Talent-Team Leader – Action for Learning Programme
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Team Lead directing OPM’s GOAL education reform programme in Pakistan. Leading technical assistance, government engagement, financing reforms and multidisciplinary delivery.
Responsibilities:
- Provide overall strategic, technical and operational leadership to the GOAL programme
- Ensure coherent delivery across Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and, where relevant, Sindh
- Provide strategic direction and oversight to politically informed technical assistance supporting inclusive, quality education, foundational learning, teacher professionalisation, governance and education financing
- Build and maintain relationships with senior government policy and political stakeholders
- Influence and build consensus around education reforms
- Ensure technical assistance reflects Pakistan's institutional, political and socio-cultural realities and provincial contexts
- Provide strategic oversight of education financing and public financial management reforms
- Lead research, evidence, adaptive learning and continuous improvement
- Lead, motivate and coordinate a multidisciplinary team of technical experts
- Identify and manage strategic, political and operational risks
- Represent the programme with government, donors, development partners and other stakeholders
- Ensure agreed programme results, quality standards and contractual requirements are delivered, with a focus on sustainability, government ownership and systems change
Requirements:
- Advanced degree in education, public policy, public administration, international development, economics or a related field
- At least 15 years of relevant professional experience
- Significant experience leading complex education or education systems reform programmes in developing-country contexts
- Proven experience providing strategic leadership and technical direction to multidisciplinary teams and complex technical assistance programmes
- Demonstrated experience working effectively with government at senior policy and political levels
- Strong influencing, negotiation and consensus-building skills
- Strong understanding of Pakistan's education system and reform context, particularly in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with knowledge of Sindh
- Proven experience in education financing and public financial management (PFM), including strengthening complex financial management systems and processes
- Demonstrated experience applying political economy, research, evidence and adaptive learning to programme design and implementation
- Strong technical credibility, political awareness and ability to lead education technical assistance impartially and constructively
Benefits:
- Fixed-term engagement, subject to the successful outcome of OPM's bid
- Opportunity to work with an international development consultancy
- Environment that welcomes ambition, creativity and passion for positive change
- Commitment to diversity and inclusion
- Independent contractor/project delivery opportunities mentioned by the employer
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