Location: London, UK
Closing date: 29th December 2014
Closing date: 29th December 2014
£28,500 pa + benefits
The Commonwealth Secretariat is proud to be supporting youth empowerment through our newly created Young Professionals Programme (YPP). The YPP creates multiple opportunities for talented and qualified young people from across the Commonwealth to contribute to our core work through the transference of technical expertise, innovative ideas, specialist knowledge and fresh perspectives.
The Assistant Programme Officer (Education) role sits within the Health and Education Unit (HEU) and is focused on providing technical and administrative support to the Education Programme Section of the Health and Education Unit, specifically to support the delivery of the education work programme, including the design, implementation and management of pan-Commonwealth education research and policy development; and education strategic partnerships.
To be considered for this role you must be a citizen of a Commonwealth country aged 27 years or younger at the time applications close. You must have a strong Bachelor degree or higher in a related field such as such as education, social sciences or international development. You have knowledge of cutting-edge education development research and/or projects/policy work and possess at least one year of work experience in the design and delivery of relevant projects, for example, an education-led social change initiative.
We will accept a maximum of three (3) applications for YPP roles from each candidate.
Deadline for applications is 17:00 GMT on Monday 29 December 2014.
London, UK
