[Hiring] International Consultant for Teacher Professional Development @AGORA

Role Description

Under the overall supervision of the Chief of Education, the consultant will report directly to the Education Manager (Learning) and will be responsible for:

• Support refinement of the STPD handbook and the Headteacher and Teacher manuals
• Supporting the STPD technical group
• Conducting, together with the technical team, train-the-trainer workshops for master trainers on the head teacher and teacher manuals and support the Master trainers when they conduct downstream Instructional Leadership teams
• Providing input and content for the online portal including pedagogical modules and other related resources (such as short videos of good classroom practice and reflection questions)
• Provide up-to-date ideas, teaching practices, and models for the technical group throughout the consultancy
• Conduct one knowledge-sharing workshop and provide regular ongoing technical support to States that are implementing STPD
• Co-leading the technical engagements with the government agencies during the course of the consultancy
• Provide strategic and project management input

Qualifications

• Masters degree in Education Development, Foundational Learning, Sustainable development in education, Education Policy, Teacher Training, Teacher professional learning, or related field

Requirements

• At least ten years of working in teacher education with Ministries of Education globally
• At least ten years in team leadership and management of multi-cultural teams
• At least ten years of experience in writing teacher professional learning materials
• At least five years of experience in conducting and supporting school-based teacher professional learning
• Demonstrated expertise and experience in facilitating workshops, providing training and coaching to government officers in low- and middle-income countries on teacher education
• Fluency in English with strong written and oral skills
• Formal teaching qualification (it is essential that you have been a teacher in a Government system)
• Demonstrated expertise in teacher professional development, particularly in Nigeria or a similar context
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with experience translating evidence for and communicating with a broad range of actors (including government) on sensitive issues
• Proven experience of the FLN landscape ideally in Sub-Saharan Africa and Nigeria specifically
• Familiarity with competency-based education standards and instructional design in low-resource or multilingual settings

Desirables

• Knowledge of the Nigerian political landscape and recent developments in education
• Familiarity with the Nigerian education context will be considered an asset
• Experience working with UN agencies or other international development agencies
• A good understanding of UNICEF’s programmatic areas
• Ability to work to tight timeframes and flexibility to adjust to the needs of government and UNICEF
• Ability to present ideas concisely for diverse audiences and to give practical, actionable advice grounded in evidence
• Strong writing skills

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