World Vision International NGO Senior Education Technical Advisor Jobs in Ethiopia
World Vision International NGO Senior Education Technical Advisor Jobs in Ethiopia
Job Description:Programming Quality and effectiveness:Provide technical guidance to support quality education programming and implementation for partners within the consortium.
Take the lead and support the development of education related technical strategies, standardized/harmonized approaches, support roll out and provide technical leadership to consortium members.
Build relations with key education stakeholders and actively collaborate with USAID to effectively support program implementation and address operational and programmatic questions and challenges.
Ensure activities are gender-responsive and are respectful of student diversities.
Work directly with CoP and DCoP to ensure the quality of design and program implementation in particular considering sector quality standards such as USAID and INEE
Provide strategic leadership and coordination to program activities focused on institutional capacity strengthening in the education sector and implementing teacher trainings and community engagement to those school communities affected by emergency crisis and conflict.
Ensuring that needs are identified and the project address the identified needs, fill gaps and prevent overlap and duplication and to inform the development and delivery of the education strategy.
Actively seek innovative program improvements
Oversee synergies and cohesion between project components and activities.
Ensure priority cross-cutting issues are embedded in programming interventions.
Work closely with the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Director to ensure the project is contributing to all IRs across priority quality areas.
Contribute to the development of an M&E framework for the education program that monitors the impact of projects and progress towards stated outcomes.
Support the CoP/DCoP in proactively identifying potential implementation bottlenecks, key decision processes and decision-makers, and helping to expedite implementation of education system strengthening and sustainability measures as per relevant USAID guidance and strategies, annual work plans and country sustainability plans.
Collaborate closely with consortium partners to ensure quality implementation of activities.
Manage partners to ensure they deliver quality services on schedule and
Oversee synergies and cohesion between project components and activities.
Provide strategic leadership and coordination of program activities focused on institutional capacity strengthening in the education sector.
Oversee design, delivery, and monitoring of the project’s overall technical approach and activity implementation.
Ensure that results-oriented program components produce high-quality deliverables and maintain relevant and timely reporting.
Effectively apply the USAID Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) and adaptive management approaches to promote innovation, improved methodologies, and project implementation.
Project Implementation:
Support program staff, MOE, consortium partners, private sector, Regional education Bureaus and district education offices in EiE preparedness, response and coordination (program quality, system analysis).
Support with project reporting, ensuring that updates and progress on related indicators and successes are included in project reports and annual work plans.
Closely work with MEAL focal points to strengthen Monitoring and Evaluation and use of data across consortium members to improve program performance and provide technical support.
Manage performance and provide mentoring, coaching, and training to technical and program staff.
Ensure a system of highly quality evidence base (data record and synthesis) is in place and findings are shared among consortium members and externally.
Conduct regular field visits to provide supportive supervision to all project and build capacity of staff within the education sector.
Regularly interact with local partners, private sectors, and other humanitarian and development organizations to enable effective collaboration and cooperation within the education sector.
Build relations with key education stakeholders and actively collaborate with the USAID to effectively support program implementation and address operational and programmatic questions and challenges.
Effectively apply the USAID
Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) and adaptive management approaches to promote innovation, improved methodologies, and project implementation
Ensure regular joint programmatic monitoring visit is organized and project review sessions held among the consortium members
Regularly interact with local partners, private sectors, and other humanitarian and development organizations to enable effective collaboration and cooperation within the education sector.
Manage performance and provide mentoring, coaching and training to technical and program staff.
Build relations with key education stakeholders and actively collaborate with the USAID to effectively support program implementation and address operational and programmatic questions and challenges.
Oversee synergies and cohesion between project components and activities.
In consultation with the CoP participate and represent the consortium on various national technical advocacy platforms, taskforces, clusters as appropriate.
Coordination & Capacity Building:
Capacitate partners’ staff, MoE and REB staff on EiE, system strengthening, coordination and different EiE approaches.
Build staff and partners’ capacity on USAID education approaches pertaining to the project.
Provide capacity building support to consortium members and education personnel at various level on education priority areas including TARL/targeted instruction, and others mentioned in the proposal.
Conduct technical capacity need assessment among the consortium members and organize need-based training
Represent the consortium in Education Cluster Coordination and other external stakeholders, such as the donor, governments, and partners; disseminate learnings and best practices; and participate in technical working groups.
Contribute to MoE EiE strategy development and implementation representing the consortium.
Promote strengthening of cross‐sector systems collaboration in Ethiopia, based on the country context, including with protection, WASH and health.
Required Professional Experience:
Minimum of a master’s degree in education, social sciences, economics, international development, evaluation research, statistics, or a related field
At least ten (10) years of experience of progressively increasing responsibilities in technical management roles in the education sector
At least 5 years experience implementing a donor-funded education program.
Experience in Teaching at the Right Level (TARL), Targeted Instruction, or other remedial/accelerated learning techniques.
Expertise in institutional capacity building and technical assistance
In-depth understanding of the context, key actors, and challenges and opportunities within the education sector in Ethiopia
Expertise in foundational and soft skills development for primary aged children and overage learners Proven ability to effectively work and mentor staff in multicultural and multilingual societies.
Proven ability to collaborate successfully with USAID, regional institutions and organizations, government officials, international donors, and civil society organizations.
Proven ability to adapt and innovate programming around real-time project barriers.
Experience with adaptive management approaches, collaborating, learning, and adapting (CLA) and overseeing MEL activities on donor-funded projects.
Fluency in written and spoken English is required.
Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification
Minimum of ten (10) years' experience and demonstrated practical skills in the NGO sector.
Five+ (5+) years of experience demonstrating technical expertise in systems strengthening activities,
Sound knowledge and experience of on Education particularly in EiE Coaching and team building.
How to Apply
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