Global Roster - Education Technical Advisor

World Vision · Global

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With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Key Responsibilities:

Please submit your Cover Letter and CV in English.

Please note: Our Global Technical Expertise Roster connects skilled professionals with opportunities to support humanitarian responses and long-term development programmes. Through the roster, we mobilise technical expertise to help protect lives, strengthen communities and contribute to sustainable recovery and development. 

By applying to join the roster, you are expressing an interest in being considered for future positions, deployments or consultancy opportunities linked to humanitarian responses, development programmes and donor-funded initiatives. 

Joining the roster does not constitute an offer of employment or guarantee an immediate opportunity. It means that your technical expertise may be considered, and you may be contacted when a suitable opportunity becomes available. 

As this is not recruitment for a current vacancy, the review and selection process may take longer, particularly where there is no immediate opportunity linked to the roster advertisement.

Here's where you come in:

JOB PURPOSE

The purpose of this position is to provide technical leadership and guidance in the design, implementation, representation, and quality assurance of World Vision's education programming across development, humanitarian, and fragile contexts. The role supports the delivery of high-quality, evidence-informed education programmes that improve learning, protection, well-being, and resilience for vulnerable children and adolescents.

The position provides technical oversight across World Vision's education portfolio, including Early Childhood Development, Foundational Learning, Integrated School Programming, Adolescent Learning and Lifeskills, Education in Emergencies, and Education Systems Strengthening, while bringing demonstrated technical depth in one or more of these areas.

The role ensures programmes are aligned with national education priorities, global evidence and standards, assessment and M&E frameworks, and World Vision technical approaches. It works collaboratively across sectors—including Child Protection, Health, Nutrition, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, and Economic Development—to promote integrated programming that addresses barriers to learning and supports holistic child development.

The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to design, implement, and strengthen inclusive formal and non-formal education programmes; build organizational and partner capacity; support evidence generation and learning; contribute to resource mobilisation, and represent World Vision with governments, donors, technical partners, and inter-agency coordination mechanisms.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Technical leadership and Strategic development 40%

• Provide technical leadership for the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, adaptation and quality assurance of education programmes across development, humanitarian and fragile contexts.
• Lead or contribute to integrated education strategies, technical approaches, programme design and proposal development based on evidence, context analysis and emerging needs.
• Ensure programmes are aligned with national education priorities, global standards and World Vision technical approaches.
• Promote integrated programming across education, child protection, health, nutrition, livelihoods and other sectors and ministries to improve learning, protection and well-being outcomes.
• Provide technical guidance across the education portfolio, including Early Childhood Development and Education, Foundational Learning, Integrated School Programming, Adolescent Learning, Education in Emergencies and Education Systems Strengthening, while providing deeper expertise in designated areas.
• Ensure that new proposals submitted are in alignment with donor priorities, sector standards, strategies, plans and evidenced approaches.

End Results

• High-quality education programmes aligned with evidence, standards and country priorities.
• Strong technical quality across the education portfolio.
• Integrated programming that improves child development, learning, participation and well-being.
• Priority funding and integration opportunities identified and influenced/supported. 

Organization and Staff Capacity Building   25%

• Promote technical excellence in the application of World Vision education technical approaches, global education standards, and national education policies across development, humanitarian, and fragile contexts.
• Lead organizational capacity strengthening through the design and delivery of technical training, coaching, mentoring, and on-the-job accompaniment for World Vision staff and partners to improve the quality of education programming across the portfolio.
• Develop, adapt, and disseminate practical technical guidance, tools, standards, and learning resources that strengthen programme quality, promote integration, and support consistent implementation across contexts
• Provide technical leadership to programme start-up, implementation, quality reviews, and adaptive management processes, ensuring that programmes incorporate evidence-based approaches, inclusion, safeguarding, and accountability.
• Support the identification, assessment, onboarding, and technical accompaniment of implementing partners, using competency frameworks and quality assurance approaches to strengthen partner capacity and ensure alignment with World Vision and sector standards.

End Results

• Staff and partners demonstrate the technical knowledge and skills required to design and implement high-quality education programmes.
• Practical guidance, tools, and technical resources are developed, adapted, and consistently applied across the education portfolio.
• Partners demonstrate strengthened technical capacity and deliver programmes that meet World Vision and sector quality standards.
• Technical learning is captured, shared, and applied to continuously improve programme quality and organizational performance.

External engagement and networking 20%

• Represent World Vision in relevant education coordination mechanisms, technical working groups, including clusters, local education groups, partnerships, alliances, networks and sector movements to influence education policy, standards, and priorities and strengthen collaboration with government, donors, UN agencies, academia, NGOs, and other education stakeholders.
• Position World Vision as a trusted technical partner by sharing evidence, promising practices, and lessons learned that improve education outcomes for vulnerable children and strengthen the organization's visibility and influence within the education sector.
• Identify strategic opportunities to expand and strengthen World Vision's education portfolio by monitoring donor priorities, education sector trends, government strategies, and emerging education needs across development and humanitarian contexts.
• Proactively identify, cultivate, and pursue strategic funding opportunities for education programming by building and strengthening relationships with existing and prospective donors, monitoring donor priorities and emerging education needs, and collaborating with Resource Development, GAM, Programme, and Operations teams to design competitive, evidence-based programmes that strengthen learning, protection, well-being, and resilience outcomes for children and adolescents.
• Actively contribute to the discussions and development of Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) and relevant process to shape the priorities and directions for EiE in early stages of the emergency; and lead on facilitating EiE coordination tools and guidelines 

• Enhance World Vision’s visibility and leverage World Vision’s education expertise as a partner of choice in external engagement opportunities.

End Results

• WV acts in a coordinated manner within the education architecture
• WV is well represented as a sector influencer with partners and peer organisations
• WV is perceived by donors as a sound technical partner for funding opportunities.
• World Vision contributes to improved education policies, systems, and programmes that deliver better learning and well-being outcomes for vulnerable children and adolescents.

Assessing, monitoring and reporting 15%

• Support the integration of education indicators, assessments and learning priorities within programme DMEAL systems including measurement of holistic learning outcomes, quality learning environments, quality teaching and learning, and systems strengthening.
• Work to represent WVI in relevant interagency assessments, education monitoring information systems and other interagency or government led assessments for education.
• Promote the use of evidence, monitoring data and research to strengthen programme quality and adaptive management.
• Contribute to evaluations, learning reviews, case studies and technical publications.
• Support the development of evidence-building plans and dissemination of lessons learned across the organization.

End Results

• Adequate MEAL tools are in place to analyse and present clearly EiE needs in the response strategy
• Timely decision making by response management teams based on clear understanding of EiE reach and priorities and in other external engagement opportunities

• Strong evidence base informs programme quality and strategic decisions.
• Learning is documented, shared and applied.
• Education programmes demonstrate measurable results and continuous improvement.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND EXPERIENCE

Required Education, training, license, registration, and/or Certification

• Master's degree or equivalent in an education or relevant social sciences field or substantial field/practical experience working in education in emergency situations.
• EiE Online training course certification (Kaya platform)

Required Professional Experience

• 5 years’ experience working in education technical programming in a developing or fragile context.
• Extensive experience in multi-sector integration to promote holistic child and adolescent development.
• Experience in building strong collaborative partnerships with internal and external (Local Organisations, International Organisations, UN organisations, Corporate, Government and Military) stakeholders.
• Ability to design and roll out capacity building of staff, in person and virtually, (including local partner organizations) in key competencies in adherence to global sector guidance and minimum standards.
• Excellent writing skills.

Preferred Experience,  Knowledge and/or other Qualifications

• Knowledge of Global Education landscape, trends and emerging issues; certifications in World Vision Education online or F2F orientations, mentoring and/or trainings.
• Ability to work collaboratively across technical teams.
• HEAT or relevant security training certificate (where relevant)
• Previous experience working in other sectors (i.e. Protection, ECD, MHPSS, Food Security or Cash)

Life cycle-specific areas of knowledge and expertise:

Early Childhood Development:

• Knowledge of early childhood development and education from birth to age 6, including nurturing care, responsive caregiving, play-based holistic learning, school readiness, and transitions.
• Experience in supporting integrated ECD/ECDE programming, including parenting, inclusive ECE/pre-primary services, and links with health, nutrition, child protection, disability inclusion, and MHPSS.
• Experience in strengthening ECDE quality through teacher/facilitator training, coaching, classroom observation, learning materials, and use of ECD/ECDE measurement tools (MEQA, IDELA, GSED, ECDI2030, or similar tools).

Primary Education/Middle Childhood:

• -Knowledge of child development for children aged 6-11, especially foundational learning including literacy, numeracy and social emotional learning including assessment, evidence-based teaching and learning and learning ecosystem support
• -Experience in supporting quality learning in formal and nonformal education programming including strengthening inclusion, quality pedagogy, teaching and learning materials, assessment, learning environments and conditions and strengthening education systems.
• -Experience in strengthening education outcomes through integrated programming approaches involving multisectoral collaboration across domains of communities, families, schools and education systems.
   

Adolescence:

• Adolescent development, including needs for cognitive, physical, social, emotional, physical, and neurological growth
• Positive Youth Development frameworks including PYD domains, experiential learning, 5Cs, Developmental Relationships
• Programming for life skills, meaningful participation, and agency building, and measurement of adolescent learning using self-reported measures.

Required travel and/or work environment accommodations

• Ability to travel to/within domestically and internationally as required.
• Long working hours often exceed 12 hours per day during the onset of the response.
• Some Responses are often mounted in insecure or natural disaster-prone contexts, which may disrupt normal work patterns and generate staff safety issues.
• Work and housing environments may at times be well below normal standards in terms of facilities, equipment, food availability and hygiene.

Required Language(s)

Effective written and verbal communication in English. Other UN languages such as French, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, preferred.

Applicant Types Accepted:

World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organisation with a mission centred on following Jesus Christ in service to the world´s most vulnerable children. Therefore, in all locations to the fullest extent legally permissible, the successful applicant will affirm our core documents, observe conduct compatible with Christian principles, serve at a high level of professional ethics and strive to act in accordance with cultural sensitivities. Furthermore, regular attendance with team and office devotions, chapel and prayer gatherings are expected in line with policies in the World Vision host location and its departments.

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