Description
Are you a passionate advocate for education? Do you want to make a difference in the lives of children in the world’s poorest countries? The Global Partnership for Education Secretariat (GPE) would like to hear from you.
Who we are
GPE is a shared commitment to ending the world’s learning crisis. It is the only global partnership and fund dedicated entirely to helping children in lower-income countries get a quality education, so they can unlock their potential and contribute to building a better world. With nearly 20 years’ experience helping partner countries to get more girls and boys in school and learning, we convene teachers, civil society, donors, United Nations agencies, development banks, businesses and philanthropists behind partner country leadership to finance and support solutions so that no child is left behind.
What we do
GPE convenes partners and mobilizes funds to help governments in 76 lower-income countries build and finance strong and sustainable education systems that deliver quality learning to more girls and boys, especially those who are marginalized by poverty, gender, disability, or displacement. GPE focuses on driving transformation at scale to get the most vulnerable girls and boys in school, improve teaching and learning, and build resilient education systems capable of withstanding shocks and adapting to new challenges. GPE’s approach achieves lasting impact by convening partners behind country leadership. We support government efforts to advance teaching and learning for the 21st century, mobilize more and better financing, and scale up proven solutions for the world’s poorest and hardest-to-reach girls and boys.
GPE recently approved a new strategy and operating model, GPE 2025, which is grounded in a “system transformation” approach and seeks to support and sustain education reforms with the potential for impact at scale. Within this framework, it was agreed to work with developing country partners to catalyze progress in four system transformation enabling factors: Equity, efficiency, and the volume of domestic financing of education; Gender responsive sector planning, policy, and monitoring; Use of data and evidence; and Sector coordination.
Raise Your Hand
At GPE’s recent Global Education Summit, world leaders were called on to “Raise Your Hand” and pledged more than US$4 billion to help GPE transform education over the next five years in up to 87 countries, which are home to more than 1 billion children.
Location
With over 100 staff, the GPE secretariat is hosted by the World Bank and has headquarters in Washington D.C and Paris plus an office in Brussels. The selected candidate may be based in the Washington, DC or the Paris, France office.
The successful candidate will be a member of the GPE Secretariat’s External Relations Team (EXR) of the Secretariat, whose responsibilities include donor relations, communications, advocacy, civil society outreach, private sector and private foundation engagement. The consultant will report to the team lead of the Private Sector and Foundations team.
Duties and Accountabilities
• Coordinate and support the design of GPE’s new ‘Enhanced Convening’ resource mobilization approach. This approach is envisioned to be a country- or issue-specific convening operation, owned by governments of developing countries and supported by the GPE Secretariat using its expertise in resource mobilization.
• Coordinate internal consultations across teams at the GPE secretariat to develop and finalize the operational guidelines and necessary tools for the Enhanced Convening resource mobilization approach.
• Support and plan the roll-out of the Enhanced Convening approach in up to 3 pilot countries, including budgeting.
• Support the development of country specific cases for investment – based on Partnership Compacts and/or Education Sector Policies/National education policy documents — highlighting most underfunded themes, and financial analysis.
• Support the assessment of capacity needs at country level (esp. MoE) to efficiently attract external financing.
• Put in place a monitoring and learning framework to capture the necessary evidence on the workings of the pilot exercise to inform future decision making.
Selection Criteria
• Master’s degree in international development, business administration or a relevant related field with at least five years relevant experience (or equivalent combination of education and experience);
• Relevant partnership development experience, including at least 5 years working within in an international organization or partnership
• Experience with international development and work in developing countries, preferable on education system strengthening or other areas relevant to the work of the Global Partnership for Education.
• Experience with cross-cultural dynamics, political sensitivity, strong negotiation skills;
• Willingness to work in a complex environment and travel to developing countries;
• Demonstrated strength in written and oral communications (in English), with strong ability to convey complex ideas in a clear, direct, and lively style.
• Ability to work independently, operate under pressure, lead multiple tasks, deliver time critical, high-quality work, and meet team objectives.
• Knowledge of and experience with the Global Partnership for Education will be considered an asset.
Competencies
• Strong partnership coordination, communications (internal and external) and interpersonal skills.
• External relationship development and management, representation skills, particularly with the international donor community and governments of development countries.
• Organizational skills and project management skills and familiarity with the development of operational guidelines and tools.
• Familiarity with Developing Country Contexts - applies to operations and analytical tasks a substantive understanding of fragility, conflict and violence, including polarization of state-society relations, diminished client capacity, relevance of partnerships, etc.
• Collaborate across teams and across boundaries - initiates collaboration across boundaries and broadly across the organization and brings differing ideas into the forefront.
• Create, Apply and Share Knowledge- Creates, applies and shares knowledge from across and outside the organization to strengthen internal and/or external client solutions.
Poverty has no borders. Neither does excellence. This is why we continually search for qualified individuals with a diverse set of backgrounds from around the globe. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities, as well as nationals from under-represented regions are equally encouraged to apply. We are proud to be an equal opportunity and inclusive employer with a dedicated and committed workforce, and do not discriminate based on gender, gender identity, religion, creed, race, color, ethnicity, sexual orientation or disability.
GPE has a zero-tolerance policy against all forms of sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment in line with its PSEAH policy.
Individuals with disabilities may be provided reasonable accommodations to perform essential functions of the role and support in receiving other workplace accommodations. Please contact the DAF-Disability Accommodation Fund at disabilityfund@worldbank.org for further information and support.
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Note: The selected candidate will be offered a one-year appointment, renewable for an additional one year, at the discretion of the World Bank Group, and subject to a lifetime maximum ET Appointment of two years. If an ET appointment ends before a full year, it is considered as a full year toward the lifetime maximum. Former and current ET staff who have completed all or any portion of their second-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.