Posted:4 hours ago
By:Hiring Kenya
Company Details
Industry:
Education Management
Description:
Vision Quality education is the foundation for development. VVOB contributes to an equitable world in which governments are capacitated to respect, protect and fulfil the right to quality education for every learner, without any form of discrimination. VVOB’s definition of quality education Quality education provides all learners with capacities they require to become economically productive, develop sustainable livelihoods, contribute to peaceful and democratic societies and enhance individual wellbeing. The required learning outcomes vary according to context. In general, completion of basic education must mean a minimum level of literacy and numeracy, basic scientific knowledge and life skills is achieved. Capacity development to improve the quality of teachers and other education stakeholders is crucial throughout this process. Mission VVOB works towards Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) - "quality education for all" - and ensures the improvement of education: through capacity development of educatio
Job Description
You will:
- You design and develop relevant and scalable school leadership initiatives in close collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, focusing on gender and equity.
- You provide both short- and long-term strategic advice, information, and guidance to VVOB and VVOB’s partners on gender and equity, in line with policy trends, new developments and the latest research and thinking in education and international development.
- You take up a variety of roles in the capacitydevelopment process according to the needs, particular situations, and phases of the programme.
- You create and manage partnerships and strong networks with relevant partners, institutions, and organisations on scaling school leadership initiatives.
- You represent VVOB in relevant platforms and proactively look for synergies and complementarities.
- You contribute to internal and external knowledge development and learning, by systemising lessons learned and proactively sharing lessons learned between partners, colleagues and other VVOB country teams.
- You support the Communication and Advocacy team on developing content for communication (e.g., website, video, social media…) and contribute to the dissemination of findings and results (e.g., international conferences, seminars, workshops, and other events) on scaling school leadership initiatives.
- You will work in collaboration with ADEA to gather case studies on promoting gender-responsive school leadership across Africa and use the findings to update the existing policy brief accordingly.
Who are you?
Your Expertise and Experience:
- You have a master’s degree in education, human sciences or related field, or equivalent experience.
- You have in depth understanding of the regional education systems and education sector, especially with regards to gender, equity and inclusion.
- You have experience in developing and implementing scaling strategies for innovations in education.
- You have insight in school leadership and school leadership professional development is an advantage.
- Experience in organisational and institutional capacity development.
- Proficiency in English (C2) is essential; advanced knowledge in French (B2) and/or Portuguese (B2) and/or Swahili (B2) is an advantage.
Education: Degree, Diploma
Employment Type: Full Time
