International Consultant: Development of the Innovation Transfer System at Pre-Service

The consultant will provide international technical expertise for designing and refining an innovation transfer system to adopt teacher education reforms across pedagogical universities in Uzbekistan. The role supports development of a scalable model for innovation transfer, professional standards for teacher trainers, and normative documents for national scale-up.

Responsibilities

• Review existing data including newly developed disciplines, pedagogical practicum model, and relevant national policy frameworks.
• Assess institutional readiness and capacity of 13 pedagogical universities in Uzbekistan.
• Identify key success factors, risks, and requirements for innovation transfer and scale-up.
• Develop a comprehensive Innovation Transfer Framework for pre-service teacher education.
• Define institutional roles, responsibilities, governance arrangements, quality assurance mechanisms, and implementation processes.
• Develop capacity-building and mentoring approaches to support participating universities.
• Ensure integration of competency-based, gender-responsive, and inclusive education principles throughout the framework.
• Conduct review of international and regional good practices related to teacher trainer standards.
• Develop professional standards for teacher trainers in Uzbekistan including competencies, performance indicators, development pathways, and quality assurance criteria.
• Facilitate stakeholder consultations and validation workshops.
• Provide technical support for drafting normative and regulatory documents for implementation and scale-up.
• Ensure alignment with national education reforms and teacher education policies.
• Support stakeholder consultations and validation processes.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree in Education, Teacher Education, Educational Policy, Curriculum Development, or a related field.
• At least 10 years of increasingly responsible experience in teacher education reform and/or higher education development.
• Demonstrated experience in competency-based teacher education.
• Proven expertise in institutional capacity development and scaling education innovations.
• Experience in developing professional standards, competency frameworks, and quality assurance systems.
• Experience in inclusive education and gender-responsive pedagogy.
• Experience working with ministries, universities, and teacher training institutions.
• Experience in Central Asia or countries undergoing education reform is highly desirable.
• Excellent analytical and strategic planning skills.
• Strong facilitation and stakeholder engagement abilities.
• Excellent drafting and report-writing skills.
• Ability to work effectively in multicultural environments.
• Strong communication skills in English; knowledge of Russian or Uzbek is an asset.

Skills

• Teacher Education Reform
• Higher Education Development
• Competency-Based Teacher Education
• Institutional Capacity Building
• Scaling Education Innovations
• Professional Standards Development
• Competency Framework Design
• Quality Assurance Systems
• Inclusive Education
• Gender Responsive Pedagogy
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Strategic Planning
• Analytical Skills
• Report Writing
• Facilitation Skills
• Multicultural Work Environment
• Education Policy
• Curriculum Design

Languages

English