Vacancy title:
Senior Policy and Capacity Building Advisor, Kenya Education READ
Jobs at:
RTI InternationalDeadline of this Job:
Monday, June 12 2023
Summary
Date Posted: Monday, May 29 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
JOB DETAILS:
Responsibilities
Responsibilities of the Senior Policy and Capacity Building Advisor include, but are not limited to:
Qualifications
• Leads and coordinates the implementation of the project activities and provide technical expertise related to education policy, system strengthening and capacity building of the MOE and other relevant institutions/entities (SAGAs) to implement improved reading instruction in Kenya, sustainably.
• Builds and maintains relationships with key sector partners, donors, consultants, host country counterparts and stakeholders.
• Collaborates with colleagues across RTI on technical, administrative, and strategic planning initiatives.
• Ensures best practices and lessons learned are captured and disseminated across project.
• Responsible for coordinating with the project’s Regional Coordinators to work with the county and sub-county MOE and other relevant GOK/SAGAs officials to advance project goals
• Work closely with MERLA Lead on developing system capacity to collect and use data for planning and decision-making and to design indicators for measurement of gains in system capacity.
• May serve as a representative of the project to clients, stakeholders, and partners, providing key inputs for technical or management decisions.
• Responsible for managing program deliverables including planning and coordination of systems strengthening activities.
• Provides leadership, management, and technical assistance for capacity development of non-governmental and governmental organizations focused on education improvement.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in education, public policy, or related field and 12 years of relevant experience or Master’s degree in education, public policy, or related field and 10 years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience in the education sector, including strategic planning, implementation planning and monitoring and evaluation of relevant activities. Experience in Kenya preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to build and sustain professional working relationships with high-level government and donor counterparts in complex environments.
• Expertise in advising high-level government officials, donor partners, and other technical experts and in education policy and systems.
• Excellent analytical and interpersonal skills.
• Outstanding coordination, facilitation and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated experience in high level policy dialogue and diplomacy.
• Fluent English language skills required; working knowledge of Kiswahili preferred
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 120
Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Job application procedure
Click Here To Apply
All Jobs
Join a Focused Community on job search to uncover both advertised and non-advertised jobs that you may not be aware of. A jobs WhatsApp Group Community can ensure that you know the opportunities happening around you and a jobs Facebook Group Community provides an opportunity to discuss with employers who need to fill urgent position. Click the links to join. You can view previously sent Email Alerts here incase you missed them and Subscribe so that you never miss out.