Creative Associates seeks a Senior Education Director for the anticipated USAID Ethiopia Learning in Emergencies opportunity, which aims to improve holistic foundational skills learning for children aged 7-14+ affected by crisis in the country through methods including strengthening subnational capabilities to plan and implement education in emergencies service delivery, improving quality components (teachers, learning materials, school leadership) to improve learning, increasing community and parental engagement in education recovery, and integrating mental health and psychosocial support in education service delivery in conflict affected areas.  The Senior Education Director is responsible for the overall planning, implementation, and management of the education technical approach of the project across all required subject areas in a timely and cost-effective manner.   

• Provide strategic leadership and coordination of program activities focused on institutional capacity strengthening in the education sector and implementing teacher trainings and community engagement to those school communities affected by crisis and conflict;  
• Collaborate closely with the Chief of Party to provide technical leadership and expertise to ensure the fulfillment of deliverables;  
• Collaborate closely with consortium partners to ensure quality implementation of activities  
• Oversee design, delivery, and monitoring of the project’s overall technical approach and activity implementation; 
• Ensure activities are gender-responsive and are respectful of student diversities;  
• Regularly interact with local partners, private sector, and other humanitarian and development organizations to enable effective collaboration and cooperation within the education sector;  
• Manage performance and provide mentoring, coaching and training to technical and program staff;  

• Build relations with key education stakeholders and actively collaborate with the USAID to effectively support program implementation and address operational and programmatic questions and challenges;  
• Effectively apply the USAID Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) and adaptive management approaches to promote innovation, improved methodologies, and project implementation;  
• Ensure that results-oriented program components produce high-quality deliverables and maintain relevant and timely reporting;  
• Manage partners to ensure they deliver quality services on schedule; and   
• Oversee synergies and cohesion between project components and activities.  

• Minimum of a master’s degree in education, social sciences, economics, international development, evaluation research, statistics, or a related field;  
• At least 10 years of experience of progressively increasing responsibilities in technical management roles in the education sector;    
• Expertise in institutional capacity building and technical assistance  
• Experience working in East Africa is required; experience working in Ethiopia preferred;  
• In-depth understanding of the context, key actors, and challenges and opportunities within the education sector in Ethiopia;  
• Expertise in foundational and soft skills development for adolescents and youth;  
• Proven ability to effectively work and mentor staff in multicultural and multilingual societies;   
• Proven ability to collaborate successfully with USAID, regional institutions and organizations, government officials, international donors, and civil society organizations;   
• Proven ability to adapt and innovate programming around real-time project barriers 
• Experience with adaptive management approaches, collaborating, learning, and adapting (CLA) and overseeing MEL activities on donor-funded projects;   
• Fluency in written and spoken English, required