Education Specialist

BRAC

Tanzania 16/09/25 -11/10/25

Descriptions

Key Responsibilities:

 

  1. Develop, Contextualize and Manage the AIM Education Pathway for Adolescent Girls (AGs):
  • Lead the overall planning, coordination, and implementation of the AIM Education pathway, ensuring measurable impact for VYAs and AGs.
  • Adapt and implement contextually appropriate program designs and operational manuals in line with political, cultural, and community expectations.
  • Manage and strengthen stakeholder coordination with schools, communities, and government authorities at district and national levels.
  • Oversee timely delivery of education interventions, budget management, and compliance with BRAC and donor regulations.
  • Supervise and provide coaching to AIM Technical Sector Officers and program staff to ensure quality delivery and gender-responsive pedagogy.

 

  1. Ensure the Implementation of a Robust, Inclusive Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) System:
    • Enhance quality programming in the education pathway through incorporating quality planning and system monitoring, evaluation, and learning.
    • Ensure appropriate, timely, and accurate data collection against agreed indicators to enable both internal and external reporting.
    • Work closely with the MEL and knowledge management teams to collate lessons learnt, best practices, and incorporate suitable accountability mechanisms for the AIM education pathway
    • Regular visits to monitor and verify program performance.

 

  1. Manage Stakeholder Coordination, Advocacy, and Networking:
    • Lead internal coordination, especially with the schools, district, and national level education officials, education partners in the countries implementing similar kinds of programs, and other global technical/functional teams.
    • Collect different levels of government approval needed for the implementation of the AIM Education pathway.
    • Manage day-to-day coordination with country support teams in areas of human resources, finance, procurement, administration, IT, communications, etc.
    • Support the AIM program manager to oversee BRAC and relevant partner staff involved in the education pathway to ensure effective coordination of integrated programming and multi-sectoral interventions.
    • Support technical donor reviews and external engagement activities, including meetings with implementation partners, government agencies, civil society, and local community-based Organizations, organizing learning and knowledge-sharing sessions.
    • Strengthen/create a local and national-level advocacy network to support VYAs and AGs education goals.
    • Support the AIM program manager with linkages between the internal and external stakeholders and the AIM program in-country.

  2. Grants, Knowledge, Risk management and Reporting:
    • Proactively monitor the AIM education pathway performance, identifying and mitigating programmatic and organizational risk, and escalate as necessary.
    • Support the AIM program manager in the implementation of standard award contracts, coordinate approval of agreements and sub-agreements, amendments, and extensions, where applicable related to the AIM education pathway.
    • Support and coordinate with country-level Grants Managers, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Finance teams to ensure timely submission of quality narrative and financial reports quarterly.
    • Support the AIM program manager in the AIM program database management, including updates for pipeline reports, grant stewardship, and prospect research relevant to the AIM education pathway.
    • Lead and contribute to the capturing and documentation of the AIM education-related knowledge and learnings, and contribute to process development and documentation

 

  1. Team management and overall stewardship:
    • Support and coordinate the AIM education team, ensuring competent and motivated staff, as well as manage the performance of the AIM education staff, and encourage on-the-job coaching, identify and address learning and training needs and opportunities.
    • Support the development of capacity-building plans for the AIM Education team
    • Manage external technical consultants and partners involved in the AIM education pathway in the country.
    • Support the AIM communication team with up-to-date content to create presentations and marketing materials to showcase program and project successes.

 

  1. Safeguarding Responsibilities:

 

  • Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the program’s goals on safeguarding implementation.
  • Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
  • Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
  • Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place and encourage others to do the same.

 

            Educational Requirements, Skills, and Abilities:

 

  • Master’s degree in Education/Development Studies/Anthropology/Sociology/Business Administration and/or other relevant fields
  • Minimum 8 years work experience with at least 3 years of managerial/leadership experience in managing and implementing education program(s), international development, working with ultra-poor and marginalized communities to implement education and/or girl’s and women’s empowerment programs
  • Experience in project management and coordination, including supervision and monitoring, administration, finance, and logistics.
  • Proven aptitude in proposal development and writing including advanced budgeting skills
  • Experience in representation and negotiation with government, donors, partners and other stakeholders
  • Ability to interpret financial data and prepare budgets and financial grant reports
  • Strong Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel
  • Strong problem-solving skills, highly organized, strategic thinker with a strong attention to detail.
  • Strong sense of teamwork and collaboration and demonstrated ability to build relationships with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
  • Diplomatic and highly effective on an interpersonal level in addition to cross-cultural sensitivity
  • Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and dedication to the mission of BRAC.

 

 

Employment Type: Contractual

 

Salary: Negotiable

If you feel you are the right match for the above-mentioned position, please follow the application instructions accordingly:

 

Candidate needs to email their CV with a letter of interest mentioning educational grades, years of experience at: [email protected]

Please mention the name of the position in the subject bar.


Application deadline: 26th September 2025.


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