Education Advisor Blended Training & Facilitation for School Leadership at VVOB Education for Development

The education sector is a broad one. Because VVOB wants its results to be both impactful and sustainable, we make choices. We focus on the professional development of teachers and on effective school leadership in four educational subsectors, by developing the capacity of local education actors. VVOB was founded in 1982. Teachers and school leaders Besides a student’s socio-economic background, the quality of teaching and school leadership has the biggest impact on educational achievement. Therefore, we are strongly committed to the professional development of these important actors. We support the professionalisation of teachers by strengthening the institutions tasked with their initial training and continued professional development, and those institutions responsible for the mentoring and coaching of new teachers

Purpose of the function

As an Education Advisor you contribute to the ambition and values of VVOB in Kenya by being the key person for delivering blended (face to face and on-line) trainings for school leadership for CBC implementation. You provide technical support and advice on this domain to VVOB and VVOB’s partners in Kenya. The Education Advisor reports to the Country Programmes Manager. You are part of and work closely with your direct Education and M&E colleagues. Furthermore, you work closely together with the Strategic Education Advisors in your country, and with the Global Strategic Education Advisors at VVOB head office.

You will:

• You offer technical advice, guidance and support to internal VVOB colleagues to achieve project results and to partners in order to realise educational change processes in the domain of blended training and facilitation supported by the project.


• You contribute to the identification, formulation, budgeting, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the project in order to realise educational change processes in the domain of blended training and facilitation supported by the project.


• You take up a variety of roles in the capacity development process of the partners according to the needs of the partner in the domain of blended training and facilitation and particular situations and phases of the programme.


• You keep abreast with policy trends, new developments and latest research and thinking in blended training and facilitation in general, and in an international context by external and internal networking and share new insights with partners and VVOB colleagues.


• If you’re our Education Advisor, your workweek at the office will include the following highlights:


• You have a discussion with the Online Learning colleagues about the pedagogical challenges related to blended delivery of the training programme for school leaders and related equity issues.


• You log in to an online meeting with partners from a university college. You present a summary of the state of affairs and discuss how their online support can further improve the programme.


• Lunch! A perfect way to informally check in with some of your colleagues involved in other aspects of the programme.


• You attend a session of VVOBs Monitoring & Evaluation colleague about the impact of the training programme and reflect on re-development of a more interactive online learning environment for school leaders for a next cohort of school leaders.


• You share your draft concept note on the trajectory to strengthen the capacity of our partners at the Kenya Education Management Institute (KEMI) in blended training and facilitation, for their feedback.


• You respond to a draft strategy note sent by the Country Programmes Manager on the scaling strategy of the programme.

Your expertise and experience

• Master’s degree in education, human sciences, or other relevant field or equivalent experience.


• Expertise and experience with professional development of school leaders through interactive and engaging training and facilitation.


• Familiar with the competency based curriculum reform and its implementation.


• Knowledge of and experience with programme management, preferably project cycle management.


• Experience with change management and capacity development processes in the context of educational institutions.


• An in-depth understanding of national education systems and the latest developments in the education sector


• Fluent in English

What we’re offering:

• A full-time contract until 31/12/2026, with the possibility of extension depending on the availability of donor funding


• This position is subject to funding approval


• A dynamic working environment in an international context


• An exciting job in a growing organisation with varied responsibilities and opportunities for professional development


• A competitive salary and benefits package.

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