You will:
• Actively promote our projects and ensure that all our projects from pilot stage are designed to be scalable and sustainable including leading on analysis of long-term cost effectiveness of programmes and working closely with government and partners to ensure scale and sustainability.
• Lead on developing and implementing scale up, sustainability and exit plans across projects.
• Support the development of new pilot programmes fostering innovation and best practices in ensuring the pilots can be scaled and sustained.
• Build and maintain a strong network with partners in the development sector. This includes promoting VVOB in Zambia’s pilot to scale to sustainability agenda among relevant partners, supporting in managing partnerships with government and implementing organisations and representing VVOB in conferences.
• Support in reporting on ongoing projects and the formulation of new projects, including proposal writing from a scale and sustainability viewpoint, supporting the design of new projects to ensure they are scalable and sustainable.
• Work with the Country Management Team, Education Advisors, project staff and consortium partners to strengthen staff and government capacity for scale and sustainability.
• Stay updated on policy trends, research and international best practices through networking.
• Collaborate with Strategic Education Advisors regionally and globally to advance VVOB’s Learning
Unlimited strategy and develop new initiatives.

Who are you?
You are a technical expert in scale and sustainability with significant, practical experience of
supporting project to go from pilot to scale to sustainability in an international context
preferably in the education sector.
Your expertise and experience
• Master’s degree in education, human sciences, or another relevant field or equivalent.
• At least five years of relevant working experience including at least two years’
experience international working experience.
• Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of taking projects from pilot to scale to
sustainability.
• Knowledge, experience and understanding of foundational learning is desired.
• Experience with change management and capacity strengthening processes.
• Ability and willingness to travel within Zambia for short periods of time.
• Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Office.
• Proficiency in English (CEFR level C1) is essential.
Matching competences
VVOB core competences:
• Result-oriented
• Continuous improvement
• Cooperation
Function specific competencies:
• Strategic Networking & Partnership Building
• Creativity
• Persuasiveness
• Vision Building
• Problem Analysis and Judgement