Education Policy Specialist

AMIDEAST is an international,non-profit,educational organization in the West Bank and Gaza with offices throughtout the Middle East and North Africa .Amid east is recruiting for an Education Policy Specialist to be based in its Ramallah office
 

Responsibilities:The selected candidate will provide intellectual, technical and managerial leadership to an AMIDEAST teacher development project funded by USAID.

The essential functions of the position include:

-Coordinate education policy development associated with the Ministry of Education and
-Higher Education's Teacher Education Strategy (TES).
-Conduct policy analysis of existing planning documents and strategically design policy approaches vv ith specific outcomes
-Liaise with all entities and parties involved in the TES, particularly within the MoFHE
-Manage the education policy development process the selection and hiring of consultants. Coordinate the review, analysis and production of policy planning documents.

Qualifications:
-Master's degree in education or similar social science, preferably in an international context.
-At least ten years of practical working experience in policy development and analysis, as w ell as planning in the context of institutional capacity building support at the national level
-Strong leadership, organizational, and interpersonal skills with the familiarity with the Palestinian education establishment.
-Fluency in Arabic and excellent spoken and written English.

Please send a cover letter indicating the specific position and resume to:
 

Only individuals selected for further consideration will be contacted. The closing date for applications is 5:00pm, April 19,2011.