Inclusive education expert

VSO is the world's leading development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty. We are unique in the way we bring people together to share their skills and experience, generate insights and ideas and, most of all, take action against poverty and exclusion. It's a highly effective approach that works, and today is helping millions of people in some of the world's poorest communities lift themselves out of poverty.

Role overview

To provide technical support on inclusive education policy and practice to a teacher education project in Myanmar and support the Ministry of Education (MoE) to improve the quality of pre-service teacher education. Focus will be on inclusive teaching practices, access, participation and achievement of children with disabilities. 

This volunteer will be based at the Ministry of Education in Naypyitaw.

Skills, qualifications and experience

Essential: 

• Higher level post-graduate qualification in an appropriate field
• Expert knowledge of inclusive education policy and practice 
• Experience of supporting professional development programmes 
• Knowledge and experience of the disability sector
• Ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders
• Understanding of systems and policy
• Excellent report writing and communication skills.

Desirable:
• Experience of working in Myanmar or SE Asia

Allowance

As a VSO volunteer, you will be sharing your skills with local communities on a full-time basis.

Some background about VSO

Much has changed since VSO started 60 years ago. We’ve gone from being a UK charity to a truly global development organisation. In 2016/2017 alone, we worked with over 7,000 volunteers from all over the world and from all backgrounds to deliver services that had an impact on the lives of almost 2.6 million people in the 24 countries where we work. Our programmes focus on the areas of health, education and livelihoods, with an increasing emphasis on resilience building, social accountability, gender and social inclusion. We believe progress is only possible when we work together and that strong partnerships are crucial to delivering positive change. That’s why we work with over 500 partner organisations, from local and national governments, to businesses, NGOs, funders, charities and community groups. Currently, over 30% of our people are recruited from within the country in which they work, and we continue to grow the share of community and national volunteers involved in our programmes. We also send increasing numbers of volunteers from one developing country to another. However, our vision has remained the same; to build a world without poverty.

If you’re interested in applying for this role, please download the job description for more information.