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
ABOUT OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL
Opportunity International is a global non-profit that has been empowering people to work their way out of poverty since 1971. Opportunity provides 18.7 million people with innovative financial resources, training, and support to grow their small businesses and send their children to school. In 2022, Opportunity International and its partners helped fund 5,600 schools that reached 1.6 million children, and they released more than $2.6 billion in capital across 30 countries. Discover more at opportunity.org or join the conversation on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Twitter.
ABOUT EDUFINANCE
Opportunity EduFinance is a nimble, fast-moving, and rapidly expanding core function of Opportunity International’s global footprint. EduFinance aims to get more children into better quality schools. It does this by increasing access to capital for affordable private schools and parents, and by boosting the capacity of school leaders and teachers in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). It does this in over 29 countries and is growing rapidly.
How to apply
For consideration, please submit your application through: https://www.redseasearch.com/job/eduquality-director-program-implementation/