Position description
The EduQuality Director, Program Implementation will be responsible for delivering and overseeing the EduQuality program strategy to support school leaders, teachers/caregivers, students, and parents across the Opportunity EduFinance global footprint. The role involves the recruitment, team management, and staff development of a large and geographically dispersed team of Education Specialists who deliver the EduQuality program in the field. Successful candidates will have significant experience using data-driven approaches to managing large multi-country field teams in education in low- and middle-income countries.
RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Program Global Oversight
- Lead global strategic oversight of the EduQuality program professional development training for school leaders and teacher mentors of low-cost private schools globally.
- Manage global, regional, and country-level Education Specialist teams, including recruitment onboarding, ongoing coaching, training, and professional development.
- Implement tracking measures in collaboration with the global Data & Business Intelligence team to ensure the effective use of data in performance management through the development and management of quality assurance and feedback loops.
- Created an operation framework with the Director of EduFinance Financial Products to ensure that EduQuality activities were well-coordinated in each country.
- Establish and manage the program budget by ensuring cost-effective decision-making.
Partnership Development and Management
- Created a strategic EduQuality program plan within established program partner markets to deliver key technical services, including school proprietor training, school-level assessments, teacher service provision, and material provision programs.
Business Planning
- Implement the EduQuality vision globally by creating, tracking, and managing relationships with key stakeholders and ensuring key deliverables meet the established multi-year operating plan.
- Oversee the global and local EduQuality implementation budget to ensure the program maximizes social impact and achieves donor commitments with available financing.
Donor Engagement & Reporting
- Represent the EduFinance and the EduQuality programs to donors in meetings and in person, as required.
- Maintain and nurture stakeholder relationships by co-creating engagements with Opportunity International Support Members and donors.
- Complete narrative and statistical reports as necessary to meet donor requirements.
- Leverage donor relationships to engage ongoing support for the EduQuality program.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY
- Head Education Specialist, Africa
- Head Education Specialist, LAC
- Head Education Specialist, Asia
- Supervision of the EduQuality Education Specialists teams. This includes over 50 internal staff, consultants, and external partners.
Qualifications
- Degree in a field related to education or a degree in an international development-related field with significant experience in the education field.
- At least ten years of experience working in education systems in low-income countries, ideally spanning Sub Saharan Africa, Asia and Latin America.
- At least 8-10 years using a data-driven approach to managing large field teams across countries, ideally across regions and time zones.
- Experience in navigating and negotiating within a multi-national context.
- Leadership in large-scale education program implementation.
- Strong writing, data collection, and ICT skills (e.g., Microsoft Office products, EdTech, mobile tablets, etc.).
- International education experience or training is preferred.
- Experience working within cross-cultural global organizations and INGOs preferred.
- Knowledge of and experience with USAID-funded projects is preferred.
- An understanding of and a commitment to advancing the mission and core values of Opportunity International.
LANGUAGE SKILLS
- Written and verbal fluency in English is required.
- Fluency in French and/or Spanish is desirable.
TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS
- Up to 50% required annually (Domestic and International)
- Able to travel with minimal notice and maximum flexibility
- Willing to travel independently and without escort or planning support to both developing and developed nation context
Application instructions
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