US Higher Education Institution Curriculum Linkages Advisor, Early Grade Education Activity

Who We Are

IREX is a global development and education organization. We strive for a more just, prosperous, and inclusive world—where individuals reach their full potential, governments serve their people, and communities thrive. With a projected annual portfolio of more than $100 million and more than 600 staff worldwide, we work with partners in more than 100 countries in four areas essential to progress: cultivating leaders, empowering youth, strengthening institutions, and increasing access to quality education and information.

Based in Amman, and under the guidance of the Senior Pre-Service Teacher Education Quality Improvement Manager, the US Higher Education Institution (US-HEI) Curriculum Linkages Advisor will build effective working relationships with stakeholders at selected universities and facilitate communication between universities and their university counterparts overseas. They will oversee technical assistance to participating universities to ensure the successful development of the pre-service teacher education program. The US-HEI Curriculum Linkages Advisor will coordinate with implementing partners and other relevant actors to harness Jordanian-U.S. current HEI partnerships that support the planning, management, and execution of improvements in policy, curriculum, and student success at early grades.

We are doers. Our decades of on-the-ground experience help us create greater impact, practical recommendations, and lasting partnerships.

Are you the next member of our team?

Your Background & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field is required.
• Minimum of 7+ years of experience building productive multi-stakeholder partnerships, preferably in the education sector.
• Experience achieving results in building institutional capacity and performance in the education sector, preferably in higher education pre-service teacher training.
• Knowledge of international higher education.
• Knowledge of the pre-service teacher training landscape in Jordan.
• Experience with international donor-funded development projects, particularly in Jordan and/or other Middle Eastern countries is desired.
• Experience in donor-funded education projects is strongly preferred.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication, interpersonal and cross-cultural skills, relationship-building skills, and the ability to work cooperatively with team members, partner organizations, and stakeholders from government and education sectors.
• Very good command of English Language and Arabic.
• Strong computer skills and proven track record in the advanced use of modern communications tools, internet, email, social media, and teleconferences.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to multitask and adjust priorities in a fast-paced working environment in order to adhere to strict deadlines.
• Demonstrated leadership, integrity, and versatility.
• Strong representational and organizational skills.
• You must have unrestricted authorization to work in Jordan.

Your Daily Tasks

• Support local partner universities and overseas university partners to establish working relations and clear milestones.
• Support partner universities to plan, develop curriculum and resources for, and implement their own pre-service teacher education programs, including incorporation of gender-sensitive and inclusive teaching practices.
• Manage implementation progress, key risks, and issues in addition to reporting progress to management on a regular basis.
• Adapt and apply IREX’s Higher Education Capacity Assessment tool and work with partner universities to assess their current performance against good practice and identify target growth areas in the area of pre-service teacher training.
• Together with IREX’s partners, support universities to identify and put in place resources and policies to strengthen pre-service instruction.
• Support project partners, including oversight of technical deliverables.
• Cultivate effective working relationships with key stakeholders at selected public universities in Jordan and the US, as well as the Government of Jordan.
• Liaise between partner organizations, and universities in Jordan and the US in the development and implementation of practicums.
• Lead and coordinate a selection process to identify partner universities ensuring the engagement of key stakeholders in a fair and transparent process.
• Supervise all technical assistance provided to partner universities under EGEA.
• Support partner universities to implement baseline assessments of their current performance against good practice and identify target growth areas in the area of pre-service teacher training.
• Demonstrate and promote IREX’s values, management principles, and commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, in the management and mentoring of the EGEA team.
• Coordinate with the program communications team to create outcome-focused materials.
• Work in coordination with the Senior Pre-Service Teacher Education Quality Improvement Manager to ensure seamless alignment between pre-service and in-service program components, and the policy environment.
• Supervise officer-level staff who will provide technical and logistical support to the program.
• Other support duties as needed.

We conduct background checks on all successful candidates.

This position is not eligible for Immigration Sponsorship.

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We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/vets.