Policy Officer – Inclusive Education at Sightsavers International Tanzania

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:

• 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

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

Desirable

• 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.