Education Development Center Accelerated Education Reading Assessment Supervisors Jobs in Uganda

Education Development Center Accelerated Education Reading Assessment Supervisors Jobs in Uganda

Job Description

Supervisors will be responsible for a team of assessors assigned per district, will pack materials for fieldwork, guide the assessors to adhere to set data collection procedures, collect data and upload data to the cloud.

The supervisors will be expected to fill a school/center summary sheet for each of the schools/centers visited and submit all assigned equipment in good working conditions at the end of data collection. The selected candidates will undergo a training to equip them with the necessary knowledge regarding the tools, protocols and ethical considerations for the exercise.

The successful candidates will be contracted for a maximum period of 10 working days in November 2023. All honoraria and expenses will be paid by USAID/ICYD. The two (2) AE Supervisors that will be recruited will report to, and will be supervised by, the ICYD M&E team.

** Please note that this is a local temporary position. Eligibility is limited to Ugandan nationals**

Responsibilities

Supervise a team of assessors during the assessment – including distributing tasks before and during each AE center visit, ensuring punctuality, friendly and professional treatment of learners, and correct application of instructions for each subtest

Introduce study team and explain the purpose of the visit to the school administration and AE facilitator.

Ensure that the assessment is carried out as per the protocol

The sample of learner to be assessed at each AE center is drawn following proper randomized procedure agreed upon during training,

Ensure (a) the identity of each learner sampled and (b) the efficiency of the learner assessment process, with all assessors occupied with a learner at all times throughout the process.

To the extent possible, you should collect the learners

from the class and bring them to the assessors,

Ensure that every learner instrument administered is collected, in order and complete.

Correctly complete the AE center field work visit summary

Ensure that all of the assessments are uploaded onto the server

Provide a daily report/debrief to the ICYD M&E team to resolve problems that arise and communicate work progress

Deliver other materials assigned to your team that were used in the data collection exercise. These include: Tablets, chargers, fieldwork bags, etc.

Assist with the trouble-shooting of the Tangerine application and ensure that assessors strictly adhere to the protocol. Ensure that the results of assessment are displayed on the results menu and serialized by order of assessment

Behave professionally when working and dress in a professional and culturally appropriate manner

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Humanities, Social Sciences, Arts, Economics, Statistics or Education

Fluency in English and Lusoga local languages required. Applications that do not indicate language fluency will not be considered.

Previous experience leading data collection teams

Experience conducting assessments with children

Previous experience using electronic data collection software

Previous experience as a data collector/assessor in an Early Grade Reading Assessment or Youth Literacy Assessment preferred

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; Education Development Center Accelerated Education Reading Assessment Supervisors Jobs in Uganda

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