Education Manager - (What Works Hub for Global Education) - RWD 3,686,113.00

Location: Kigali, Sub Saharan Africa, RW

Company: British Council

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Education Manager – What Works Hub for Global Education

Role Purpose
The What Works Hub for Global Education (WWHGE) is a joint initiative funded by the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation with support from Strategic Partners including the British Council, World Bank, UNICEF, USAID, the Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel (GEEAP), and the Building Evidence in Education global partnership and the Blavatnik School of Education, University of Oxford. The WWHGE aims to improve how evidence is communicated and used at all levels of government and at all stages of the delivery cycle, supporting evidence-based and cost-effective education policies that improve learning for all.

Main accountabilities but not limited to the following:
Relationship and Stakeholder Management

• Stakeholder management: Own and deliver stakeholder management plan in line with British Council Centre of Excellence stakeholder management standards and process, as well as relevant FCDO standards.
• Research engagement and dissemination: Own and deliver research engagement and dissemination plan that ensures all partners and key stakeholders are engaged with relevant education research and enabled to identify trends, contextual issues and research gaps.
• Country and regional convening: Bring together policymakers, evidence creators, donors, NGOs and other stakeholders in the research and education ecosystems to build meaningful dialogue with the government on the latest evidence to strengthen foundational learning outcomes.

Management:

• Manage all aspects of the British Council’s deliverables for the project, from inception to closure.
• Use agreed corporate tools, processes, and compliance systems to plan and manage resources, project budgets, activities.
• Collect and analyse M&E data to track progress against deliverables.

Programme Management

• Ensures that British Council elements of the programme are compliant with all internal policies and processes (for example safeguarding, EDI, supply change management, social value, and conflict sensitivity).
• Manages British Council elements of the programme in line with British Council project management standards.
• Identifies risks to British Council elements of the programme puts together mitigation strategies with Country Director.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI)

• To actively contribute to an inclusive and anti-racist organisational culture, being aware of your own biases, and taking action to mitigate against these. Ensuring people feel valued and are treated equitably, with support for people’s well-being and mental health.
• Understand the British Council’s approach to equality, diversity, and inclusion and how it applies to your role and make time for learning and development relating to EDI and anti-racism.

Role specific knowledge and experience:

• Track record of working in projects related to the public education sector in Rwanda
• Experience in project management, especially in leading and managing large-scale projects.
• Experience working with large and diverse teams and stakeholders.

Minimum requirements:

• Undergraduate qualification

Desirable:

• Postgraduate qualification in education or related discipline
• Project management qualification
• Track record of having worked in the area of research and policy implementation and practice in the education sector in Rwanda.

Further Information

• Pay Band – BRC-7-F
• Salary: RWD 3,686,113.00 plus benefits
• Contract Type: Four (4) Years Fixed Term Contract
• Location: Kigali, Rwanda
• Language requirements: English at CEFR proficiency level C1 or higher
• Unsocial/long hours are likely to be required from time to time.
• Occasional national and international travel may be required.
• Role holder must have existing rights to live and work in the country the role is based.
• Closing Date: 18 September 2024 applications will close 23:59 South Africa Time

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Equality , Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Statement

The British Council is committed to policies and practices of equality, diversity and inclusion across everything we do. We support all staff to make sure their behaviour is consistent with this commitment.  We want to address under representation and encourage applicants from under-represented groups, in particular, but not exclusively, on grounds of ethnicity and disability.  All disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria are guaranteed an interview and we have Disability Confident Employer Status. We welcome discussions about specific requirements or adjustments to enable participation and engagement in our work and activities.

The British Council is committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults who we work with.

We believe that all children and adults everywhere in the world deserve to live in safe environments and have the right to be protected from all forms of abuse, maltreatment and exploitation as set out in article 19, UNCRC (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) 1989.

Appointment to positions where there is direct involvement with vulnerable groups will be dependent on thorough checks being completed; these will include qualification checks, reference checks, identity & criminal record checks in line with legal requirements and with the British Council’s Safeguarding policies for Adults and Children.

If you have any problems with your application please email askhr@britishcouncil.org

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