Head of English for Education Systems
| Location | Khartoum, Sudan |
| Date Posted | June 23, 2021 |
| Category |
Education / Teaching
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| Job Type |
Full-time
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| Currency | SDG |
Description
The successful candidate will lead the English for Education Systems (EES) portfolio of contracts and programmes in Sudan, providing technical sector expertise. The post holder will oversee business development and quality, compliant delivery of programmes and contracts to improve standards of the teaching, learning and assessment of English.
The Head of EES will also share knowledge, expertise and best practice from Sudan with the regional and global English for Education Systems teams and externally.
Main opportunities/challenges for this role:
- Position Sudan as one of the leading English for Education Systems (EES) countries in the region.
- Build a transformational and impactful EES programme in Sudan, ensuring that quality teacher training, teaching and appropriate delivery, including digital and radio, are at the heart of the approach.
- Embed gender transformative programmes within the EES portfolio.
- Design innovative, evidence based EES programmes with strong monitoring, evaluation, research and learning elements underpinning the programmes.
- Actively seek partnership and full-cost recovery funding for the EES programmes.
Requirements
Essential:
- Qualified to postgraduate degree level in ELT or other English-specific qualification
- Minimum 5 years’ experience of managing teacher education projects
- Minimum 5 years’ experience of delivering externally funded projects or programmes
- Direct experience of client funded contract pursuit
- Experience of overseeing monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) within projects and incorporating lessons learned from MEL into programmes and strategy
- Experience of engaging with diverse stakeholders including multilateral agencies, donors, government officials, academics
Desirable:
- TEFL-Q - a diploma level qualification in teaching English as a foreign / second language which meets accreditation UK requirements
- Experience managing teacher education projects for English language teachers
- Experience of managing online teacher education projects
- Past experience of writing for academic journals and presenting at international conferences
Role Specific Skills:
Candidate will be required to:
- Able to lead on strategy and process development for innovative English/ education solutions
- Able to lead on the development and implementation of quality standards for English/ education
- Able to lead on strategy and commissioning of global thought leadership outputs, such as publications
- Able to lead on relationships with UK sector