World Vision is a christian relief, development and advocacy organization founded in 1950, working in nearly 100 countries around the world. World Vision started its work in Albania in 1999 as an emergency response to aid persons displaced by Kosovo’s war. Today, World Vision Albania works in 10 areas all over the country to improve the well-being of children, their families and communities.
Purpose of the position:
The main purpose of the Education Manager role is to provide guidance and technical expertise to our programmers and facilitate the process of capacity building and advocacy in alignment with the Education technical approach reflected in the national strategy 
 
    Major Responsibilities:
  1. Support the Education staff located in our zonal offices in implementing the Education Strategy with relevant technical advice.
  2. Lead all relevant technical aspects of support required for the process of collecting baseline data of the country strategy.
  3. Support the design of instruments that will facilitate monitoring of the relevant technical indicators
  4. Capacity building of partners in national level on topics of ECCD, Inclusive Education, Empowerment of School Structures.
  5. Develop and maintain networks and participate in round tables in national level where contributing on advocacy and ensuring quality education especially for the most vulnerable children.
  6. Facilitating the collaboration with relevant (inter) national stakeholders with the goal of increasing the focus and access on the right to education of children especially those with DA in WV Albania and Kosovo program.
  7. Maintain up to date knowledge and provide analysis of available data, research and trends   relevant to the education sector.
  8. Produce quality reports evidencing the progress and work in the Education sector as per established and measured indicators.
  9. Provide support to research and consultancy activities relevant to the objectives of the Education Technical Approach.
Requirements and Qualifications:
  1. Bachelor degree (preferred in Education/ Social Studies)
  2. Good experience in staff capacity building
  3. Good Understanding of the Education Sector in Albania and demonstrate knowledge of education  trends nationally and internationally
  4. Research skills and experience
  5. Good Understanding of Holistic Child Development & Diversity
  6. Good or and written communication and report writing skills
  7. Fluency in written and spoken English
  8. Proven development and management experience (at least 3-5 years of experience)
Applicants will be required to produce a clean police record and references will be checked. 
Interested applicants must submit:
  1. A cover letter ( in English) explaining their suitability for the position
  2. CV, in English, with qualifications.
Only short-listed applicants will be contacted. Closing Date is January 26, 2014 up to 17:00 PM