Regional Education Technical Lead - Sub Sahara Africa

We have an exciting opportunity for a Regional Education Technical Lead to oversee education technical quality across our portfolio of projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. You will be responsible for ensuring that project technical delivery is of high quality and education interventions have an impact commensurate with our strong ambition in the region, in addition to meeting client and stakeholder needs.

You will be a champion for improving educational outcomes, with a track record of strengthening education systems and proven experience delivering impact on learning. You will be an effective thought-leader, able to position Education Development Trust as a leader in impact and innovation. Working closely with the Regional Programmes Director and as part of the Regional Senior Management Team, you will assist project teams focusing on education quality and data-driven improvements. You will also provide quality assurance for project outputs in close collaboration with education consultants and will oversee a team of Education Technical and Workstream leads, working on projects across the region.

If you have extensive relevant experience leading, managing, and technically designing education projects in the region; strong understanding of education system reform models; familiarity with adaption based on MEL evidence; and a strong desire to make impact at scale, we would like to speak with you.

The position will be based in any of our SSA offices in Ethiopia/Kenya/Rwanda/Zimbabwe/Sierra Leone, with frequent travel to the regional office in Nairobi, Kenya.