Curriculum Advisors at Volunteer Service Overseas (VSO)

Key purpose of the job is to support professional development of Curriculum Advisors leading to increased capacity of Curriculum Advisors and Heads of Department to support primary grade teachers in language and literacy in African Home Languages as well as English as a First Additional Language. District officials will be enrolled in training and linked to Professional Learning Committees (PLCs). Training will engage District Chief Education Specialists (DCES), Curriculum Advisors (CAs) and Heads of Departments (HODs).

Qualifications For Curriculum Advisors Job

Successful candidates are likely to have the following skills, knowledge and experience:

• An Education degree or Post-Graduate certificate of Education
• Extensive curriculum design, development, and implementation experience, preferably with a Ministry of Education
• More than 6 years of experience in school leadership and curriculum advisory role
• Fluent English speaker
• A self-starter with the flexibility and adaptability to work in a high-pressure demanding environment
• Good written skills in English
• Knowledge and experience in capacity building, training and facilitation
• Key qualities of relationship-building, adaptability and resilience
• VSO will assess all candidates against the following competencies, which make up VSO’s volunteer competency framework.
• Open minded and respectful.
• Resilient and adapt well to new situations.
• Able to facilitate positive change and build sustainable working relationships.
• But most of all, as this is the vision of VSO, you’re competent to seek and share knowledge.
• VSO has Education programmes in Cambodia, Ghana, Ethiopia, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda and South Africa.