National Individual Consultant to adapt the EduTech Lab Institutionalisation Guide

The consultant will adapt and contextualise the EduTech Lab Institutionalisation Guide to serve as a practical operational manual for schools, local education authorities, and partners in Moldova. The guide will be aligned with national education policies, regulations, school management practices, and financing mechanisms to support sustainable institutionalisation of EduTech Labs.

Responsibilities

• Conduct a structured review of the draft EduTech Lab Institutionalisation Guide and map it against national education policies, regulations, governance arrangements, planning processes, reporting requirements, quality assurance procedures, and financing mechanisms.
• Adapt and restructure the guide to reflect national education policies, school governance structures, quality assurance mechanisms, reporting requirements, financing modalities, and school-level implementation arrangements.
• Ensure activities described in the guide are compatible with national education frameworks, school practices, and institutional capacities.
• Support consultation and validation of the adapted guide with stakeholders including MER, schools, local education authorities, UNICEF, and implementing partners.
• Finalize the guide in Romanian aligned with national standards for normative documents and prepare a concise summary activity report in English.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master's or higher) in Education, Education Policy, Educational Management, Public Administration, Social Sciences, or a related field
• Minimum 7 years of professional experience in the national education sector covering education policy, governance, and management.
• Proven experience working with national education legislation, policy development, or educational reform processes.
• Proven experience developing or reviewing methodological guides, regulations, frameworks, or policy documents for the education sector.
• Excellent analytical, report-writing, and policy drafting skills.
• Fluency in Romanian.
• Good working knowledge of English, including the ability to review and edit technical documents.
• Relevant experience working with Governmental institutions, international organizations, UN agencies, NGOs, and/or development partners is required.

Skills

• Education Policy
• Educational Management
• Education Governance
• Policy Development
• Legislative Analysis
• Educational Reform
• Methodological Guidelines Development
• Policy drafting
• Report Writing
• Analytical Skills
• Government Relations
• International Organization Collaboration
• UN Agency Coordination
• NGO Partnership Management
• Development Partner Engagement
• English Editing
• Romanian Fluency

Languages

Romanian, English