Location: Kathmandu with frequent field visit 
Contract type: Fixed Term
Application Closing: Date 28 May 2022
Interview date: Soon as possible
Start date: Soon as possible

Role overview

The GIEN Lead provides visionary strategic leadership, technical insights and high-quality competencies to promote and sustain endeavours of inclusive education. Take a lead role in promoting government linkages and strengthen Girls and Inclusive Education Network (GIEN).

Skills, qualifications and experience

Essential:

Qualification: Master's degree in Education

Network Management: At least 5 years’ Experience of planning and providing policy inputs in inclusive education, along with gender and social inclusion collaborating with multiple stakeholders, delivering expected benefits in challenging contexts.

Communication - Excellent oral and written communication skills in internal and international community with ability to vary communication content and style to suit audiences to inform, motivate and inspire.

Relationship Building - Ability to build effective working relationships with diverse stakeholders of inclusive education network, donors and development partners, inspiring confidence, and credibility. Ability to work effectively across the local government, as per new federal context Capable to strengthen relationship with local government, educational organizations, and other civil society organizations for the effective implementation of GIEN network and inclusive education interventions.

Organization and planning - Excellent coordination and planning skills with experience of working under pressure.

Time management skills: prioritization skills, decision making skills, focus of the program, coping skills etc.

Analysis and creative problem-solving - Ability to analyses and quickly grasp the fundamentals of a need or issue. Able to find innovative ways of solving cross cutting problems.

Flexibility - Ability to manage a project in a changing context, recognizing and being open to ambiguity, uncertainty and opportunities.

Information Technology - Good level of computer skills (Windows, Excel, Power Point, Word, Outlook, and Internet).

Travel requirement: Able to travel in project areas in country and internationally occasionally and spend time away from work- base location and home.

Commitment: Commitment to VSO’s mission, values, People First principles and core approaches (Social Inclusion and Gender, Social Accountability, and Resilience).

VSO has zero tolerance of abuse and exploitation of vulnerable people: We expect all our employees/volunteers to ensure us protecting children, young people and vulnerable adults from harm and abide by our safeguarding policy.

Desirable:

Previous working experience of managing education volunteers’ networks
Experience of managing change difficult circumstances

Competencies and Behaviour

At VSO we believe progress is only possible by working together. Whether you want to join us as an employee, or as a volunteer working in your own country, overseas or online, our selection process includes an assessment based on these core competencies:

• Ability to be open minded and respectful
• Ability to be resilient and adaptive to new situations
• Ability to facilitate positive change and build sustainable working relationships
• Ability to seek and share knowledge

Equal Opportunities

VSO promotes equal opportunities and values a diverse workforce.

Eligibility: Nepali nationals only
Contract: National

VSO reserves the right to close this job early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.

VSO promotes equal opportunities and values a diverse workforce.