VSOJD-Inclusive Education Adviser - Kilifi (National Volunteer) Active Project at Volunteer Service Overseas (VSO)

• The overall placement objective is to implement inclusive education strategies to enable access to quality education for children

Ideal Applicant Summary

Knowledge/qualifications

• Degree in Inclusive Education (IE) and a qualified Teacher Trainer- a graduate degree in IE is an added advantage.
• Expertise in using a range of assessment and intervention strategies to enhance student academic skills.
• Knowledge and experience in curriculum adaptation and differentiation.
• Experience training others in inclusive education.
• Minimum of five years’ experience supporting the inclusion of learners with disabilities and special educational needs.
• Experience in adult learning methodologies and in training teachers in learner-centred pedagogies, lesson planning and schemes of work, positive discipline, inclusive classroom management and curriculum strategies, and formative and summative assessment.
• Experience in assessing capacity, designing capacity development strategies through participatory mechanisms, and delivering staff development through a variety of means, including formal and informal training, mentoring, and workshop facilitation.
• Experience in psychosocial support and child protection.
• Ability to rapidly understand the policy, strategic and institutional environment and to provide contextually appropriate, relevant, achievable, and accurate technical advice.

Desirable Criteria

• Ability to use ICT software to develop basic work plans, budgets, training plans and monitoring and evaluation tools, and the ability to write concise, accurate reports in easily understood language.
• Ability to use evidence to inform programme development and management and work in difficult environments.
• Basic Sign Language.