Regional Education Advisor Job Vacancy at World Vision Senegal

Job Title:    Regional Education Advisor,West Africa    Application Deadline Date:    30 Jun 2012
Position Location:    Dakar    Position Start Date:    01 Aug 2012
Region:    Africa\West Africa    Position End Date:    31 Jul 2014
Requisition Category:    International    Recruitment Priority:    Need Immediately
Country Name:    Senegal    Program/Office Name:    West Africa Regional Office
City/Province:    Dakar    Employee Type:    Contract
Job Grade Level:    164    Recruitment Status:    Actively Recruiting
Is this a family post?    Family - Spouse with Children       
        Requisition Num:    2011AFWMNDE-8JAKSC


PURPOSE OF POSITION:

Lead the continuous quality improvement of WV West Africa Region’s child focused education programs, by providing program support to the 7 countries, promoting innovation through research and piloting and stimulates cooperation amongst WV, partner organizations and government bodies in charge of child education.


KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

        Lead the development & implementation of learning centre on education in a specific National Office in alignment with the WV Partnership education models and indicators;
        Develop strategies to leverage the learning centre in mainstreaming promising practices in education;
        Ensure the integration of education interventions with WV’s other interventions in health, water/sanitation, food security and sponsorship;
        Track potential funding opportunities that can contribute to increase resources to the region, national offices and the networks and advise appropriate staff on these;
        Provide advice and guidance to national offices in drafting and submitting proposals in alignment with their education strategies;
        Network and liaise with other regional organizations working the in development and promotion of education. This would include research and academic organizations, NGOs networks and, foras;
        Conduct regular monitoring of and reporting on various regional quality education projects and provide advices for their adjustments if necessary.



KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

        REQUIRED:
        Master degree in Education, Social Sciences or relevant area or equivalent qualifications;
        At least, five (5) years of relevant professional experience including development and implementation of education projects and programs strategies, both within the country and across multiple countries, preferably in West Africa;
        Extensive senior level experience in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of education programs in developing countries;
        Fluent English and good working knowledge of French.

        PREFERRED:
        An interest in and understanding of broader development and education issues

How to Apply;
https://jobs.wvi.org/WebJobs.nsf/WebPublished/82018EF42F5DA689882578BE006CC08C?OpenDocument