Overview
Call for Expressions of Interest for International Experts to support curriculum renewal processes and technical cooperation projects at country level.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the revision/development of national curriculum frameworks and other official curricula-related documentation.
- Conduct international comparative analyses to inform country choices.
- Prepare analytical reports with recommendations for improvement.
- Review and analyze selected subject area curricula from an international comparative perspective.
- Support the review of specific learning areas related to identity and socialization, STEM, AI competencies, critical media education, environmental education, sustainable development education, and climate change education.
- Review and analyze selected pre-service and in-service teacher education programs.
- Provide recommendations for aligning teacher education programs with curriculum expectations.
- Review and analyze national learning assessment frameworks, selected tools and practices.
- Provide recommendations for aligning learning assessment with curriculum expectations.
- Review and analyze existing curriculum evaluation mechanisms and practices.
- Provide recommendations for developing or strengthening curriculum evaluation frameworks.
- Design and deliver capacity development and training activities (in-person and online) for national teams.
- Provide ongoing mentoring and technical support through iterative feedback and quality assurance.
- Develop and consolidate training resources and modules to support sustained capacity development.
Required Experience
- Minimum 10 years of relevant professional experience in one or more of the following: Curriculum development, implementation, or evaluation; Designing and/or implementing competency-based or standards-based curriculum approaches; Teacher education program design (pre-service and/or in-service); Design and review of learning assessment systems and analysis/use of learning assessment data.
- Demonstrated hands-on experience in: Producing concrete curriculum-related outputs (e.g. frameworks, syllabi, standards, tools, training programs); Undertaking international comparative analyses and benchmarking of education systems to inform curriculum development and decision-making; Training and mentoring national education teams; Working with ministries of education departments or national institutions responsible for curriculum, teacher education programs, or learning assessment.
- Strong familiarity with high-performing education systems and international assessment contexts is required, as well as experience in the Global South.
- Experience working with international organizations is an asset.
Qualifications
• Advanced university degree (PhD or Master’s) in Education, Curriculum Studies, Learning Assessment, Teacher Education or a related field.
