Project: Senior Secondary Education Improvement Project (ADB-Funded)
Job Title: Climate Change and Disaster Resilience Curriculum Specialist
Location: Remote, with significant travel to Honiara, Solomon Islands
Project Background:
The Solomon Islands Senior Secondary Education Improvement Project, funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), aims to enhance the quality, relevance, and gender-responsiveness of senior secondary education (Years 10-12) to support a climate-resilient economy. With the Solomon Islands facing growing vulnerability to climate change and natural disasters, the project supports curriculum reform to equip students with practical skills and knowledge for adaptive livelihoods and sustainable development. The project includes the modernization of curricula, improvement of assessment practices, development of teaching and learning materials. MEHRD (Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development) is the implementing agency, working in close partnership with development stakeholders and consulting teams.
Position Summary:
The international Climate Change and Disaster Resilience Curriculum Specialist will lead the integration of climate change and disaster risk reduction into Solomon Islands' senior secondary curriculum. They will assess current capacity gaps and develop actionable strategies to prepare students for adaptive livelihoods in climate-vulnerable sectors.
The specialist will support subject matter experts in incorporating climate themes into teaching and learning materials, assessments, and pedagogical approaches. They will ensure climate concepts are practically oriented and aligned with national development and adaptation strategies. Key responsibilities include reviewing curriculum resources for climate relevance, developing content for pilot initiatives such as the Climate Youth Ambassadors Scheme, and promoting cross-curricular integration.
Additionally, the specialist will strengthen national capacity through mentoring and training of curriculum writers and Ministry of Education (MEHRD) staff, ensuring sustainability of reforms. They will also help develop knowledge products that document lessons from pilot initiatives and contribute to a holistic, climate-resilient education system that equips students with the skills to lead and adapt in the face of environmental change.
Key Responsibilities:
- Prepare an assessment of the skills and capacity gaps and emerging needs which need to be addressed to enable a climate and adaptive and resilient workforce in climate vulnerable sectors, and identify specific priorities and actions for addressing these gaps through the curriculum.
- Provide support for subject matter experts to grow their capacity to develop curriculum materials which promote climate and disaster resilience.
- Provide input and review of all new curriculum resources to ensure climate change education, and climate and disaster resilience (including both content and pedagogy) are appropriately and seamlessly integrated, and actively work with the subject matter experts to develop the content for the Living Sustainably subject.
- Ensure that climate resilient approaches to agriculture practices in the Solomon Islands are included in the subject.
Required Qualifications:
- Advanced degree in climate change, disaster risk reduction or related field.
- At least 6+ years (10+ preferred) of general experience in climate change, disaster reduction, and environmental sustainability.
- At least 5 years of experience in supporting climate and disaster resilience and climate adaptation measures within curriculum development projects and related education sector initiatives.
- Experience in the Pacific region preferred.
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