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.

Required expertise and experience

• Master’s degree in education, human sciences, or related field or equivalent
  experience.
• In depth understanding of African education systems and education sector; especially
  with regards to online and blended learning and professional development.
• Experience in developing and implementing scaling strategies for innovations in
  education.
• Experience with and expertise in EdTech (educational technology); Insight in school
  leadership and school leadership professional development is an advantage.
• Experience in organisational and institutional capacity development.
• Proficiency in English (C2) is essential; advanced knowledge in French (B2) and/or
  Portuguese (B2) and/or Swahili (B2) is an advantage.