Ramya Vivekanandan

About Ramya Vivekanandan

Dynamic and results-oriented education specialist with 20+ years of experience in supporting education policy and programmes in developing countries, particularly in the Asia-Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa. Expertise in various dimensions of educational quality, particularly learning assessment, but also teacher policy, teacher education, transversal competencies/21st century skills, global citizenship education, gender, HIV/AIDS and school health. Currently working as a Senior Education Specialist at the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) in Washington DC, serving as Thematic Lead for Teaching & Learning. Experience working with UN agencies, international NGOs and national Ministries of Education. Strong project management skills as well as excellent abilities as a communicator, partnership and relationship builder and strategic and innovative thinker. Bilingual English/French with solid professional proficiency in Portuguese, basic proficiency in Spanish and oral proficiency in Tamil.

Experience

1. Senior Education Specialist

   Global Partnership For Education

   Sep 2017 — Present · Washington, DC, US

Education

• Harvard Graduate School of Education

  M.Ed, International Education Policy

  2001 — 2002

• The George Washington University

  B.A., International Affairs

  1996 — 1999

Skills

• Public Policy
• Program Evaluation
• Ngos
• Proposal Writing
• Africa
• Conflict
• French
• Grant Writing
• Policy
• Project Design
• Capacity Building
• International Education
• International Relations
• Politics
• Civil Society
• Stakeholder Analysis
• Humanitarian Assistance
• Foreign Policy
• Qualitative Research
• Technical Assistance
• Education Policy
• Non-Profits
• Grants
• Non-Governmental Organizations (Ngos)
• Human Rights
• Government
• Nonprofits
• International Development
• Program Development
• Capacity Development
• Research
• Policy Analysis