Overview
The incumbent will support the implementation of country-facing technical cooperation projects in educational planning and management, and contribute to analytical work, training programmes, and knowledge sharing activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Support member states in the development, implementation, and monitoring of education sector analysis, plans, policies.
- Support the development of education sector, sub sector (in particular Early Childhood Education) and thematic diagnoses and analysis.
- Support the development and implementation of education sector plans including operational plans and monitoring and evaluation frameworks.
- Support the development of education policies.
- Support the discussion with Ministries of Education (MoE) officials within the framework of educational policy tradeoffs and the development of national strategy documents.
- Support the development of management and monitoring tools and the preparation of joint sector reviews or mid-term reviews.
- Assist in the development and implementation of training initiatives to support the professional development of education stakeholders.
- Contribute to the design of new training courses and capacity development programmes.
- Support the development of training materials.
- Support the implementation/facilitation, monitoring and evaluation of training activities.
- Contribute to the production and dissemination of knowledge on education sector planning, analysis and management.
- Contribute to the development of methodological guides and tools.
- Contribute to the development, implementation and drafting of pieces of research.
- Contribute to the update of IIEP’s website and interactive space.
- Assist in the management of IIEP’s technical cooperation portfolio.
- Support project & related contract development and drafting, implementation, reporting and monitoring and evaluation.
Required Experience
- Less than 2 years of relevant professional experience in areas related to educational planning
- Experience in the development of education sector analyses
- Experience in the development of education sector plans, including costed multi-operational plans and MEL framework
- Expertise in educational planning for the early childhood education sub-sector
- Experience in developing and implementing tailor-made training programs targeting professionals working in education administrations, in areas related to educational planning.
- Experience in evidence-based educational research, policy reviews or data analysis.
Qualifications
• Advanced university degree (Master's or equivalent) in education, social sciences, international development, or related areas
