Education Research and Policy Manager

4 days ago

مصر, Egypt Education Development Center Full time

Company Description
**EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER (EDC)**

**Education Development Center (EDC)** is a global nonprofit that advances lasting solutions to improve education, promote health, and expand economic opportunity, with a focus on vulnerable and under-served populations. Since 1958, we have been a leader in designing, implementing, and evaluating powerful and innovative programs in more than 80 countries around the world.

EDC promotes equity and access to high quality education and health services and products that contribute to thriving communities where people from diverse backgrounds learn, live, and work together. We support an inclusive workplace culture that embraces many perspectives and broadens our understanding of the communities we serve, enhancing and enriching our work.

**EDC is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace.**

**Project Description**

The goal of the USAID Teacher Excellence Initiative Activity project is to improve the quality and relevance of teacher preparation in Egyptian public universities so that current and future primary school teachers have enhanced skills to increase student learning and advance the Ministry of Education and Technical Education’s (MOETE) reform. The activity will achieve this goal through the following results:

- 50 Government of Egypt personnel from the MOETE, the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MOHESR), and the Supreme Council of Universities demonstrate improved capacity to jointly plan, manage, and adapt teacher education.

**Job Description**:
**The Education **Research and Policy Manager** supports greater collaboration and stronger research among researchers and decision makers working to improve primary teacher preparation. Within the USAID Teacher Excellence Initiative s/he supports Result 3, a crosscutting component that works to increase alignment between primary teacher preparation at public university faculties of education (implemented under the MOHESR) and education reforms and expectations for teachers and education in primary schools (implemented under the MOETE).

This position requires strong education technical and administrative professional experience, excellent ICT skills, thorough research skills, report writing skills, organizational management and communication skills, and an ability to respect confidentiality issues in a sensitive political environment.

**The Education Research and Policy Manager** reports to the Senior Higher Education Policy and Governance Advisor and has a prime responsibility for coordinating activities and Research Grants activities ensuring coherence and consistency with other Teacher Excellence Initiative activities.

**Responsibilities include**:
**Planning and Implementation of USAID Teacher Excellence Initiative Higher Education Policy and Governance (HEPG) Activities**
- Support Sr. HEPG Advisor in preparing the annual work plan, the preparation, planning and implementation of events, recruiting consultants, and any relevant activities related to the improved collaboration and joint planning among MOETE, MOHESR, and SCU representatives at all levels.
- Support the development of the agenda of senior level meetings with stakeholders of both Ministries and Senior FOEs leadership and Senior MOETE governorate personnel.
- Organize and facilitate seminars, meetings, panel discussions, workshops, and conferences, maintaining accurate records of events at the central and local level, in close coordination with the logistics team.
- Prepare and track activities of all the procedures and steps to be taken in preparation of events and monitor the progress ensuring prompt and punctual implementation.
- Develop and maintain an updated roster of stakeholders from Ministries, FOEs, and local MOETE personnel.
- Conduct research and literature reviews of a wide range of important topics relevant to the USAID Teacher Excellence Initiative objectives including teacher education, pre and in service preparation, research on teacher education, policy dialogues, developing policies etc.
- Prepare professional presentations.

**Support Research Grants Program**
- Highlight opportunities to generate research on gender and inclusion in research.
- Support the grantees in maintaining communication with the partner university researchers, ensuring momentum, and adherence to timelines.

**Administrative Tasks**
- Write, edit quarterly and annual report inputs in accordance with Annual Work Plans, and monitor progress.
- Follow up with the Sr. Higher Education Policy and Governance advisor on action plans and decisions made. Develop, maintain, and report on program timelines and other prescribed documents.
- Maintain a record of data collected from the Faculties of Education related to Governance and Policy.
- Work with training officers to obtain relevant materials and services for Governance events and activities.
- Coordinate multi-sectoral interventions at community,

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