Working as a Education Literacy and Numeracy Adviser in Rwanda

Role overview

As a VSO volunteer, you will immerse yourself in a new culture, face fresh challenges and develop your educational expertise while doing something truly fulfilling.

As part of the innovative and effective Building Learning Foundations program you will lead a group of VSO national volunteers to become a dynamic team that provides high-quality training and follow-up mentoring to all teachers of English and Mathematics at the lower-primary level in one district of Rwanda. You will ensure that through the team quality support is given to even the remotest areas and to benefit all children in the lower primary, including those with disabilities and special educational needs. For sustainability, your support will also enable teachers to become motivated and empowered to independently lead their own professional development, whilst at district level, you will share information and advice on teaching, learning and effective approaches to teacher development.

Skills, qualifications and experience

• A primary education degree or Post-Graduate Certificate of Education
• At least 4 years’ experience of effective teaching of foundational English and Mathematics
• Demonstrable understanding of learner-centered teaching techniques (see Job Description for more details)
• Fluent English speaker
• Good written skills in English
• Capability to produce accurate, reflective reports with reference to qualitative and quantitative data
• Key qualities for team-leadership, teamwork, dedication, and resilience

Besides these skills, you need to be openminded, respectful, resilient and adaptive to new situations. It is important that you can facilitate positive change, build sustainable working relationships and are willing to seek and share knowledge.

For further information about this job, download here the detailed job description.

Terms & conditions

VSO will cover and support you in all preparations: training, visa, work permit, registration in-country, flights, vaccinations, anti-malarial treatment, PEP treatment, medical and security clearance. In-country VSO will provide induction and support in placement, arrange secure accommodation (often shared with another VSO professional), full medical insurance (including repatriation cover), medical indemnity insurance, work-related travel costs and a living allowance which will enable you to live a basic but healthy lifestyle, but which is not sufficient to cover ongoing commitments at home.

What we do at VSO

Our programs focus on the areas of health, education and livelihoods, with an increasing emphasis on resilience building, social accountability, gender and social inclusion. We believe progress is only possible when we work together and that strong partnerships are crucial to delivering positive change. That’s why we work with over 500 partner organizations, from local and national governments to businesses, NGOs, funders, charities and community groups. Currently, over 30% of our people are recruited from within the country in which they work, and we continue to grow the share of community and national volunteers involved in our programs. We also send increasing numbers of volunteers from one developing country to another. However, our vision has remained the same; to build a world without poverty.

The experience of a placement is a one-of-a-life-time experience and will benefit you in multiple ways. You will have the chance to learn to work with people from different cultural backgrounds. There is often the opportunity to develop your teamwork-, leadership- and management skills. This can be helpful for career opportunities after your placement.

The environment of development work is changing continuously. Our recruiter knows the actual vacancies abroad. If you have any questions about our current programs and where we currently operate, don’t hesitate to contact Kelly.