Regional Strategic Education Advisor – Scaling, Regional Facility for Teachers in Africa

3 weeks ago


Nairobi, Kenya (VVOB) Flemish Association for Development Cooperation and Technical Assistance Full time

ABOUT THE COMPANY

We support the professionalisation of teachers by strengthening the institutions tasked with their initial training and continued professional development, and those institutions responsible for the mentoring and coaching of new teachers. This way, the pedagogical and didactic competencies of both new and experienced teachers are strengthened.

JOB SUMMARY

We are looking for a Regional Strategic Education Advisor – who will operate from our office in Kenya, Rwanda, or South Africa who will contribute to the development of VVOB’s Gender Transformative Pedagogy (GTP) initiative in the Regional Facility for Teachers in Africa (RFTA) by being the key person on scaling Gender Transformative Pedagogy in different parts of Africa, starting in Kenya, Ghana and South Africa.Do you want to take on this challenge? Continue readingWho are you?Your expertise and experienceMaster’s degree in education, human sciences, or related field or equivalent experienceIn depth understanding of the regional education systems and education sector; especially in regards to gender equity and gender transformative pedagogyExperience with developing and implementing scaling strategies for innovations in educationExperience in organizational and institutional capacity developmentFluent in English, French or Portuguese is an advantageYou are authorized to work in Rwanda, Kenya or South Africa, on a local contractMatching competencesCurious to learn more about our competences? You can find the competence dictionary in the HR library on the HR SharePoint, together with the competence profiles.VVOB core competences:Result-orientedContinuous improvementCooperationFunction specific competencies:Strategic Networking and Partnership BuildingPersuasivenessCreativityVision BuildingProblem Analysis and Judgement

RESPONSIBILITIES

As Regional Strategic Education Advisor of VVOB’s Gender Transformative Pedagogy (GTP) initiative in the Regional Facility for Teachers in Africa (RFTA) you contribute to the ambition and values of VVOB by being the key person on Scaling GTP initiatives in Africa. You provide technical and strategic advice and guidance on this domain within VVOB and outside.Reporting to the Regional Technical Lead based in Kenya, you work in close collaboration with the Global and Regional Strategic Advisors and Regional Coordinator, and VVOB regional and country teams.You will:You design and develop relevant and scalable (GTP) projects in close collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.You provide both short- and long-term strategic advice, information, and guidance to VVOB and VVOB’s partners on scaling, 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 capacity development 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 organizations on scaling GTP initiatives.You represent VVOB in relevant scaling platforms and proactively look for synergies and complementarities.You contribute to internal and external knowledge development and learning, by systemizing lessons learned and sharing pro-actively lessons learned between partners, colleagues and other VVOB country teams.You support the Strategic Communication Advisor 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 GTP initiatives.

REQUIRED SKILLS

Project management, Project monitoring and evaluation (M&E), Capacity planning, Project implementation, Data analysis

REQUIRED EDUCATION

Post-graduate education



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