Education Advisor – World of Work Linkages job at VVOB - Education tor Development

• You collaborate with colleagues – (Global) Strategic Education Advisors, Education Advisors, and MERL Advisors – to guarantee the quality, coherence and scalability of the YES Green CPDs and education solutions.
• You offer technical advice, guidance and support to world of work support organisations to realise the educational change processes supported by YES Green and achieve the envisaged results. You adjust your approach to the needs of the partner and to particular situations and phases of the project.
• You co-create high-quality teaching and learning support materials (TLSM) together with users, including world of work actors and teachers. You make sure these are appropriate for the context and target learners, aligned with evolving skills needs in the green agrifood sector and conform the principles and key features of the three YES Green education solutions.
• You contribute to the planning, budgeting, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of YES Green to ensure that the project stays on track in terms of the quality and timeliness of deliverables, processes and results for which you are responsible.
• You keep abreast with new developments and latest research and thinking in your domain through external and internal networking and your own professional development efforts and share new insights with VVOB colleagues and partners.

Master’s degree in education, agriculture, agribusiness, development studies, human sciences or other relevant field, or equivalent through proven professional experience.

At least three years of relevant experience at the intersection of education and skills development and/or youth economic opportunities, with experience engaging the agrifood sector or other world-of-work actors.

Experience working collaboratively with education stakeholders and world of work actors, preferably in the agrifood sector, designing and facilitating capacity development for partner organisations and world of work practitioners, including the development of practical guidance, tools or learning activities, and co-creating educational or training content and materials with users and technical stakeholders.

Knowledge of or practical experience with career talks and other forms of career guidance, project-based learning and/or work-based learning, green skills, sustainable agrifood systems, youth employment and/or entrepreneurship.

Experience working with lower secondary education and/or TVET, developing practical guidance, tools or capacity-development materials for employers, mentors, role models, workplace supervisors or other non-education stakeholders, and contributing to MERL through quality data collection and reporting as well as meaningful formulation and integration of lessons learned.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and digital collaboration platforms.

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 exciting, evidence-based projects aimed at ensuring the education sector in Uganda is strengthened by bringing in innovative solutions for the professional development of school leaders and teachers.

Fixed-term contract linked to project funding, (maximum 5 years) with the possibility of extension:

A complete remuneration package, which includes a base salary and benefits.

• Collaborate with colleagues – (Global) Strategic Education Advisors, Education Advisors, and MERL Advisors – to guarantee the quality, coherence and scalability of the YES Green CPDs and education solutions.
• Offer technical advice, guidance and support to world of work support organisations to realise the educational change processes supported by YES Green and achieve the envisaged results.
• Adjust the approach to the needs of the partner and to particular situations and phases of the project.
• Co-create high-quality teaching and learning support materials (TLSM) together with users, including world of work actors and teachers.
• Ensure teaching and learning support materials are appropriate for the context and target learners, aligned with evolving skills needs in the green agrifood sector and conform to the principles and key features of the three YES Green education solutions.
• Contribute to the planning, budgeting, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of YES Green to ensure that the project stays on track in terms of the quality and timeliness of deliverables, processes and results for which you are responsible.
• Keep abreast with new developments and latest research and thinking in the domain through external and internal networking and professional development efforts, and share new insights with VVOB colleagues and partners.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and digital collaboration platforms.
• Designing and facilitating capacity development for partner organisations and world of work practitioners.
• Co-creating educational or training content and materials with users and technical stakeholders.
• Quality data collection and reporting and meaningful formulation and integration of lessons learned.
• Career guidance, project-based learning and/or work-based learning.
• Green skills and sustainable agrifood systems.

• Master’s degree in education, agriculture, agribusiness, development studies, human sciences or other relevant field, or equivalent through proven professional experience.
• At least three years of relevant experience at the intersection of education and skills development and/or youth economic opportunities, with experience engaging the agrifood sector or other world-of-work actors.
• Experience working collaboratively with education stakeholders and world of work actors, preferably in the agrifood sector.
• Experience developing practical guidance, tools or learning activities and co-creating educational or training content and materials with users and technical stakeholders.
• Knowledge of or practical experience with career talks and other forms of career guidance, project-based learning and/or work-based learning, green skills, sustainable agrifood systems, youth employment and/or entrepreneurship.
• Experience working with lower secondary education and/or TVET.
• Experience developing practical guidance, tools or capacity-development materials for employers, mentors, role models, workplace supervisors or other non-education stakeholders.
• Experience contributing to MERL through quality data collection and reporting as well as meaningful formulation and integration of lessons learned.