Global Technical Lead - Inclusive Education at Sightsavers

About the role

We are looking for a Global Technical Lead – Inclusive Education to provide technical leadership and expertise in inclusive education to guide the development and delivery of specific initiatives and programmes. Principal accountabilities will include:

• Strengthening the global programme portfolio in inclusive education through leading strategic and technical inputs in proposal development
• Pioneering new strategic initiatives and innovative approaches in inclusive education to improve and enhance the quality of Sightsavers’ work
• Contributing to the research, innovation, policy, advocacy and communications agendas through close collaboration with interdepartmental teams and key external stakeholders
• Undertaking senior level representation of Sightsavers as an expert in inclusive education at national, regional and international professional and sector-specific networks, platforms, conferences and meetings.

Skills and Experience

This is an ideal opportunity to build on your existing expertise in leading and developing programmes in inclusive education in lower income countries. We are looking for a skilled educator with the ability to build strong working relationships across different departments and work collaboratively as a member of our cross-functional teams as well as working effectively with our external partners and other INGOs.  To succeed in this role, you will need:

• A professional qualification in the field of education and (disability) inclusion,
• A postgraduate qualification (minimum Master’s or equivalent experience) in a relevant field, e.g. education, special needs education; disability, international development
• A proven track record of leading and developing programmes in inclusive education in lower income countries
• Experience of working with national governments and international institutions such as Global Partnership for Education, UN agencies, bilateral agencies as well as non-state actors to contribute to education system transformation.
• Knowledge of current developments, issues and best practice in inclusive education to effectively address the current learning crisis.
• Candidates are welcome to demonstrate their ability to match the person specification by expanding on how their experience, training and/or qualifications might have provided them with the knowledge or skills required for the role. Successful candidates will be appointed on merit.

Benefits

• Sightsavers offers some fantastic benefits and a supportive, inclusive work environment.
• Our comprehensive benefits package includes generous annual leave allowance and country-specific benefits.
• There is a lot of flexibility with regards to the location of this role. It may be possible to consider a third-party employment arrangement for this position.
• Candidates based in Liberia, Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Mali, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Nigeria, Cameroon and Ghana plus locations in ECSA could be based at Sightsavers offices.