Leadership facilitator - Zanzibar

About VSO

VSO is the world's leading independent international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing countries. Our high-impact approach brings people together to share skills, build capabilities, promote international understanding and action to change lives and make the world a fairer place.

Role overview

Leadership Facilitators will be working in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training in the government Teacher training colleges.The role will focus on mentoring, coaching and training to college management teams (including the principals) on strengthening their leadership skills to support the delivery of quality education. The role will also involve working the college senior management teams to develop and establish systems to conduct performance review of their tutors on their teaching performance.The leadership facilitator will be working in a team of 3 VSO Facilitators (2 Quality teaching skills and 1 Leadership Skills facilitator) and British Council Trainers who are part of the northern project team.For details refer to the job description document

Skills, qualifications and experience required

You have at least a master degree in education and 5 years teaching experience in managing a secondary or teacher training college. Experience of teacher training and teacher coaching is essential. You are available for a volunteer placement of not less than 12 months. Together with the above, VSO will assess you against the following competencies, which make up VSO's volunteer competency framework. You're open minded and respectful. You're resilient and adapt well to new situations. You're able to facilitate positive change and build sustainable working relationships. But most of all, as this is the vision of V SO, you're competent to seek and share knowledge.

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How to apply

If you're interested in applying for this role, please download the job description to read more details about the position and the skills and experience we're looking for. To submit your application, click on 'Apply now' and complete all relevant fields on the online application form.

Application closing date

31 Jul 2014 APPLY