Interim consultancy Regional Education Advisor for Education Out Loud in Asia Pacific

Interim consultancy

Regional Education Advisor 

for Education Out Loud in Asia Pacific

Who we’re looking for

Oxfam Denmark’s Education Out Loud Programme is looking for an interim consultant to take up the role as Regional Education Adviser for our Regional Management Unit in Asia Pacific with experience and relevant qualifications in the following fields:  

• Learning and organisational capacity development
• Civil society engagement and strengthening
• Education policy influencing, evidence-based advocacy and social accountability

EOL is an extensive, complex, and ambitious programme with a wide outreach to a diverse range of stakeholders. As a consultant you should be motivated by making an impact in an international funding mechanism for civil society and consider it a meaningful challenge to be responsive to individual grantees as well as collaborative learning across the region. 

The consultant should expect some amount of travel in the region depending on specific tasks.

The role

The Regional Education Adviser reports to the Regional Management Unit in Asia Pacific. The incumbent will manage learning and capacity strengthening efforts of 25 EOL grantees in the region. The consultant will support implementation of the regional learning plan for the remainer of 2024 and maintaining relationships and contracts with regional and global learning partners in support of civil society capacity strengthening.  

The Regional Education Advisor will among others: 

• Lead on the implementation of the Regional Learning Plan for Asia Pacific, especially ensuring uptake and dissemination of recent studies and documentation done in the region;
• Ensure maintenance and archiving of grantees’ learning plans;
• Be part of the Education Advisors’ Virtual Team across EOL and responsible for the specific tasks in the team;
• Maintain the Regional Learning Partner pool as relevant and active in relation to learning areas and identified priorities in EOL Regional Learning Plan for Asia Pacific;
• Maintain existing learning collaboratives and peer learning across grantees in the region;
• Together with the Regional MEL Advisor, contribute to identifying methods for distilling lessons learnt on civil society participation in education policy in line with EOL Results framework and identifying areas for cross-cutting research or collation of information;

Skills, experience, and knowledge

The ideal candidate will demonstrate the following skills.

Essential

• Advanced degree or significant experience in a relevant field (international development, education programming, education policy, etc.).
• Fluent language skills in English, written and spoken.
• Documented experience from acting in an advisory capacity on education programming.
• Understanding of Education policy issues and knowledge of civil society role and work in education.
• Experience from working with civil society strengthening.
• Knowledge of and experience in facilitating capacity building, learning and organisational development processes.
• Organisational and personal management skills, with ability to prioritise work issues to meet deadlines with minimal supervision and adjust to constantly changing situations.

What we offer

We offer a 4-month consultancy contract till the end of March 2025. Consultancy fee depends on qualifications. 

The consultant will work closely with the Regional Management Unit team members and will be reporting to the Regional Programme Manager. Further information available from the Regional Programme Manager based in Nepal, Sanjay Rana sar@oxfam.dk

How to apply

Interested applicants should submit a motivation letter and updated CV to Regional Programme Manager, Sanjay Rana sar@oxfam.dk

Application deadline: 20th November 2024 at 23.59 CEST. Interviews are expected in mid-December. Start date: As soon as possible.

Note: All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and may be subject to appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks.

About Oxfam

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. That means we tackle the inequality that keeps people poor. Together we save, protect, and rebuild lives. When disaster strikes, we help people build better lives for themselves, and for others. We take on issues like land rights, climate change and discrimination against women. And we won’t stop until every person on the planet can enjoy life free from poverty.

We are an international confederation of 21 organisations (affiliates) working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development, and campaigning, in more than 90 countries. All our work is led by our core values: Empowerment, Accountability, Inclusiveness, Courage, Solidarity and Equality.

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct.

We place high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values. 

Our commitment to safeguarding

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

Note: All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and may be subject to appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam International Secretariat also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, if a job applicant has been employed by another member of the scheme, we will request information from that organization about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.