Job Description

• VVOB – education for development is an international non-profit organisation with over 40 years’ experience in strengthening the quality of education systems in Africa, Asia and South America in close partnership with ministries of education and their institutions. VVOB’s Global Office, based in Brussels, directs, supports and coordinates the organisation worldwide.
• We implement our programmes and projects with one shared passion: to ensure the improvement of quality education. In striving for that ambition, we place our values ‘commitment’, ‘integrity’, ‘respect’, ‘quality’ and ‘innovation’ central.
• Do you share our ambition to ensure that learners around the world can enjoy their fundamental human right to quality education, without exception? Are you convinced as well that quality education guarantees equal opportunities for everyone and is the key to a better world?
• We are looking for one Global Strategic Education Advisor (GSEA) School Leadership who will operate from the African Centre for School Leadership (ACSL) office in Nairobi.
• Do you want to take on this challenge? Then continue reading!
• You design and develop relevant and scalable projects in close collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
• You provide both short- and long-term strategic advice, information and guidance to VVOB and VVOB’s partners on the school leadership flagship, in line with policy trends, new developments and the latest research and thinking in education and international development.
• You guide in the capacity development process according to the needs, particular situations and phases of the flagship.
• You create and manage partnerships and strong networks with relevant partners, institutions and organisations and you represent VVOB in relevant platforms and proactively look for synergies and complementarities.
• You contribute to internal and external knowledge development and learning, by systemising lessons learned and sharing pro-actively lessons learned between partners, colleagues and other VVOB country teams.
• A dynamic working environment in an international context.
• An exciting job in a growing organisation with varied responsibilities and opportunities for professional development.
• An opportunity to contribute to promote effective school leadership aimed at ensuring the enhance of quality education in Africa, by bringing in innovative solutions for the education system.
• A complete remuneration package, which includes a base salary, taking into account your relevant seniority, and benefits.
• A fixed-term contract of four years, commencing in January 2027 and ending in December 2030, under a national employment contract in Kenya.