Who are we?
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. The ACSL team works toward this goal by providing Technical Support to governmental and other education actors across Africa. In doing so, we ensure capacity building of governmental and other education actors.
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 Advisor on Blended Learning for the African Centre for School Leadership (ACSL) who will operate from our office in Nairobi, Kenya. Do you want to take on this challenge? Then continue reading!
Position in the organisation
As Strategic Education Advisor Blended Learning in the African Centre for School Leadership (ACSL), you contribute to the ambition and values of ACSL by being a key person on scaling school leadership initiatives in Africa through blended modalities (combining in-person and remote/online modalities). You provide technical and strategic advice and guidance on this domain within VVOB and outside.
Reporting to the ACSL Technical Lead, based in Kenya, you work in close collaboration with the Global and Strategic Advisors and Regional Coordinator, and with VVOB and ACSL partners at regional and country levels.
Result areas of this position:
Design and develop relevant and scalable school leadership initiatives in close collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, focusing on blended and online delivery of school leadership professional development initiatives.
Provide both short- and long-term strategic advice, information, and guidance to VVOB and ACSL’s partners on scaling, in line with policy trends, technological developments and the latest research and thinking in education and international development.
Take up a variety of roles in capacity development processes of partners and beneficiaries according to the needs, particular situations, and phases of the programmes.
Create and manage partnerships and strong networks with relevant partners, institutions, and organisations on scaling school leadership initiatives at pan-African level.
Represent VVOB and ACSL in relevant scaling platforms and proactively look for synergies and complementarities.
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 and ACSL partners.
Support the ACSL 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.
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