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Sightsavers International Tanzania Jobs 2025Policy Officer – Inclusive Education
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Freetown, Sierra Leone; Abuja, Nigeria; Nairobi, KenyaPolicy Officer - Inclusive Education at Sightsavers International Tanzania May 2025
Job DescriptionOverview
Sightsavers
is looking for an experienced international development, policy or
education professional to help us influence the development of inclusive
education and international development policy.
Salary: Local terms and conditions apply
Job Type: Full-time
Location: Tanzania - Dar es Salaam, Nigeria - Abuja, Kenya - Nairobi, Sierra Leone - Freetown
Contract: Two-year Fixed-term Contract
Hours: Full-time (35 hours) or part time (28 hours) with some flexibility around hours worked
Responsibilities
About the role
We are looking for an experienced international development, policy or education professional to help influence the development of inclusive education and international development policy.
We believe quality, inclusive education is a human right and should be available to all children, irrespective of gender, disability, learning requirements, socio-economic background, geographical location, ethnicity and any other distinguishing characteristics.
As Policy Officer- Inclusive Education, you will Conduct Sightsavers’ policy analysis and work with the Senior Policy Adviser on global influencing on education, with a particular focus on the inclusion of people with disabilities in line with Sightsavers thematic strategies. You will support engagement with key external stakeholders and influence the development of inclusive education and international development policy.
You will support Sightsavers work to ensure children with disabilities can access equitable and inclusive, quality education by:
Skills and Experience
Whilst prior experience of education policy is not essential for this role, an understanding or background in International Development and an awareness of inclusion for marginalised groups is needed, as well as the ability to represent Sightsavers to external bodies.
This is an ideal opportunity to utilise your knowledge of education, international development, advocacy and / or policy to influence education and international development policy and champion every child’s right to an inclusive and quality education.
There may be some travel required for this role but there is flexibility around this.
Requirements
To succeed in this role you will have:
Essential
This is a varied role, please read the full job description for further details.
Closing date: Monday 09th June, 2025.
Benefits
Sightsavers offers some fantastic benefits. Our comprehensive benefits package includes generous annual leave allowance, pension, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and wellness discounts. If you choose to work in or are visiting our collaborative, modern office space, you will find it an easy 20-minute train journey from Brighton or 45 minutes from London.
Next Steps
To apply for this exciting new opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal.
We anticipate that remote interviews will take place in the first week of July and the evaluation process will include a two-stage remote interview and a written task to be completed by shortlisted candidates in advance of this.
As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply. Go to our Homepage To Get Relevant Information.
Sightsavers is an employer that does not tolerate any form of harassment and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse. All potential candidates will be subjected to rigorous background checks and controls.
Salary: Local terms and conditions apply
Job Type: Full-time
Location: Tanzania - Dar es Salaam, Nigeria - Abuja, Kenya - Nairobi, Sierra Leone - Freetown
Contract: Two-year Fixed-term Contract
Hours: Full-time (35 hours) or part time (28 hours) with some flexibility around hours worked
Responsibilities
About the role
We are looking for an experienced international development, policy or education professional to help influence the development of inclusive education and international development policy.
We believe quality, inclusive education is a human right and should be available to all children, irrespective of gender, disability, learning requirements, socio-economic background, geographical location, ethnicity and any other distinguishing characteristics.
As Policy Officer- Inclusive Education, you will Conduct Sightsavers’ policy analysis and work with the Senior Policy Adviser on global influencing on education, with a particular focus on the inclusion of people with disabilities in line with Sightsavers thematic strategies. You will support engagement with key external stakeholders and influence the development of inclusive education and international development policy.
You will support Sightsavers work to ensure children with disabilities can access equitable and inclusive, quality education by:
- Conducting high quality policy analysis and generating evidence to support Sightsavers’ policy objectives in education
- Contributing to the delivery of Sightsavers’ education policy objectives, including through engagement with relevant national and international policies and processes
- Engaging with different networks and representing Sightsavers at relevant external forums to disseminate evidenced based analysis that influence target audiences
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Skills and Experience
Whilst prior experience of education policy is not essential for this role, an understanding or background in International Development and an awareness of inclusion for marginalised groups is needed, as well as the ability to represent Sightsavers to external bodies.
This is an ideal opportunity to utilise your knowledge of education, international development, advocacy and / or policy to influence education and international development policy and champion every child’s right to an inclusive and quality education.
There may be some travel required for this role but there is flexibility around this.
Requirements
To succeed in this role you will have:
Essential
- Experience of conducting policy analysis
- Working experience or educational understanding and awareness of the international development sector, including issues relating to education, inclusion and human rights
- Experience of supporting policy and influencing work at national or international levels
- Understanding of issues relating to education, inclusion, human rights, or social development
- Ability to represent the organisation to external bodies
- Strong analytical skills and ability to think strategically
- Effective English language communication skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to deal with complex ideas and concepts
- Relationship building skills with internal and external stakeholders
- Experience of conducting education policy analysis would be highly beneficial.
- Awareness of the challenges faced by learners with disabilities
This is a varied role, please read the full job description for further details.
Closing date: Monday 09th June, 2025.
Benefits
Sightsavers offers some fantastic benefits. Our comprehensive benefits package includes generous annual leave allowance, pension, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and wellness discounts. If you choose to work in or are visiting our collaborative, modern office space, you will find it an easy 20-minute train journey from Brighton or 45 minutes from London.
Next Steps
To apply for this exciting new opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal.
We anticipate that remote interviews will take place in the first week of July and the evaluation process will include a two-stage remote interview and a written task to be completed by shortlisted candidates in advance of this.
As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply. Go to our Homepage To Get Relevant Information.
Sightsavers is an employer that does not tolerate any form of harassment and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse. All potential candidates will be subjected to rigorous background checks and controls.
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