Advocacy and Communications officer

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About the role

Project Summary: INSPIRED project is a 3 year UK funded programme that will improve quality of Early Childhood Education (ECE) and foundational learning skills for 200,000 Kenyan children, including 100,000 of the most marginalized in Wajir and Mandera Counties.

Delivery & Technical Partners: INSPIRED project will be delivered by Education Development Trust (EDT) alongside partners Agakhan Foundation (AKF), Sight Savers, Wajir Peace & Development Agency (WPDA) and Voice of Peace for All (VOPA).

Programme Components: INSPIRED will be delivered through the following 3 main components to achieve quality, equitable, inclusive and sustainable impact across the board:

1. C1: Support Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms (PWPER) around foundational learning
2. C2: Deliver strong evidence based Early Childhood Education (ECE) models in Wajir and Mandera for existing government-funded ECE centres
3. C3: Generate robust evidence on effective strategies for delivering ECE to influence policy and practice.

The Advocacy and Communications officer will design and coordinate all advocacy initiatives for INSPIRED project at national and county levels, support policy reforms and provide communication products and services for both the internal and external INSPIRED programme clients to enhance visibility/profile and increase impact of the programme. Working closely with INSPIRED Focal Point at MoE, s/he will be required to support coordination and documentation of component 1 meetings with relevant MoE directorates, CoG and involved SAGAs, as well as other relevant government agencies, development partners and CSO stakeholders. S/he will support growth and strengthening of the newly formed civil society advocacy coalition on foundational learning, co-chaired by EDT and EDC but hosted by Zizi Afrique.

Deadline: 03rd January 2025 (Please note, we reserve the right to close our vacancies early if sufficient applications are received)

About the organisation

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.