Education Key Experts: Algeria School Leadership

ABOUT THE PROJECT

The British Council is seeking UK-qualified education experts with experience of working on basic education programmes to support a Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) funded project in Algeria. 

The project will work with the Ministry of National Education (MoNE) in Algeria to develop capacity at education ministry, inspectorate and school level around pedagogy, school leadership, and quality assurance. 

The project will build on the outcomes of a British Council-managed pilot project which took place from October 2016 to March 2017. During the pilot phase a core group of school pedagogical inspectors from primary, middle and secondary schools worked with UK-qualified education experts to co-create a Continuous Professional Development (CPD) framework and set of training standards for new teachers in Algeria. Under the pilot, 120 inspectors produced training modules aligned with the framework which will be used by inspectors to develop the professional skills of new teachers. 

Since the end of the pilot phase, the original 120 inspectors have begun to refine and cascade the training content to thousands of new teachers in Algeria. 

This phase of the project will work with new cohorts of inspectors and school leaders to develop capacity-building for school leadership.

As a guide, around 80 days are available for a team of two school leadership experts until the end of March 2018. 

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for experts in school leadership to conduct a needs analysis and design and deliver capacity building for a core group of around 35 inspectors and school leaders. 

Initial needs analysis meetings with key Ministry of National Education officials will take place in November, and all project activities will be completed by the end of March 2018. As ministry requirements and timetabling can sometimes change at short notice, we also require the supplier to be as flexible as possible.

The supplier should be an education organisation that can provide a team of experts who will be expected to work in close collaboration with the Algerian Ministry of National Education and the British Council, and should be able to deliver the following: 

• conduct a needs analysis of the status of school leadership in Algeria 
• develop strategies, approaches, and a workplan of activities to take forward the recommendations 
• deliver and evaluate relevant capacity building activities.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Interested organisations should have a team of experts with the following qualifications, skills and professional experience.

Essential

• Master’s degree in a related field or more than ten years’ experience of working on school leadership 
• Experience of supporting international development programmes, with a focus on school leadership
• Stakeholder relationship management skills, including evidence of leading work with government ministries in developing or emerging countries 
• Diplomatic, culturally-sensitive approach and ability to represent the British Council in a professional manner
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Excellent writing and analytical skills combined with a high degree of competence in report writing 
• Sufficient resources with the right skills and abilities reliably available to travel to Algeria within the specified timescale
• Ability to deliver training in Arabic or French or to work confidently through interpreters. 

Desirable

• Experience in and/or understanding of the Middle East and North Africa, with proven knowledge of the challenges facing the education system in Algeria an advantage
• Excellent and effective (verbal and written) communication skills in French and/or Arabic
• Ofsted or similar background.

For more information and to apply, please go to the British Council’s e-Tendering portal hosted at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/britishcouncil. You will be required to register on the portal if you have not done so previously.

Please quote the project reference number BC/00365 and/or project title ‘Short-term consultancy: Algeria School Education Project, Capacity Building for School Leadership'.

If you have any difficulties accessing the in-tend portal, please contact susan.linklater@britishcouncil.org.