The proposed programme will support the Ethiopian education system to protect education gains made to date, using existing and new evidence to identify regional areas of focus, addressing the specificity of contextual barriers to educational access, retention and completion of secondary education for marginalised learners. The programme will focus on an intersectional approach to barrier mitigation, applying gender equality and social inclusion focused educational interventions, foundational learning, specifically English literacy, and developing approaches to school-based safety. The programme will work nationally, regionally and at a local level through existing educational infrastructure, to develop policy and practice, national frameworks for teacher training and professional development, regional administration and integrated service provision, school level governance, improvement planning, community engagement and inclusive classroom practice. It is intended to work in symbiosis with other programmes in Ethiopia, on health, water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH), those that also focus on gender inclusion such as maternal health, early pregnancy, and menstrual health management.

The intended impact and outcomes for programme are:

• Impact: High quality inclusive education for children across all regions of Ethiopia

• Outcomes:

  • Increased access to education for girls and other marginalised children;

  • Improved teaching quality and learning outcomes.

The Technical Assistance Lead –will represent Plan International experts, who will be responsible for working with the Ministry of Education and other key stakeholders, providing technical assistance for the co-production of the programme, and overseeing the programmes national implementation. The Technical Assistance Lead will provide technical leadership across all outcome areas and demonstrate expertise within the following themes: girls’ education, foundational and, inclusion focused teaching and learning (with a focus on marginalised girls, religious and ethnic minorities and children with disabilities), accountability and education systems strengthening. 

The immediate recipients of the technical assistance will be the Government of Ethiopia and wider units of the Education Sector. The secondary beneficiaries will be learners at primary and secondary level of the education system, who will have equitable access to quality education.

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Safeguarding Children and Young People (Safeguarding) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI)

• Understands and puts into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and GEI policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), ensuring that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.

• Ensures that all staff in the unit/function/department are properly inducted on and understands their role in upholding Plan International’s safeguarding and GEI policies;

• Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in day to day work.

• Ensures that Plan Ethiopia contributes to Plan International’s global efforts to ensure safeguarding and GEI, including making sure that relevant reporting and data are submitted

Job Requirements

• BA/Master’s degree equivalent in the area of Education

• Minimum of 7 years relevant experience out of which 5 years is in a managerial position with NGOs/commercial entities in leading programs/ projects or demonstrated equivalent combination.

• Extensive experience in directly delivering and coordinating large scale Technical Assistance programmes to influence education policy reform in similar contexts

• Demonstrates technical knowledge of key technical assistance themes (girls’ education, teaching and learning, inclusion of religious minorities and children with disabilities, accountability and education systems strengthening).

• Ability to work effectively, collaboratively and develop constructive relationships with government, at both strategic/policy and service delivery levels including positive influencing skills.

• Having local knowledge and networks in Ethiopia ensuring that strong working relationships are maintained with academic institutions, civil society, and other development partners.

• Proven record of understanding and interacting with research and adaptive learning

How to Apply

The closing date for the application is November 24, 2024. Qualified candidates should submit their application with THIS LINK

This position is only open to Ethiopian Nationals, who must be eligible to live and work in Ethiopia.

Please note that: 

• Role Starting date: Depending on the Funding approval

• Reports to: Technical Assistant Lead

• Grade: D2

• Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

• We are not accepting CVs that are not sent through the indicated links.

• Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.

Female candidates are highly encouraged to Apply

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