Strategic Education Advisor

VVOB – education for development is an international non-profit organisation with over 40 years’ experience in strengthening the quality of education systems in Africa, Asia and South America in close partnership with ministries of education and their institutions. Our head office is based in Brussels, Belgium.

We implement our programmes and projects with one shared passion: to ensure the improvement of quality education. In striving for that ambition, we place our values ‘commitment’, ‘integrity’, ‘respect’, ‘quality’ and ‘innovation’ central.

Do you share our ambition to ensure that learners around the world can enjoy their fundamental human right to quality education, without exception? Are you convinced as well that quality education guarantees equal opportunities for everyone and is the key to a better world?

We are looking for a Strategic Education Advisors who will operate from our office in Lusaka, Zambia. Do you want to take on this challenge? Then continue reading!

You are a passionate, self-starting, practical Education specialist with high levels of hands-on expertise, materials development experience, strong accountability and responsibility levels and with a passion for Foundational and remedial learning.

• You design and develop relevant and scalable projects in close collaboration with internal and external partners.

• You provide both short- and long-term strategic advice, information and guidance to VVOB and VVOB’s partners on the specifications outlined in the annex for each role and in line with policy trends, new developments and the latest research and thinking in education and international development.

• You provide authoritative guidance on instructional models, learning progressions, and alignment between remedial and core instructional approaches.

• 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 organisations.

• You provide strategic and instructional leadership across VVOB’s portfolio, ensuring coherence, quality, and sustainability of FLN-related interventions across projects and levels of the system.

• A dynamic working environment in an international context. 

• An exciting job in a growing organisation with varied responsibilities and opportunities for professional development. 

• An opportunity to contribute to Foundational Learning aimed at ensuring Early Grade learning in Zambia is strengthened, by bringing in innovative solutions for increased teaching and learning processes. 

• A remuneration package, which includes a base salary, taking into account your relevant seniority, and benefits. 

• 25% gratuity at year’s end

• A full-time contract till end Dec 2027 with potential extension based on funding availability and performance.