentiate their institutions.

Colleges and universities are facing declining enrollment, financial instability, and prolonged educational disruptions. A recent BCG survey found that 72% of college presidents are concerned about the perceived decrease in value of higher education. In short, colleges and universities are facing an existential crisis.

The changing nature of the higher education industry demands a strategy that is inclusive, collaborative, and resilient. BCG helps today’s leaders stay competitive by navigating key trends in higher education, such as:

A growing need for higher ed-employer collaboration . An estimated 1.3 billion people have competencies misaligned with the work they perform, fueling a rapidly growing skills mismatch across the globe.

A shift in student expectations . Gen Z students are demanding to be treated as customers and to realize value commensurate with the investment they’re making.

New business and delivery models. Competency-based models, massive open online courses (MOOCs), “boot camps,” and microcredentials are all emerging. But shifting from in-person to online instruction—while maintaining quality—is not a simple task.

An expanding ecosystem. The corporate sector is increasingly involved in academic programming, research programs, and apprenticeships.

Our Approach to Higher Education Consulting

BCG's higher ed consulting teams have decades of experience helping public and private institutions around the world to become more sustainable and resilient. We work shoulder to shoulder with clients during all stages of planning, enablement, and growth:

• Planning. We support leaders as they set a strategic direction, develop a roadmap for growth, ensure racial equity and economic access, and discover new ways to differentiate from competitors.
• Enablement. We offer new strategies to ensure maximum cost efficiency, improve student outcomes, simplify administrative structures, streamline governance, and drive effective fundraising.
• Growth. We ensure that institutions are leveraging cutting-edge technologies and innovative solutions, launching new initiatives, and scaling up the most successful programs.

Our Higher Education Consulting Work with Clients

Improving Access to Higher Education . BCG worked with a university to increase enrollment with a specific focus on access for low-income and minority students.

Preparing for Effortless Expansion. BCG worked with a large innovative public university to build and implement a successful growth strategy.

Reinventing the University Experience. BCG worked with a leading business school to transform its university experience for students and faculty alike.

Lessons from Fulbright on Developing the University of the Future. A new liberal arts institution in Vietnam found that including students and faculty in the school’s development was a major driver of success.

Our Higher Education Tools and Frameworks

We leverage a wide array of proprietary tools and analytical frameworks to create transformative change in the higher education industry, including:

BCG's Future Skills Architect Tool

Helps colleges and universities gauge the skills mismatch in their country’s labor supply, understand its root causes, and identify the policies that can erase the mismatch by promoting reskilling and lifelong learning.

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Analyzes dynamic trends in higher education—including financial, technology, and competitive pressures—to help schools measure their performance across key dimensions, such as academic excellence, student outcomes, financial insights, brand or reputation, access, and economic impact.

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Our team’s relationships lend value. Our experience contributes understanding.

ESG is a mission-driven consulting firm that works with K-12, higher education, and workforce leaders to achieve greater impact. We work across sectors to move the needle on issues that are critical to improving student success and advancing equity.

Partners who’ve been there

The ESG team’s diverse relationships and years of experience help our clients navigate the political and technical challenges inherent in developing and implementing a student success agenda. As a team, we bring years of combined federal, state, and local experience building networks, developing policies, and implementing programs to support students. Individually, we have witnessed the power that an alignment agenda can have for traditionally underserved students – a big reason why we’re in this work.

Committed to dramatic improvement

We are deeply familiar with the challenges that come with this work, and we are not shy about the need to radically redesign our nation’s systems to promote success, especially for those from traditionally underserved populations. We are passionate about quality, scale and impact, and believe our work can make a difference for the future of our country. We stand ready to support communities, states, national partners, and foundations in delivering on a collective vision for student success.

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Utah’s largest school district could split in two. Here’s how.

A consulting firm hired to study how alpine school district could reconfigure recommended a two-way split tuesday..

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Members of the Alpine School District board Sara Hacken, Superintendent Shane Farnsworth, Sarah Beeson and Stacey Bateman, from left, on Friday, June 30, 2023. A proposal to split Utah’s largest school district into two smaller districts could head to ballots this November.

A proposal to split Utah’s largest school district into two smaller districts could head to ballots this November, though where exactly new district boundaries would fall is still being determined.

Officials from MGT, a Florida-based consulting firm MGT hired by the Alpine School District to perform a reconfiguration study, formally recommended a two-way split to school board members Tuesday evening. Ultimately, it’s up to the board to decide whether they’ll propose a ballot question.

“If the district does decide to go forward, a two-way split is preferential,” said Lance Richards, educational performance manager for MGT.

The recommendation comes after MGT spent weeks gathering resident feedback on five proposed scenarios that would divide the district into two or three parts. A sixth proposal to keep the district as-is was also presented to residents for feedback.

Of the six options, two involved a two-way split. MGT recommended that the board consider both of those options.

“There was not a lot of support for a three-way [split],” Richards said. “A three-way [split] in terms of splitting your resources and assets might be 10 times as hard in terms of complications.”

The two scenarios under consideration involve dividing Alpine into two separate districts — one to the east, and one to the west. The only difference between the options is whether Lehi would be placed in the east or west.

(Christopher Cherrington | The Salt Lake Tribune)

Alpine school board members now must determine which of the two scenarios they’d like to take to voters — if any.

The board could also forego MGT’s recommendation altogether, but any proposed change would hinge on voter approval. The board met for a study session Wednesday afternoon to continue discussion.

How residents feel

Splitting the Alpine School District has been a possibility for decades due to its rapid population growth — the district covers nearly half of Utah County , which encompasses 13 municipalities and 92 schools.

Despite several previous attempts to reconfigure the district, only one ever made it onto a ballot. The 2022 proposal would have created a new school district in Orem , which the Orem City Council first pitched in August of that year. It ultimately failed, with 73% of voters rejecting it.

Residents this time around overwhelmingly said they’d prefer to keep the district as one, according to in-person and online survey data collected by MGT. Around 11,000 residents and district staff participated.

Still, about 60% of respondents said they think the question of a split should go to a community-wide vote, Richards said. Staff, however, indicated they’d prefer the question not to go to ballots.

“By and large, to a ‘T’, everyone believes the district is doing a pretty good job of educating kids here,” Richards said. “Yet they still endorse a vote on reconfiguration in some form or fashion. "

When asked to weigh both two-way split options, 56% of all those surveyed favored the option with Lehi in the west. However, participants residing within the Lehi area showed a strong preference for the scenario where Lehi would be situated in the east.

An official vote on which option will be brought to ballots likely won’t happen until early May. The Utah County Commission would then need to approve the proposed ballot question, and the issue would need to undergo a 45-day public comment period, before it could be placed on the November ballot.

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Lead Biomedical Engineer - Retainer

South-East Asia and Pacific Multi-Country Office (EAPMCO)

The South East Asia and Pacific Multi-Country Office (EAPMCO) supports, develops and oversees the UNOPS portfolio of projects in South East Asia and the Pacific. EAPMCO was established in January 2023 following the merger of the Thailand Multi-Country Office, which covered 20 countries across  North East Asia, South East Asia and the Pacific, and the Cambodia Multi-Country Office, which covered 4 countries South East Asia - 3 countries in the Mekong Sub-region (Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam) and the Philippines.  EAPMCO currently covers 24 countries across North East Asia, South East Asia and the Pacific. With its head office in Bangkok, the Multi-Country Office comprises nine business units: SEMCO Thailand, EAPMCO Indonesia,  EAPMCO Pacific Operations Cluster, EAPMCO Papua New Guinea, EAPMCO China, EAPMCO Vietnam, EAPMCO Lao PDR, EAPMCO Philippines and EAPMCO Cambodia.

In 2022, the UNOPS EAPMCO implemented projects worth more than USD 95.7 million, in the areas of Energy Transition, Digital Transformations, Sustainable Environmental Management, Climate Change, Waste Management, Rule of Law and Access to Justice, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Post Conflict Reintegration, Emergency Relief, Post COVID19 Economic Transformations, and Health, through HR, procurement, construction, contract management, fund and program management services. The Multi-Country Office head office in Bangkok provides strategic direction, operational support, delivery oversight and assurance of the excellence of business processes and quality standards across all of the entire Multi-Country Office locations. It is also responsible for developing, delivering and managing the portfolio of engagements in the country of the MCO location itself. 

UNOPS EAPMCO has embarked on a health portfolio across different countries in South East Asia and the Pacific, aimed at improving access to public health. Primarily the biomedical engineer will provide support across various projects covering; needs assessments, health infrastructure implementations, equipment specifications and installation support, and health-related capacity-building efforts. 

The Biomedical Engineer will be responsible for the following key tasks:

Needs Assessments and Evaluation

Conduct technical assessments and stakeholder consultations to identify health system service gaps and needs within health systems, including but not limited to provisions of medical equipment systems and supplies, department and section planning, facilities classifications,  operational processes,  and reporting.

Conduct assessments and evaluations to determine medical equipment requirements, needs and others considering factors like technology advancements, regulatory compliance, and clinical demands

Evaluate the medical assets/system's operational performances and produce reports (efficiency, reliability and safety)) and follow up on any warranty maintenance and servicing as required.

Medical Equipment Specification and Cost Estimates

Definition and review of medical equipment technical specifications, ensuring alignment with regulatory standards, clinical requirements and facility constraints.

Definition and development of equipment lists and layouts, considering factors like workflow optimization, space utilization, and control measures.

Collaborate closely with design teams to review and plan for the integration of medical equipment in health facilities

Preparation of cost estimates for medical equipment (including devices, systems, tools, supplies, furniture, etc.), considering scheduling, procurement costs, installation expenses, and ongoing maintenance and operation requirements.

Technical Support

Support in Drafting Terms of Reference (TORs):

Collaborate with project teams to develop Terms of Reference (TORs) for consulting services within the healthcare sector/services (scope includes but is not limited to developing, rehabilitation, and equipping healthcare facilities).

Provide expertise in defining the scope, objectives, methodologies, and deliverables for various consulting assignments, including feasibility studies, pre-design assessments, detailed design projects, and other related initiatives.

Ensure alignment of TORs with project goals, regulatory requirements, and best practices in healthcare infrastructure development.

Review and Verification of technical  Deliverables:

Assist in reviewing and verifying deliverables submitted by consulting firms engaged in health sector projects.

Conduct thorough assessments of reports, design documents, technical specifications, and other outputs to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with established standards and contractual agreements.

Provide feedback and recommendations to consulting firms for improvement, if necessary, to enhance the quality and relevance of deliverables.

Implementation Support

Project implementation coordination (site visits and surveys)  with government entities, ministries of health and other project stakeholders to ensure alignment with project objectives and timelines.

Participate in scheduled site visits for inspection purposes during implementation phases to ensure adherence to specifications, quality standards, and regulatory requirements.

Conduct market surveys and research to identify medical equipment and health facility installation vendors and suppliers 

Participation in technical evaluation assignments for medical equipment and health facility installations to assess the feasibility, compatibility and compliance with project requirements.

Verification of supplied medical equipment for compliance with specifications before installations and addressing any discrepancies or issues identified.

Review shop drawings provided by the contractors and suppliers for compliance with design specifications and regulatory standards

Supervise equipment installation, testing, commissioning and handing over of goods and works to the beneficiary to ensure proper functioning and integration within the health facility infrastructure.

Support the development of standard operating procedures (SOPs) and operation manuals for medical equipment and health facility installations to guide the end-users effectively

Support in organizing and conducting the training of end-users on record keeping and basic operations and maintenance activities of medical equipment and health facility installations

Check and certify supplier payment claims for medical equipment supplied ensuring accuracy and compliance with the contractual agreements

Education and certification:

Advanced University Degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) preferably in Biomedical Engineering or a closely relevant discipline, is required.

A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s degree or equivalent) with two (2) additional years of relevant professional experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Certification or specialized training in hospital planning, medical waste management, or medical equipment specification and installation is highly desirable.

Experience:

A minimum of five (5) years of relevant professional experience in hospital planning, medical waste management, medical equipment specification, and installation is required.

Experience in Southeast Asia and the Pacific is an added advantage in demonstrating familiarity with regional healthcare systems, regulations and practices in the region

Experience in the rehabilitation and construction of healthcare facilities is an asset

Experience working with a variety of health sector stakeholders, particularly governments and development partners is an asset

Language requirements:

Full working knowledge of English is required

• Contract type: LICA
• Contract level: ICS 10 / LICA-10
• Contract duration: 12 months with a possibility of extension subject to satisfactory performance and funding availability  
• Please note that UNOPS does not accept unsolicited resumes.

Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process, which involves various assessments.

UNOPS embraces diversity and is committed to equal employment opportunity. Our workforce consists of many diverse nationalities, cultures,  languages, races, gender identities, sexual orientations, and abilities. UNOPS seeks to sustain and strengthen this diversity to ensure equal opportunities as well as an inclusive working environment for its entire workforce. 

Qualified women and candidates from groups which are underrepresented in the UNOPS workforce are encouraged to apply. These include in particular candidates from racialized and/or indigenous groups, members of minority gender identities and sexual orientations, and people with disabilities.

We would like to ensure all candidates perform at their best during the assessment process.  If you are shortlisted and require additional assistance to complete any assessment, including reasonable accommodation, please inform our human resources team when you receive an invitation.

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Terms and Conditions 

For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post. 

For retainer contracts, you must complete a few Mandatory Courses (they take around 4 hours to complete) in your own time, before providing services to UNOPS. For more information on a retainer contract here .

All UNOPS personnel are responsible for performing their duties in accordance with the UN Charter and UNOPS Policies and Instructions, as well as other relevant accountability frameworks. In addition, all personnel must demonstrate an understanding of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a manner consistent with UN core values and the UN Common Agenda.

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential personnel. Recruitment in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.

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Cbe alumni spotlight - zachary hachmeister.

Zachary Hachmeister is a Chemical Engineering alumnus from the University of Iowa. He is currently working as the President of Fauske & Associates. Learn more about Zachary and how he has utilized his ChemE degree throughout his career!

Graduating Class: 2009

How did you choose the University of Iowa?

I grew up a Hawkeye fan as a kid and had friends and family enrolled at Iowa. I actually started my collegiate journey at a different university but didn't really have the right level of focus to be successful. These experiences and failures helped me gain perspective which enabled me to embrace the opportunities the ChemE program provided.

Describe your career path and the work you are currently doing.

I started my professional career at Fauske & Associates which is a process safety consulting firm as an individual contributor working in the Combustible Dust Testing & Consulting department. This was a pretty fast-paced work environment that offered a high volume and large variety of projects. I also had direct access to world class experts in their respective fields. This combination really accelerated my professional development. During this time I was able to get involved in a variety of more business administration related tasks as well. Doing the technical work and being exposed to the business side provided a good connection with how we deliver our services, why what we do is important, and what it means for our customers. These experiences were really the building blocks which unlocked my next few roles; Manager, Combustible Dust Testing and Consulting Business, Operations Manager, Director of Business & Services, Chief Operating Officer, and my current role as President of the Fauske business.

How did the CBE Department prepare you for your career?

The ChemE program is challenging. At the time I was attending the class sizes were relatively small, maybe 20 students or so and there was a good mix of lectures and hands-on learning. I think the challenging coursework coupled with a more intimate environment helped me learn how to be a good teammate, how to ask for help when I/we needed it, and how to navigate intense workloads. After finishing the program I left with a feeling of accomplishment and some really great relationships with both classmates and professors.

What advice would you want to share with current or future ChemE students?

College is a really fantastic period of your life where you're exposed to a variety of opportunities and experiences. My advice is to utilize this time to really invest in yourself. Obviously, your education is a key area but more broadly speaking, take advantage of all the opportunities that are around you. Get involved with different organizations, take some risks, try some things that put you outside your comfort zone, embrace the lessons that accompany failure, and enjoy the experience.

A major bonus - I was lucky enough to also find my life partner who was also attending the ChemE program, though she was in a class behind me.