Senior Manager, International Education Policy and Systems at RTI International

Minimum Required Education and Experience: 

• Master's Degree in education or related field with 12 years of related work experience; or Ph.D. in education and 8 years of relevant experience working on education programming in Africa.

Qualifications:

•  Experience designing, managing, and providing technical assistance for education policy and systems in education improvement programs in low- and middle-income country settings
•  Experience partnering with Ministry of Education political and technical leadership in support of activities funded by USAID, World Bank and other donors.
•  Experience addressing issues of education system and community/family resilience to socio-economic disadvantage as well as to crises and conflict.
•  Experience and expertise in girls education, gender-based programming, and addressing issues of inequities in education.
•  Demonstrated capacity to write and contribute to successful technical proposals for education activities in low-and-middle income countries, including serving as the lead proposal writer, performing capture/scoping work, partnership development, and reviewing proposals.
•  Excellent oral and written communication skills in English; additional languages a plus.
•  Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills.
•  Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines under pressure.
•  Ability to work independently and within matrix teams.
•  Attention to detail and accuracy.
•  Ability to travel internationally as needed.
•  Culturally sensitive and respectful.
•  Excellent knowledge of MS Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel.
•  Must be able to live and work in the United States without requiring sponsorship

Preferred:

•  Proficiency in Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic and/or French