Background information about the job or company (e.g., role context, company overview)

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

Responsibilities or duties

• 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.

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

• Master’s degree in education, development studies, psychology, or related field or equivalent experience;
• In depth understanding of the Zambian education system and education sector;
• In depth understanding of and experience in recent evolutions related to applicable education domain;
• Experience in programme and/or project & change development and management;
• Experience in organizational and institutional capacity development;

Experience needed

Experience in programme and/or project & change development and management;

Experience in organizational and institutional capacity development;

Any other provided details (e.g., benefits, work environment, team info, or additional notes)

These positions are open to Zambian nationals only.

VVOB firmly believes that quality education can only be achieved if equity is ensured. Qualities of people prevail, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or disability. If you require reasonable accommodation including disability accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries

• 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.

• In depth understanding of the Zambian education system and education sector;
• In depth understanding of and experience in recent evolutions related to applicable education domain;
• Experience in programme and/or project & change development and management;
• Experience in organizational and institutional capacity development;

• Master’s degree in education, development studies, psychology, or related field or equivalent experience;