Building Education Foundations through Innovation and Technology (BEFIT) Programme
BUILDING EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS THROUGH
INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY (BEFIT) PROGRAMME CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST ON VACANCIES
Job Title: Grants Officer
Duty Station: Lilongwe
l. INTRODUCTION
The Malawi Government through the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) is implementing the Building Education Foundations through Innovation and Technology (BEFIT) Programme to improve primary school children’s acquisition of literacy and numeracy skills using education technology supplementing teacher efforts in schools across Malawi. Within the MoEST, the programme is being led by the Directorate of Basic Education (DBE).
The BEFIT Programme will be a national roll out of a tablet-based learning intervention to all pupils in Standards 1-4 in public primary schools of Malawi, reaching approximately 3.8 million learners in 6,000 schools. The roll out will be implemented in six different phases spanning from year 1 to year 6, between September 2023 to August 2029.
The BEFIT Programme goal is to improve pupil learning outcomes in reading and numeracy through supplemental use of individualized, self-paced instruction delivered through specialized apps on Android tablets in standards 1-4 in all public primary schools in Malawi. The BEFIT Programme is implemented by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology with support from a consortium made up Imagine Worldwide (IW), Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) and One Billion (OB).
The Ministry is the Lead Implementing Entity, while IW, VSO and OB (the software developer) will provide the technical, operational, and coordination support. The overall programme management, technical services provision and coordination is being provided through a Programme Implementation Management Unit (PIMU).
Therefore, the Ministry through the BEFIT Programme intends to engage the services of consultants namely a Grants Officer.
II. DETAILS ABOUT THE EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL
QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS
All interested applicants are required to access details about the Job Descriptions of their desired positions from the following link;
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q2xeRscxNh5KdLD-AXAzAR3_J7SteB0h/edit
III. CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS
Expression of interest including updated detailed Curriculum Vitae and certificates must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail), by Friday, 19th December 2025 at 16:00 Hours Malawian Time.
The Chief Human Resource Management Officer (CHRMO)
Ministry of Education
Private Bag 328
LILONGWE
Email: samisonikanduluu@gmail.com/ ckumbanga1@gmail.com