Education Specialist - East Africa (Freelance)
Time Commitment and Remuneration: This role will start at 0.6 FTE at a $750 day rate.
Contract type: We are able to offer this as a 6 month freelance contract.
Start date: Week commencing 19th May, 2025
Deadline: Deadline for applications is 23:59pm BST Friday 2nd May 2025
Location: Remote, based in East Africa
Brink is looking for someone with deep experience in applying research and innovation methods to Education reforms, in partnership with implementers and governments. You’ll join teams working on two of our major Education programmes, which provide financial and technical assistance to governments, implementers and researchers to implement critical education reforms. The right candidate will know the theory and more.
We’re looking for someone who has direct experience as an implementer or researcher in basic education, ideal as part of scaled reforms of structured pedagogy, TaRL / Science of Teaching or similar.
You’ll understand what all of this means and how it works on the ground, in the real world.
You’ll have a grasp on the bottlenecks are to implementation, in the classroom, the middle tier and beyond.
You’ll have an experimental edge to your thinking which can select from a broad range of methodologies and approaches depending on the context, the data, and the team.
You’ll be comfortable working hand in hand with government partners as they own and steward reforms at scale.
Implementation Research expertise: Offer expert insights and knowledge of previous initiatives, successful practices, and existing research in foundational learning. Provide strategic advice on research directions and potential opportunities for impactful implementation.
Stakeholder Management: Applied knowledge of how to navigate complex stakeholder dynamics, including building direct relationships with government partners
Capability Building: Be a source of insight for our team as we support implementers and partners, pointing them in the right direction, offering critical friendship and advice.
Knowledge Dissemination: Offer advisory support on how we might best share findings and engage in collaborative learning with others in the sector.
If you’re interested in joining us...
Please click on the ‘apply here’ button below. This will take you to an online application form where we will ask you to upload your CV as well as a response to the following question:
Please tell us about 2 or 3 pieces of work that you think are relevant to this role.
You are encouraged to be as creative as you are comfortable with and choose any structure or layout to present your information, as long as you share it in PDF format and keep it under 50mb. You can use existing documents if you would like
📅 The deadline for this application is Friday 2 May 2025.
You will receive an email from the system to confirm your application has been received and we will be in touch (we aim for within 2 weeks) to let you know if we’ll be taking it further.
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