Senior Inclusive Education Advisor (Usaid/Center For Education)

ZemiTek, LLC is a Woman-Owned, SBA-certified 8(a) Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) based in the Washington, DC metro area. We have a strong record delivering innovative and high-quality solutions. Since 2007, ZemiTek has provided technical assistance, project management, information technology (IT), knowledge management, monitoring and evaluation, training and learning development, and institutional support services.

ZemiTek, is recruiting for a Senior Inclusive Education Advisor who will be embedded within USAID's Center for Education, Bureau for Development, Democracy and Innovation (DDI/EDU) through the Education Support Initiative 2 (ESI 2) institutional support contract.

The Center for Education in USAID's Bureau for Development, Democracy, and Innovation (DDI/EDU) leverages its expertise, partnerships, and global perspective to guide and influence the Education Sector, advancing the Agency’s development priorities. The Center provides expertise and guidance to the field and USAID bureaus on the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of USAID policy, planning, and programs in the areas of basic education, youth workforce development and higher education.

Disability Inclusive Education
The Center for Education is committed to advancing quality, equitable and inclusive education for all including persons with disabilities. Millions of children and youth with disabilities, especially girls, are denied the right to quality, inclusive, and equitable education. This is often due to stigma, poor data collection, inequitable education structures, and a lack of knowledge on how to make learning and work environments inclusive. The Center’s momentum to advance disability inclusive education accelerated in 2016 and largely focused on disability inclusion within Basic Education, mostly in Early Grade Reading programming. In 2020, the intentional decision was made to broaden that focus and work to incorporate disability inclusion in programming across the entire education continuum to include Pre-Primary, Higher Education, and Youth Workforce Development. In 2022, the Center made a variety of commitments at the Global Disability Summit to strengthen its work in this sector, including to:

1) advance the knowledge base of what works in disability inclusive education in partnership with organizations of persons with disabilities and strengthen USAID’s use of disability data for education programming;
2) incorporate principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) for all learners in all new USAID Education programs;
3) increase USAID initiatives for learners with disabilities in pre-primary education, youth workforce development, higher education, and education finance; and
4) provide USAID staff and partners with the knowledge, skills, and tools to advance and effectively implement disability inclusive education as well as UDL at all levels of the education continuum.

Location: Remote

Work Schedule: Full-time

Salary Range: Starting at $123,000

Clearance: Able to obtain a Secret-level Clearance

The Senior Inclusive Education Advisor will work collaboratively with other Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to advance USAID's work in disability inclusive education. Responsibilities include:

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ZemiTek is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, ZemiTek will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to [email protected].

ZemiTek embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion and strives to build and maintain a safe environment where we celebrate diverse backgrounds, treat everyone with respect, and value the unique lived experiences each person brings based on their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, military or veteran status, national origin, age, marital status or family status and related conditions.

All members of DDI are measured on how they foster a climate of respect in interactions with others, value differing perspectives, and treat others in a fair, equitable, and culturally sensitive manner. All members of the Bureau are expected to value diversity, equity, and inclusion in performing everyday duties and responsibilities.