Categories: Vacancies, June 2026

Programme Manager (Technical Lead)

Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Organization: Education Development Trust

Deadline: 27 Jun 2025

Job Description

Education Development Trust are looking for a Programme Manager (Technical Lead) to lead the mobilisation and implementation of our exciting new education and skills programme in Ethiopia together with our consortium partners. The programme will strengthen the relevance and quality of secondary education to ensure the successful transition of secondary students to tertiary education or the world of work by equipping them with relevant skills, knowledge and attitude through enhanced implementation of the competency-based curriculum.

The Programme Manager (Technical Lead) will lead the programme and manage the the delivery staff. They will work closely with the regional teams, consortium partners and the Project Management Unit (PMU) to deliver the agreed educational outcomes, ensuring adherence to client and organisational policies and procedures, and maintaining professional relationships with the client, senior government officials and partners. They will guide and oversee the development and implementation of a range of measures to assist teachers and school leaders deliver the competency-based curriculum in secondary schools and support young people from marginalised communities to successfully transition to post secondary study or work.

Key Qualifications

Proven experience in leading an education or skills programme
Experience in managing complex, large-scale projects with multiple stakeholders, including international teams and external partners.
Experience in delivery of education projects
Knowledge of gender and/or youth issues
Experience stakeholder management and negotiation skills
Financial management skills, including budgeting, cost control, and ensuring financial compliance with project requirements.

Benefits include

Advertising Salary: US$2300 – US$2500 gross monthly salary plus benefits
Medical insurance for employee and family
Provident Fund contribution
Transport Allowance

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.

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