Numeracy Project Officer Full Time NEW

Job Title: Numeracy Project Officer

Contract Type: Full-time (1 year)

Reporting to: Executive Director

Location: Wolaita Soddo, South Ethiopia Region

Salary: Very Attractive

Closing Date: May 03, 2026

ABOUT LINK EDUCATION ETHIOPIA

Link Education Ethiopia (LEE) is part of Link Education International (LEI), a family of not-for-profit organisations working together to transform education for children and communities across sub-Saharan Africa. Since our foundation in 1995, we have worked in 3,000 schools and improved the lives of over 2,000,000 children through unique and effective school improvement models. We guide governments and educators to adopt low-cost solutions to improve learning and support for children, with a focus on literacy, numeracy and inclusion for the most marginalised children. Through a partnership delivery model which embeds piloting and learning within local systems, we influence changes to policy, practice and accountability on a national scale, and our interventions are regularly adapted and replicated by governments and NGOs in new countries and contexts. LEI, based in Edinburgh – Scotland, supports all project, M&E, fundraising, finance and governance activities in our partner countries.

JOB PURPOSE

The Project Officer will facilitate all numeracy related work delivered by Link Education Ethiopia. Numeracy work constitutes Numeracy Research and Development (NRD), funded by the Gates Foundation, and focuses on Critical Early Numeracy Outcomes (CENOs) for grade 1-3 students.

All of Link’s work aims to strengthen education systems and develop the capacity of the actors who deliver, as well as to engage school communities.

INDICATIVE AREAS OF KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Facilitate the development and implementation of the NRD project and any other numeracy work which supports it.
• Work closely with the Link Education Ethiopia education specialist, the Executive Director, and any LEI staff or consultants supporting Link’s numeracy work, including the development of grade 1-3 lesson plans and numeracy teacher training materials linked to the curriculum, and their application on the ground.
• Support the delivery of trainings of trainers (TOT) to education government stakeholders who will train and support school supervisors, school leaders and teachers throughout the project.
• Work closely with South Ethiopia Region and Wolaita Zone education partners in project design and implementation, building on existing structures and mechanisms, for improved capacity, scaling, and sustainability.
• Contribute to embedding foundational numeracy in school improvement plans (SIP) developed at school and community level, covering the SIP domains of teaching and learning, community engagement, school leadership and the school environment.
• Support the development or adaptation of relevant tools to support numeracy teaching classroom observation, and checklists for the coaching and mentoring of teachers.
• Ensure that gender and inclusion remain central to all activities delivered by Link and contribute to their inclusion in all monitoring and evaluation frameworks or plans developed.
• Support the engagement of community-school structures including the PTSA, School Improvement Committee and Kebele Education and Training Board, as well as parents in the project.
• Work closely with the M&E Team and government partners to jointly monitor project activities and continually feed evidence-based learning into programming by documenting best practices, providing recommendation for work plans, and annual reviews.
• Frequently travel to field sites and provide supportive supervisions to staff and partners.
• Organize distribution of goods to the field sites, and ensure a safe arrival of supplies.
• Facilitate workshops and trainings based on specific needs of beneficiaries & plan.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

• A University Degree in Education, preferably numeracy and education, combined with a qualification in Project Management, and/or Education Management.
• A strong background in numeracy teaching, and teacher training, especially at foundational and primary level.
• At least 5 years of relevant work experience in similar type of engagement.
• Strong knowledge of the Ethiopia numeracy curriculum, policy and practice in Ethiopia, particularly the grade 1-3 curriculum, syllabus and learning competencies.
• Strong background in education programming, especially numeracy, gender and inclusion.
• Background in teacher professional development, school leadership, supervision and governance, and school improvement planning.
• Experience and expertise on how to engage the community, parents and a wide range of education stakeholders in supporting home learning.
• A strong understanding of safeguarding, and its application in the Link office and in projects.
• Good MS Office application skills, including MS-Word, MS-Excel and MS-PowerPoint.
• Excellent report-writing skills.
• Proficiency in English and Amharic languages; knowledge of local languages is desirable (Wolaytatto in particular).
• Excellent coordination and time management skills
• Good communication and negotiation skills.
• Good interpersonal and team skills.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and organizational skills.
• Sympathy with the aims and objectives of Link.
• Commitment to humanitarian principles and action.
• Commitment to Link’s Safeguarding and gender policies.

Desirable

• Experience of developing numeracy-focused materials and monitoring tools for trainers, teachers, and students in context.