Head of Higher Education Subproject - Center for Education Projects - Yerevan

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Organize, manage and supervise activities of the following subcomponents:
a) Establishment and strengthening of the National Quality Assurance System;
b) Developing a Tertiary Education Management Information System;
c) Strengthening the capacity to implement a sustainable financing system;
d) Reforming pre-service teacher education.
- Ensure timely implementation of the Component activities according to the Operational Manual (OM) for the Second Education Quality and Relevance Project;
- Organize and supervise preparation of all draft TORs for selection of local and international consultants providing technical assistance to the implementation of all activities under the sub-components, participate in selection as well as the consultants’ recruitment processes, ensure their timely circulation, discussion and approval;
- Participate in preparation of all contracts under the component as well as their timely and fully implementation and evaluation of contract outputs;
- Work with local and international consultants, coordinate and supervise their work;
- Review all reports prepared by the consultants, prepare comments and recommendations for their improvement as necessary and submit return notice on outputs of consultant works to CEP Director;
- Draft annual work plan, time schedules of the component;
- Work closely with other organizations (NGOs, International organizations, state bodies, educational institutions, commercial banks, lending agencies, etc.) supporting tertiary education reforms in the context of Bologna Agenda;
- Organize, participate and monitor all seminars, workshops under the component, participate in other events as necessary;
- Implement other tasks and duties assigned by the TOR of the position.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Master's degree or equivalent diploma in Natural and Social Sciences, Public Administration, Economics or other relevant field;
- Minimum 10 year working experience, of which at least 7 years in education administration field;
- Experience in education management field;
- Experience in working with the World Bank financed projects is a desirable qualification;
- Planning, budgeting and investigating experience in the development of projects;
- Good knowledge of the normative legal acts relating to the Higher Education of Armenia;
- Good knowledge of on-going reforms in the framework of Bologna Process in Armenia and EU countries;
- Good knowledge of WB Guidelines, Credit Agreements, procedures, etc.;
- Possession of sufficient managerial/ administrative skills in the relevant field;
- Good communication and interpersonal skills to work with the stakeholders;
- Good teamwork skills;
- Ability to work under big workload;
- Fluency in Armenian and English languages;
- Good computer skills.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES:
Interested candidates should submit a letter of application, a detailed Curriculum Vitae in Armenian and English languages along with two recommendation letters to the following address: 73 S. Vratsyan street, Yerevan, Armenia or send the electronic version to: cfep@arminco. .