Sr. Regional Education Technical Lead

About the organisation

At Education Development Trust, we improve school systems at scale; we partner with governments around the world to help turn ambitious, visionary education policy into reality. We invest annually in our programme of education research and this evidence underpins our work and informs policy and practice around the world. We have a long-established presence in Africa – running programmes since 1992 – and have worked with a range of governments, donor agencies and partners to improve education across the continent, providing short-term, expert consultancy and delivering long-term, national education programmes.

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About the role

Education Development Trust is looking for a Senior Regional Education Technical Lead to provide leadership to regional teams on our new education and skills programme in Ethiopia. The programme will strengthen the relevance and quality of secondary education to ensure the successful transition of secondary students to tertiary education or the world of work by equipping them with relevant skills, knowledge and attitude through enhanced implementation of the competency-based curriculum.

The Senior Regional Technical Lead will have a critical role on the success of the new programme. They with overall responsibility for ensuring that programme activities are implemented effectively and on schedule in the regions operated by edt, as well as managing their own team. They will have an input into the design and development of the training programmes and are responsible for ensuring that all technical aspects of the programme (teacher training, leadership development, monitoring, and inclusion) are delivered to a high standard and adapted to local realities. This role is likely to be based in Addis Ababa but may be in a region depending on final allocation of schools

Key Qualifications

• Proven experience in leading a workstream of an education or skills programme
• Education specialist knowledge in one or more of the following areas – education policy, curriculum development, teacher development, school leadership, technical and careers education
• Experience of designing and delivering teacher professional development or school leadership training in schools or further education institutes
• Experience of developing excellent relationships with stakeholders across multiple organisations (including regional governments and training colleges) and at all levels of seniority.
• Financial management skills, including budgeting, cost control, and ensuring financial compliance with project requirements.

Benefits include

• Competitive salary
• Medical insurance for employee and family
• Provident Fund contribution
• Transport Allowance

Please apply by clicking on the link below and completing the application form. The programme will begin mobilisation in January

Please note that we will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis and may decide to close the vacancy before the deadline.

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Please note, we will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis and reserve the right to close our vacancies early.

Skills Required:

• Education / Teaching / Training
• Social / Science / Project / Management / Development