Specialist, Education, AIM
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BRAC International is hiring a Specialist, Education, AIM to lead planning, coordination, and implementation of the AIM Education pathway in BRAC Maendeleo Kenya. The role involves managing staff, budgets, partnerships, and reporting, with technical oversight from BRAC International’s ECDE team. This is a full-time, mid-level position based in Kisii/Kisumu, Kenya, with a deadline of 05/10/2026.
- Mid-level full-time role with BRAC International in Kenya
- Lead the AIM Education pathway for adolescent girls and vulnerable young adolescents
- Based in Kisii/Kisumu with country office support
- Requires a relevant degree and 8+ years of NGO education development experience
- Deadline for applications is 05/10/2026
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Job Title: Specialist, Education, AIM
Date Posted: 22/09/2026
Job Type: Full Time
Job Level: Middle
Employer: BRAC International
Industry: Project Management
Salary: Open
Location: Nairobi
Country: Kenya
Deadline: 05/10/2026
Project Management Jobs. BRAC Jobs. Specialist, Education, AIM leading
Education
program design, implementation, and learning strategies, requiring a relevant degree and 8+ years
development within an NGO setting.
Job summary
The Specialist, Education, AIM will manage the overall planning, coordination, and implementation of the AIM
pathway in BRAC Maendeleo Kenya. This exciting role involves the overall management, leadership and oversight of the
pathway, under the direct supervision of the AIM Programme Manager, BRAC Maendeleo Kenya and with technical and programmatic supervision (dotted/indirect supervision) received from BRAC International’s (BI’s) Early Childhood Development &
(ECDE) team and support from the AIM central team at BRAC International. This will be a full-time position based in BRAC’s country office in Kisii/Kisumu ,Kenya.
Apart from the overall management, coordination, leadership, and oversight of the
pathway, the role includes direct and indirect management, coaching, and capacity building of BRAC AIM program implementation staff, budget management, internal and external stakeholders, and partnership management, effective communication and reporting, and promotion of safeguarding in the program.
The specialist will serve as the technical focal person for the AIM
pathway, and s/he under the supervision of the AIM program manager, will support the AIM program manager in any internal and external stakeholders engagement and/or communication of the AIM
pathway.
Key Duties/
Pathway for Adolescent Girls (AGs):
Lead the AIM
pathway in the attainment of measurable impact in the lives of VYA & AGs to ensure the completion of their
journey.
Foster an understanding of the context – political, cultural, etc, and community expectations, within the AIM
team and country
team in Kenya – and contribute to the development and implementation of contextually appropriate
design and operational manual.
Manage stakeholder coordination to develop, adopt and deliver localized and comprehensive solutions for achieving
goals for the very young adolescents (VYAs) & adolescent girls (AGs) in targeted communities, relationship building, and carry out the approval process with the respective authorities at district and national level.
Oversee overall implementation and supervision of the AIM
pathway-related interventions in the targeted areas. Ensuring that the AIM
interventions are delivered on time, on budget, and in compliance with BRAC and donor regulations.
Ensure the establishment of a robust system for the smooth channeling of the school grants for financial support for the VYAs and AGs.
Support and provide indirect/dotted supervision to the AIM Technical Sector Officers for
to ensure smooth, timely, and quality implementation of the gender responsive training and other pedagogical interventions at the school level.
Lead the AIM
pathway to develop work-plans and follow up with team members regularly to ensure that activities are on track.
Monitor the AIM
pathway progress against both the AIM programmatic and budgetary targets, and propose making adjustments in consultation with the AIM program manager, to the program design as necessary.
Help the AIM program manager to prepare timely and high-quality program and donor reports on project activities in compliance with internal
field-level program activities and provide supportive supervision to improve the quality and staff knowledge
Where needful, contribute to country-level contingency plans and support the integration of contingency planning for the AIM program
Ensure the Implementation of a Robust, Inclusive Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) System:
Enhance quality programming in the
pathway through incorporating quality planning and system monitoring, evaluation, and learning.
Ensure appropriate, timely, and accurate data collection against agreed indicators to enable both internal and external reporting.
Work closely with the M&E and knowledge management teams to collate lessons learnt and best practices among internal and external stakeholders.
Work with the MEL team to identify and incorporate project-suitable accountability mechanisms for the AIM
pathway.
Regular visits to monitor and verify program performance.
Manage Stakeholder Coordination, Advocacy, and Networking:
Lead internal coordination, especially with the schools, district, and national level
officials,
partners in the countries implementing similar kinds of programs, and other global technical/functional teams.
Collect different levels of government approval needed for the implementation of the AIM
pathway.
Manage day-to-day coordination with country support teams in areas of human resources, finance, procurement, administration, IT, communications, etc.
Support the AIM program manager to oversee BRAC and relevant partner staff involved in the
pathway to ensure effective coordination of integrated programming and multi-sectoral interventions.
Support technical donor reviews and external engagement activities, including meetings with implementation partners, government agencies, civil society, and local community-based Organizations, organizing learning and knowledge-sharing sessions.
Strengthen/create a local and national-level advocacy network to support VYAs and AGs
goals.
Support the AIM program manager with linkages between the internal and external stakeholders and the AIM program in-country.
Grants, Knowledge, Risk management and Reporting:
Proactively monitor the AIM
pathway performance, identifying and mitigating programmatic and organisational risk, and escalate as necessary.
Support the AIM program manager in the implementation of standard award contracts, coordinate approval of agreements and sub-agreements, amendments, and extensions, where applicable related to the AIM
pathway.
Support and coordinate with country-level Grants Managers, M&E, and Finance teams to ensure timely submission of quality narrative and financial reports quarterly. Additionally, frequently (at least monthly) monitor the AIM
pathway budget intake.
Support the AIM program manager in the AIM program database management, including updates for pipeline reports, grant stewardship, and prospect research relevant to the AIM
pathway.
Lead and contribute to the capturing and documentation of the AIM education-related knowledge and learnings, and contribute to process development and documentation
Team management and overall stewardship:
Support and coordinate the AIM
team, ensuring competent and motivated staff, as well as manage the performance of the AIM
staff, and encourage on-the-job coaching, identify and address learning and training needs and opportunities.
Support the development of capacity-building plans for the AIM
team
Manage external technical consultants and partners involved in the AIM
pathway in the country.
Support the AIM communication team with up-to-date content to create presentations and marketing materials to showcase program and project successes.
Act as a mentor and role model for less experienced staff.
Safeguarding
and
program(s), international development, working with ultra-poor and marginalized communities to implement
and/or girl’s and women’s empowerment programs
Experience
- in
- Masters degree in Education/Development Studies/Anthropology/Sociology/Business Administration and/or other relevant fields
- Minimum 8 years work
- with at least 3 years of managerial/leadership
- in managing and implementing
- in project management and coordination, including supervision and monitoring, administration, finance, and logistics
- Required Skills and Abilities:
- Proven aptitude in proposal development and writing including advanced budgeting skills
- in representation and negotiation with government, donors, partners and other stakeholders
- Ability to interpret financial data and prepare budgets and financial grant reports
- Strong Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel
- Strong problem-solving skills, highly organized, strategic thinker with a strong attention to detail.
- Strong sense of teamwork and collaboration and demonstrated ability to build relationships with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
- Diplomatic and highly effective on an interpersonal level in addition to cross-cultural sensitivity
- Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and dedication to the mission of BRAC.
Responsibilities
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
- Develop, Contextualize and Manage the AIM
- Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation to achieve the program’s goals on safeguarding implementation
- Act as a key source of support, guidance, and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment
- Practice, promote, and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action
- Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, and encourage others to do the same
Requirements
- and any relevant external donor requirements.
- Follow-up AIM