- Education Specialist – Higher Education - develops and manages the higher education programme initiative which aims to increase access to higher education in Commonwealth countries and lead to employment and entrepreneurship for marginalised groups, particularly women. The applicant must be committed to development and be able to respond creatively to the challenges related to higher education. A minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience of working in open, distance and technology-mediated learning is required. The position requires proficiency with information and web-based technologies and a readiness to travel internationally.
The Persons: Must be a Commonwealth citizen, with ability to network across multilateral organisations and to work effectively with people from different cultural backgrounds; have the ability to exercise professional judgment, diplomacy and be able to work in a team, while representing COL’s interest internally and externally.
To Apply: A full job description for each post is available as a PDF download. Interested applicants must provide a resume and cover letter highlighting their professional background. Applications must be submitted to COL by email to opportunities@col.org indicating in the subject line which position the application is to be considered for.
The application deadline is 16 December 2016.
While we appreciate the interest of all applicants, those who have not been contacted by 31 January 2017 should consider that there will be no follow-up to their application.