Located at the EF coordination office in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), with frequent travel within Sub-Sahara Africa and occasional travel to Europe, the Technical Lead in Education will continuously provide technical support, backstopping, and ensure quality assurance for key activities delivered by the Facility, particularly under Windows 1 and 2. He/she will ensure the Facility stays consistently aligned with relevant international technical frameworks, standards, and norms related to teacher policy, teacher-related issues, teacher competency frameworks, and teacher education and professional development, incorporating best practices.

Working closely with three other Technical Lead in Education, each responsible for providing technical support to the Facility within their respective MS agency, he/she will also maintain regular and frequent information exchange with Technical Committee Members, EU Delegations, beneficiary institutions and other stakeholders of the project (mainly UNESCO and African Union).

Under the supervision of the Facility Team Leader based in Paris, the main tasks entrusted to the Technical Lead in Education are:

Responsibility 1 : Technical support and Quality assurance

a) Under Window 1 (Technical assistance) :

• Develop strategies to engage eligible countries in the preparation of action plans and technical assistance requests.
• Implement on-site missions to explore new requests in priority countries eligible to RFTA support.
• Lead fact-finding missions to assess feasibility and prepare actions.
• Collaborate with partner countries, the local education group (LEG), the EUMS liaison office, and the EU Delegation to develop country action plans.
• Proactively search for experts and partner public institutions to contribute to the pool of experts and address identified needs.
• Review Terms of Reference (TORs) for actions implemented, ensuring coherence and quality assurance with the CAP.
• Provide technical support to project officers in charge of mobilizing expertise on a thematic or geographical portfolio of requests and actions (instruction, formulation, implementation, monitoring & evaluation and closure).
• Provide guidance on identifying and planning technical expertise to address specific needs.
• Develop and implement quality assurance processes to make sure that the provided technical assistance responds to the countries' needs.
• Contribute to the enhancement of standard operating procedures, templates, business processes, and FIT organization aiming at improving the delivery of technical assistance.

b) Window 2 (testing and scaling effective programs) :

• Contribute to the design of the calls for proposals (teachers in crisis contexts). 
• Contribute to the selection process of the calls for proposals (teachers in crisis contexts).
• Review and provide feedback on the implementation reports of the projects implemented through the call for proposals.  

Responsibility 2 : Coordination and Networking

• Maintain excellent communication with fellow members of the Facility Advisory Team, particularly the other Technical Leads in Education, through team coordination mechanisms (regular information sharing, coordination meetings, etc.).
• Develop professional networks at national, European, and international levels to broaden the spectrum of expertise engaged by the Facility in key sectors.
• Assist in identifying potential collaborative institutions and new partners in Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Engage with external stakeholders, potential collaborators, and partner institutions to address matters concerning the development of RFTA.
• Attend meetings of the Technical Coordination Committee (TCC), Partnership, and the Facility Implementation Team (FIT).
• Attend relevant national and international workshops, seminars, and conferences aligned with the strategic interests of RFTA.
• Represent RFTA whenever needed, following the directives of the Facility Director, including in awareness, communication, and visibility activities.
• Liaise with local authorities, teams from implementing agencies, the European Union, and partner institutions in Addis Ababa.

Responsibility 3: Reporting, Knowledge Management and Evaluation

• Provide technical support on education and teacher policy matters for essential reporting, monitoring, and evaluation activities within the Facility.
• Facilitate the identification and exchange of tools, experiences, and practices developed with RFTA support.
• Collaborate with the Knowledge Management Coordinator to contribute to knowledge management processes focusing on issues related to teacher-related issues.
• Contribute to the sound implementation of the MEAL strategy and activities, in collaboration with the M&E Coordinator

The described tasks involve the necessity to network and interact with a multiplicity of institutions from EU and Sub-Saharan countries and require readiness and ability to travel abroad when necessary.