Curriculum Development Expert

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Job Title: Curriculum Development Expert

Reports to: Team Leader – Skills and Education Expert

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Terms: Approx. 20 months of work over a 24-month period. 

Salary: GB5 Step 1

Requirements: This position is available in Baidoa.

About Concern:

Established in 1968, Concern is a non-profit, non-governmental humanitarian organisation, dedicated to the reduction of suffering and the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries.

Concern’s vision, our mission and our work are all defined by one goal – ending extreme poverty, whatever it takes. Concern strives for a world free from poverty, fear and oppression.

Our culture is values driven and we believe that our people are central to all that we do and are key to delivering on our goal of Reaching the Furthest Behind First. We are committed to ensuring a workplace where everybody feels valued and are enabled to succeed in their work and contribute to delivering on our mission

Role Purpose: Concern has been shortlisted to implement the Empowering Women through Education and Skills Project (Rajo Kaaba), which supports adolescent girls and women in gaining literacy, numeracy, life skills, and vocational training to improve their livelihoods. To support this, Concern is recruiting a Curriculum Development Expert to lead the design and contextualization of a 12-month integrated curriculum for youth aged 15–35 under the Rajo Kaaba Project. The curriculum will combine foundational education with market-relevant vocational tracks—such as childcare, fisheries, and community health—tailored to the Somali context. The role involves close collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education (MoECHE), education stakeholders, service providers, and partners to ensure the curriculum is high-quality, inclusive, and promotes employability and empowerment for marginalized groups.

PLEASE NOTE, THESE ROLES ARE CONTINGENT ON FUNDING BEING SECURED.

Responsibilities:

Curriculum Design and Review:

§    Lead the review and adaptation of existing literacy, numeracy, and life skills curricula in partnership with MoECHE and education stakeholders.

§    Develop and structure modular and participative, competency-based, disability-inclusive curricula aligned with the 12-month program design, tailored for both women and men aged 15–35.

§    Integrate and mainstream relevant functional life skills including digital literacy, health and hygiene, leadership, women’s leadership and climate resilience into the curriculum.

§    Ensure the vocational tracks (childcare, fisheries, community health work, and others) reflect labor market needs and are accessible to learners with different educational backgrounds, including learners with special educational needs or disabilities, or illiterate/innumerate learners.

§    Oversee the piloting of the curriculum, developing tools to assess its effectiveness, facilitating participatory reviews with stakeholders, and revising the curriculum in response.

Implementation Support:

§    Prepare facilitator guides, training manuals, and learner materials that are context-specific and user-friendly (including learners with special educational needs or disabilities, or illiterate/innumerate learners).

§    Train master trainers, instructors, and implementation teams on curriculum content, inclusion, and interactive and participative delivery methodologies.

§    Provide technical guidance to instructors and support quality implementation across all delivery sites.

Collaboration with Sub-Consultants and Service Providers:

§    Provide technical oversight and curriculum-related guidance to subcontracted partners delivering components of the training program.

§    Support vendors and service providers hosting training sessions by offering curriculum orientation, instructional guidance, and adaptation strategies.

§    Monitor the curriculum delivery quality of external training providers, ensuring alignment with project standards and learner needs.

§    Assist in building the capacity of sub-partners in learner-centered methodologies and inclusive education practices.

Monitoring, Quality Assurance, and Learning

§    Develop assessment frameworks and tools to measure learner progress and training outcomes.

§    Support field teams in continuous curriculum improvement based on the assessment frameworks data, feedback, learner performance, and contextual shifts.

§    Work with the M&E team to ensure data collection tools reflect curriculum learning outcomes and training standards and that data collected is used for programme quality to adjust programme design and implementation as necessary.

Coordination and Stakeholder Engagement

§    Engage actively with MoECHE (FMS and FGS) and Banadir and SWS Regional Education Directorate curriculum departments to align curriculum with national policy and standards.

§    Represent the curriculum component in education sector meetings, technical working groups, and community forums.

§    Facilitate collaboration with other technical staff (TVET Specialist, GBV Officer, Team Leader) to ensure curriculum alignment with broader project objectives.

Reporting:

§    Ensure effective support and development of staff engaged by Concern in Rajo Kaaba project.

§    Ensure that Concern’s policies such as the Code of Conduct, Fraud and Whistle Blowing Policy as well as the minimum standards of humanitarian relief (ICRC Code of Conduct, Sphere, CHS) are adhered to by all staff.

Compliance:

§    Ensure implementation of activities in line with programme documents, donor compliance, and budgetary frameworks.

§    Report any discrepancies, serious incidents or any urgent information which may need serious consideration regarding day-to-day program activities to the attention of programme Coordinator .

§    Monitor programme activities and expenditures against approved project budgets and promptly flag any potential under- or over-spending issues to the Team Leader and Education Programme Coordinator

Accountability and Safeguarding

§    In line with Concern’s commitments under the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS):

actively promote meaningful community participation and consultation at all stages of the project cycle (planning, implementation, M&E as well as during project closure);

§    Work with research partners to ensure that people involved in the research are aware of Concern’s

Feedback, Complaints and Response Mechanism (FCRM) and know how to access it and that it is functional and accessible and that feedback and complaints are welcomed and addressed;

§    Work with relevant colleagues to ensure that information about FCRM, safeguarding and expected research staff behaviour is disseminated among programme participants and communities.

Concern Code of Conduct and Associated Policies

§    Ensure adherence to the Concern Code of Conduct and Associated Policies

§    Ensure research staff understand and adhere to the Concern Code of Conduct and Associated Policies

§    Ensure the Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS) are understood by research staff and partners.

All staff are responsible for upholding and promoting Concern’s values, including our workplace equality, diversity and inclusion, and safeguarding values.

Skills and qualifications

Role Holder Requirements:

Education:

§    Master’s degree in education specializing in curriculum studies/development or teacher education.

Experience:

§    Minimum 8 years of experience in curriculum development and review

§    In-depth knowledge of and insights into accelerated basic education and training in Somalia.

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§    A proven track in developing and reviewing alternative basic education, teacher training, or primary/secondary curricula. Knowledge of life skills and TVET curricula would be an advantage.

Competencies:

Candidates are expected to demonstrate abilities in the following priority competency areas (highlight 3-4 competencies in bold as appropriate):

Managing Yourself

Planning and decision-making

Individual leadership

Creativity and innovation

Communication and working with others

Influence, advocacy and networking

Delivering results

Change

We encourage all eligible candidates, irrespective of gender, ethnicity or origin, disability, or socio-economic status to apply to become a part of the organisation. Concern is against all forms of discrimination and unequal power relations and is committed to promoting equality.

How to apply

Interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, should submit their applications (cover letter and updated CVs) by email to som.vacancies@concern.net with the subject line “Application for Curriculum Development Expert” by Thursday 31 July 2025. Due to urgency, interviews will be held on a rolling basisand the role may be filled before the deadline,

If you have any concerns about our recruitment process and need particular assistance - for example if you have a disability e.g. a hearing impairment - please let us know and we will do our best to respond to your needs.

Important information:

Concern has an organisational Code of Conduct with three Associated Policies: The Programme Participant Protection Policy, the Child Safeguarding Policy, and the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Policy accessible here. These have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants from exploitation, and to clarify the responsibilities of Concern staff, consultants, visitors to the programme and partner organisations, and the standards of behaviour expected of them. In this context, staff have a responsibility to the organisation to strive for, and maintain, the highest standards in their work, in accordance with Concern’s core values and mission. Any candidate offered a job with Concern Worldwide will be expected to sign the Concern Staff Code of Conduct and Associated Policies as an appendix to their contract of employment. By signing the Concern Code of Conduct, candidates acknowledge that they have understood the content of both the Concern Code of Conduct and the Associated Policies and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these policies. Additionally, Concern is committed to the safeguarding and protection of adults and children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work or volunteer with adults and children are recruited by us for such roles. Consequently, working or volunteering with Concern may be subject to a range of vetting checks, including criminal background checking.

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