Categories: Vacancies, April 2026

Expressions of Interest – MENA Region

Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Organization: Education Development Trust

Deadline: 5 May 2025

Job Description

About the role

Education Development Trust is seeking expressions of interest from qualified consultants in the MENA region to provide technical assistance in foundational learning across multiple contexts for potential opportunities working on the FCDO SCALE (Scaling Access and Learning in Education). SCALE is a central investment by FCDO over four years to improve the effectiveness of the annual $224bn domestic and international budgets to education in LICs and LMICs through catalytic, evidence-informed technical assistance. SCALE is increasing the uptake of cost-effective interventions that deliver foundational learning outcomes for all, especially disadvantaged girls, and boys.

We are looking for experts with proven experience in education program design, curriculum development, teacher management and development, and the design and provision of non-formal and formal education.

Areas of Expertise Required:

Lebanon:

Strengthening remedial education and catch up programming in non-formal education settings.
Supporting Arabic-medium instruction and curriculum development in early years education.

Regional:

Reviewing teaching and learning materials as part of an annual review process to enhance foundational learning approaches and outcomes. Experience of working and coordination with international organizations and education agencies.

Occupied Palestinian Territories (West Bank & Gaza):

Enhancing teacher support mechanisms to improve the quality of education delivery and student learning outcomes.

Sudan:

Providing technical expertise to review and harmonise non-formal education programming to enhance foundational learning in close consultations with key education in emergencies donors and implementers.

Syria:

Syrian nationals that have experience of working with and providing TA to key education agencies (both national and international) to strengthen foundational learning outcomes.

Consultant Requirements:

Extensive experience in education program development and technical assistance.
Extensive experience of working as a team to co-create sustainable and embedded outputs.
Strong knowledge of the international evidence base on what works in large-scale education programming.
Proven expertise in foundational learning, curriculum development, and teacher professional development.
Experience working with international organizations and other education-focused agencies, including knowledge of programming/funding lifecycles.
Ability to work in complex and fragile education systems.
Strong research, analytical, and reporting skills.

About the organisation

At Education Development Trust, we improve school systems at scale; we partner with governments around the world to help turn ambitious, visionary education policy into reality. We invest annually in our programme of education research and this evidence underpins our work and informs policy and practice around the world. We have a long-established presence in Africa – running programmes since 1992 – and have worked with a range of governments, donor agencies and partners to improve education across the continent, providing short-term, expert consultancy and delivering long-term, national education programmes. We have specialist expertise in sustainable school system reform at scale – from improving literacy and numeracy outcomes, to large-scale teacher training and strengthening the capacity of national ministries. We are experienced in leading complex programmes in challenging environments and we also work with like-minded organisations to ensure we maximise our impact.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal record checks. Education Development Trust also participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme, and we may request information from relevant job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual misconduct, including harassment, during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Please note, we will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis and reserve the right to close our vacancies early.