Title:  Lead Global Education Specialist

OVERVIEW

JOB PURPOSE

To lead the global positioning activities related to the Water Sector, and on technical aspects of the sector work as delegated by the department director and division manager. Advise management and staff on strategy and long-range interventions on portfolio, policy, operations and strategic partnerships related to the sector. To conceive, develop and promote innovations in bank policy, operational procedures, project/program design in organization and management of operations in water sector in IsDB member countries. To provide advisory services and technical guidance to bank staff, middle management, and technical counterparts in member countries on matters related to water sector. Builds, collaborates, engages with and nurtures a network of developers to ensure that IsDB follows best practices in project design, management and in the implementation of the water sector policy and strategy.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Strategic & Operational Planning:
•Lead annual work program and budget preparation activities of the unit.
• Participate and contribute to the preparation of key strategy papers, new programs and knowledge product development to ensure the unit is contributing to the overall goal of the bank.
• Lead the analytical/economic and sector work (ESW) as well as sector dialogue during Member Country Partnership Strategy (MCPS) and programming missions.
• Provide technical input and lead the development, review and monitoring of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) of the Education Unit and Core Sector Indicators (CSI) in IDB financed projects in Member Countries to ensure the highest level of efficiency is achieved.

Sector Portfolio Management:
• Undertake sector work in relation to Education to examine the issues, identify/assess the needs and required priority interventions, prepare related policy briefs/notes, and to keep abreast of international developments/advancements in the Education sector
• Develop quality checklists and tools for Regional Hubs’ Project Team Leaders.
• Review the Project Concept Document, Project Appraisal Document, Report and Recommendations to the President prepared by the Regional Hubs’ Project Team Leaders.
• Provides guidance, vision and direction to the Regional Hubs’ Project Team Leaders on Bank’s policy and strategy related to Education as well as the new global Education themes.
• Capacity building of the Regional Hubs’ Project Team Leaders on new global Education issues and new strategies for global Education.
• Initiates new regional program across different hubs’ countries, which will have global impact on Education in Member Countries (MCs).
• Participate in missions in area of specialization in order to contribute to design of complex Education operations.
• Keep up to date the Education portfolio performance and tracks results to ensure work is done in an efficient manner.
• Provide implementation support to Regional Hub teams on Education-related projects
• Support Project Completion Report and overviews projects in the Education sector across the different regional hubs.
• Oversees the work of consultants and technical specialists to ensure consistency and conformity to Bank standards and manages in collaboration with sector agencies and donors.

Policies, Processes and Procedures:
• Contribute to the generation of 'cutting edge' knowledge in the Education sector on topics such as communicable and no communicable diseases, malnutrition, public Education, Education financing and Education systems development.
• Provide high-level policy advice to the government in the area of Education systems reform; offers international comparative perspectives and recommends policy options and implementation strategies.
• Identify and assess policy issues and communicates findings/points of view verbally and through economic reports and papers. Plays an active role in the dialogue with the government and/or other stakeholders as part of Bank teams.
• Provide advisory and technical services to peers and colleagues, divisions and departments in Education related issues.
• Review and process operational documents and ESW, coordinating across disciplines and project components with other team members.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Responds to ad hoc information requests from internal and external parties.
• Produce and publish regular country sector briefs on recent sector social-economic development trends, achievements, emerging challenges and government policy and Development Partners responses to ensure thorough understanding of the environment.
• Oversee to the design, review and implementation of the IsDB's policies, procedures and guidelines relating to the education sector interventions to ensure alignment with local and industry standards.
• Ensure compliance with IsDB’s policies and guidelines to ensure quality in the operational work of Education sector as well as maintaining good working relationships with various clients

Knowledge Sharing & Innovation:
• Provide technical guidance and insights to team members to ensure all team members are able to deliver efficiently.
• Contribute to IDB knowledge repository by documenting best practices and lessons learned.
• Share knowledge as subject matter expert related to sector issues to enhance a knowledge sharing culture across the Bank that would allow it to create more value.
• Use innovative approaches in conceptualizing, designing and implementing education projects and programs to ensure best practices are used and adapted to sector projects and programs.
• Collaborate with other pillars/sectoral teams to ensure dissemination of tailored knowledge and expertise to support project implementation, ensuring that cross-cutting issues such as capacity development, women’s empowerment, and social/environmental issues related to Education are adequately addressed.
• Share key knowledge and learning outcomes with the Knowledge Management and Institutional Learning Unit in areas related to Education.

Reporting & Communication:
• Design and prepare the monthly, quarterly and yearly progress report of the education sector of the Operations Complex including Education Global Practices and Country Programs.
• Contribute to the effectiveness development report.
• Oversee the preparation of progress reports on all project cycle related activities in compliance with the Bank rules and procedures.

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum master's degree in education.
• Minimum 10 years of experience  in developing and implementing Education related policy, strategy, global practices, program/projects, of which 5 years in a multi-lateral development institution, or similar institution.
  
  

SKILLS & NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE

• Knowledge of the latest development and trends in the Global Education Sector, globally and developing countries, in particular.
• Knowledge in conceptualizing and managing Education projects/ programs.
• Knowledge of the factors influencing Education sector, especially in the developing countries.
• Project management skills.
• Analytical Skills (sector analysis, diagnosis studies and country context analysis)
• Development effectiveness.
• Stakeholder Management.
• Relationship Building.
• Report Writing Skills.
• Presentation Skills.
• MS Office skills-Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

ABOUT APPLICATION PROCESS

If you meet the criteria and you are enthusiastic about the role, we would welcome your application. To complete the application you would need the following document(s):

• Resume/CV
• Copy of passport
• Academic certificate

If you are currently an IsDB Regular staff applying for this role and get selected through the competitive selection process; your current contract type and other terms and conditions will remain unchanged.

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