Content and Knowledge Consultants

Content & Knowledge Team
Remote, Part time

Applications for this position are now closed.

Global School Leaders Content and Knowledge team seeks consultants to:

Work on ongoing projects in Latin America, and
Join a pool of consultants available for future projects worldwide.

The Content and Knowledge team produces and shares content and knowledge that supports evidence-based policies and professional development for school leaders across the Global South. We develop school leadership professional development materials, including training curricula, guidebooks, and toolkits. We disseminate these through the GSL Resource Portal to support our partners in adapting these resources to their local contexts. In addition, we also develop resources to support our partners in providing coaching for school leaders and setting up and supporting professional learning communities. We are looking for consultants who can develop training content for school leaders or develop coaching or PLC programs and materials

Explore what our team creates

We are currently searching for consultants who can:

Design and coordinate professional development (training) programs for school leaders. A minimum of 3 years of work experience in education or social development research.

Design and facilitate capacity-building for organisations that support school leaders and teachers.

We will recruit at least one consultant based in Latin America (Latam) and fluent in English and Spanish to assist with our ongoing projects. These projects will last for at least six months and will require between 1 and 2 days per week each.

Three examples are:

School network and school leader professional development: In this project, we are working to support a small network of schools in Guatemala, engaging school leaders in specific areas of professional development. This work involves drawing on GSL’s extensive resource collection and tailoring it to groups of school leaders, translating it, and developing context-relevant case studies and resources. The consultant will also facilitate some of the sessions they design, and, depending on their location, visit the participating school. They will also provide coaching to participants as they integrate concepts and skills from the sessions into their leadership practice.

Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN)-focused instructional leadership professional development: In this project, we are adapting our existing FLN-focused instructional leadership resources to support a teacher-focused FLN intervention in Colombia. Here, we need support to refine school leader professional development sessions.

Partner network and capacity-building: In this new project, we are supporting five NGOs to integrate school leader professional development approaches into their existing teacher-focused support. We anticipate using a blend of coaching, guidance and peer learning activities to support these organisations to include school leadership in their work. Some amount of travel within Guatemala will be required for this role.

Work authorisation, compensation and language requirements: The Latam consultant must have work authorization from their country. Their rate will be commensurate with knowledge, skills, and experience, and be competitive with the non-profit education sector in the country in which candidates are based. The hourly rate for this position ranges from 300-425 Mexican pesos and 123-176 Guatemalan quetzales. The Latam consultant candidates must be fluent in Spanish and English.

We will also enlist promising candidates into a pool of consultants who can be invited into a variety of anticipated projects that emerge based on demands from our partners - these may require anything from a few days of work to a longer-term commitment over many months, working on a specific topic for a specific partner. At the beginning of the contract, we will agree on a daily rate, the time commitment, and the objectives. The pool consultants candidates must be fluent in English, and can be based anywhere in the world as long as they have work authorisation in their country.

To gauge your eligibility, look at the following questions:

Have you designed professional development or training programs for school leaders and/or teachers?

⁠Have you developed guidebooks, toolkits, or training content for teachers, school leaders, or education officials?

⁠Do you have experience helping others adapt or implement training content?

Have you coached educators or developed coaching programs, guides, or toolkits?

⁠Have you facilitated or created materials for Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)?

Can you share examples of content you have authored or adapted (for example, training materials, coaching guides, facilitation plans, or toolkits)?

⁠Have you collaborated with others to design or implement training or coaching resources?

⁠Do you have experience working with schools in rural areas or those serving marginalised communities?

If you answered Yes to more than 4 of the above criteria, apply here.

Applications for this position are now closed.

What we look for

Passion

You believe passionately that students can achieve at high levels, that education systems can be designed to ensure that achievement, and that developing school leaders is a key element in doing so.

Learning

You love to learn - from others, from research, from your work - and you are open to saying that you do not know the answer to a question, but that you will go and find the answers. You are also willing to help others on the team learn and are generous with your knowledge.

Leadership

You welcome opportunities to lead. Because we are a small team, everyone has a voice and has opportunities to lead meetings and projects.

Relationships

You set a high bar for yourself and for others both in the work you produce and in the way you form relationships. You demonstrate care for others, and you think about the impact you have on those around you. You seek out, listen to and value the voices of those closest to children - students, teachers, school leaders, and our partners.

Self-Starter

You are a self-starter and great at managing your time. Because of our remote work, you will have a very flexible schedule but high expectations for what you accomplish during your work time. (Please note, though, that due to our team being spread across the globe, meetings may need to be scheduled at very early morning hours (5 or 6am) or very late evening/night hours (10 or 11pm).

About GSL

School leaders have the potential to make incredible changes in the lives of students by building a strong school culture and helping teachers provide great instruction. Yet, school leadership has not been prioritized in low and middle-income countries. GSL works to change that through the following workstreams:

We catalyze and support local partner organizations to deliver and scale high-quality training to school leaders.
We generate insights from our partners and the broader research community to inform education policymakers, researchers, and practitioners on the best ways to support and develop strong school leadership.
We connect our partner organizations with each other for deep learning between themselves and amongst the broader school leadership community - governments, funders, and policymakers.

We are a small but mighty remote team spread across the globe. We care about each other, and we care about the work.

In eight years, we have:

Partnered with organizations in over 14 countries in the Global South and have supported over 13,000 school leaders, reaching approximately 2.3 million students.
Published three evidence reviews on what is known about school leadership globally, as well as an annual survey that helps the policy community hear school leaders' voices on their ground realities and the support they need in their roles.
Become one of the leading voices in conversations about school leadership in the global south, being asked to speak at conferences and webinars throughout the world, and being recognized for our work. In 2021, HundrED, in partnership with the World Bank, recognized GSL as one of the top ten impactful and scalable solutions that support teachers’ professional development.
Established the School Leadership Network with the International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 hosted by UNESCO and the Varkey Foundation to convene online meetings with 150+ experts and 1000+ school leaders from 100+ countries to foster peer learning, share innovative practices, and strengthen school leaders’ voice in policy circles.
Expanded our work to support needs during COVID in the Philippines, Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria, and Peru.