Atlantean Education Specialist Job in Nairobi, Kenya

Education Specialist

 
Background:

Atlantean seeks to identify local and expatriate junior‐ and senior‐level qualified Education Specialist candidates to support USAID/Kenya’s Office of Population and Health (OPH) and USAID/East Africa’s Regional Health and HIV/AIDS Office (RHH). 

In support of this program various candidates are sought with qualifications and experience in the following areas; management of field monitoring, evaluation design, empirical and statistical analysis, management of information systems, information management design and training and program management.

Competitive Education Specialist candidates must have significant experience and success in dealing with activities such as educational reform, educational requirements, curriculum development, project implementation, experience reaching different target populations with key messages, evaluation and assessment procedures. 

This position will be based in Nairobi, Kenya with possible travel throughout East and Central Africa. 

The Education Specialist will be responsible for but not limited to the following specific duties and deliverables:

Responsibilities and Deliverables:

• Coordinate management of project activities.
• Develop and design educational requirements.
• Assess the effectiveness of curriculum and or project services.
• Assess performance requirements with project progress.
• Formulate and design procedures to determine if project objectives are being met.
• Any other duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Senior level applicants must have a Master’s Degree in a relevant field (such as such as Education, Health Policy, Social Sciences, Public Policy, Business Management or related field) and at least 10 years of related experience.
• Junior level applicants must have a Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field (such as such as Education, Health Policy, Social Sciences, Public Policy, Business Management or a related field) and at least 4 years of related experience.
• Experience working with education projects.
• Experience in a leadership position responsible for developing education interventions and technical aspects related to the proposed strategy including assessment, training, educational materials/curriculum development, educational management and educational monitoring and information systems.
• Excellent communication skills in written and spoken English.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially PowerPoint, Word and MS Excel.
• Demonstrated understanding of the impediments to health within the African context.

Atlantean provides global services focused on government solutions, security sector capacity building, camp operations and risk management in austere and high‐risk environments. 

Atlantean was created to bring together the resources of a diverse leadership team and to leverage their combined experience in security, intelligence, diplomacy, government relations, law, and business. 

specialized backgrounds and recruit exceptional local talent in every country in which we operate, fully integrating them into our teams, so our clients benefit from their local knowledge and experience.

Please send your resume to africahr@atlanteanworldwide.com and be sure to put FirstName LastName @Recruiting #Education Specialist (ex: John Doe @Recruiting #Education Specialist) in the subject line of your email.

Closing Date: 31 July 2013