Education Advisor - School Improvement at Mott MacDonald

Job Description

•     Working with local education practitioners to design and implement training and mentoring programmes for teachers and head teachers
•     Designing lesson plans and classroom and training learning materials
•     Designing and implementing training and mentoring for school support officers (education advisers), at various levels
•     Contributing as a team member to the development of strategies and plans for school improvement
•     Supporting the development of strategies and reporting systems for monitoring and evaluating school improvement
•     Contributing as a team member to support the scale up of school improvement initiatives through engagement with government ministries and development agencies
•     Contributing to the capacity building of national programme staff
•     Producing progress reports and contributing to papers and reports as required
•     Other tasks assigned by Programme Manager

Candidate Specification
Required qualifications and experience

•     Master’s degree in Education, International Development or Social Science
•     Significant working experience in a school or related occupation
•     Evidence of management or leadership skills in either a curricula area (particularly literacy, numeracy, science, IT), or in a more general capacity

Required skills and knowledge:

•     Effective team worker and team leader
•     Excellent oral and written communication skills in English are essential
•     Experience of international development in a range of countries is desirable