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  • Posted: Jul 6, 2022
    Deadline: Jul 18, 2022
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    Plan International was founded over 75 years ago with a mission to promote and protect the rights of children. The organisation was set up by British journalist John Langdon-Davies and refugee worker Eric Muggeridge in 1937, with the original aim to provide food, accommodation and education to children whose lives had been disrupted by the Spanish Civil W...
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    Education Innovation Project Lead

    The Opportunity 

    Plan International seeks an education expert who has extensive experience with identifying and scaling-up innovative approaches for the promotion of equitable learning opportunities for the world’s most vulnerable children and youth, particularly girls. Over the span of 12 months the Education Innovation Project Lead will work closely with education and innovation experts from across Plan International and partner organizations on an innovation challenge fund titled ‘Education Uninterrupted’, which will seek to identify innovative and contextually relevant approaches to the delivery of inclusive quality education, particularly during times of disruption.

    As the Education Innovation Project Lead you will be a key member of Plan’s Inclusive Quality Education (IQE) Hub. You will ensure that lessons learnt from the ‘Education Uninterrupted’ challenge fund are highlighted to stakeholders across the organization and integrated into various global program and influencing processes.

    You will be responsible for articulating learning questions and gathering insights throughout the duration of the Education Uninterrupted Innovation Challenge Fund - from planning, to implementation and close-out.

    This role is critical to the success of the innovation challenge fund, providing educational technical expertise and guidance to challenge fund team and CO teams engaged in the initiative. The position will act as an essential liaison between the IQE Hub and the Digital and Innovation Hub.

    To be successful in this role, you will need:

    • Prior experience/technical knowledge of inclusive, quality education
    • Demonstrable experience in working with innovation teams, or versed in innovation methodologies including human-centered design, problem identification, and prototyping.
    • Able to demonstrate experience and familiarity with innovation/ innovation processes (eg human-centred design, work)
    • A strong understanding of current trends, debates and ethical considerations around the role EdTech and public-private partnerships in education, particularly in the COVID-19 response, and ability to use this understanding to inform Plan’s policy position on various related issues.
    • A strong understanding of and commitment to the right to education and gender equality and be able to use normative frameworks to inform programmatic recommendations
    • High-level communication, influencing, collaboration and interpersonal skills particularly, including proven ability with independent and team work particularly in a virtual context
    • Excellent project management skills with a proven record of successfully managing all aspects of projects through to completion, in accordance with agreed standards and timeframes
    • Previous experience of working in international development and humanitarian settings and a sound understanding of the issues and challenges. Experience working in the West and Central Africa region preferred.
    • Master’s degree or other in Education, International Development, ICT or other relevant subject matter or demonstrated practical experience

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to Plan International on jobs.plan-international.org to apply

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