Title: District Advisor-
Southern Province
Southern Province
Project: Rwanda Soma
Umenye
Umenye
JOB
DESCRIPTION
DESCRIPTION
Project: Rwanda Soma
Umenye
Umenye
Project
Summary
Summary
USAID
Soma Umenye is a five-year project that aims to improve reading outcomes in
Kinyarwanda for at least 1 million children in public and government-aided
schools in Rwanda. Covering all 30 districts of Rwanda and working in close
collaboration with the Rwanda Education Board (REB) and the Rwandan Ministry of
Education (MINEDUC), Soma Umenye will contribute to Rwanda’s Education Sector
Strategic Plan (ESSP) and the Government of Rwanda’s na
Soma Umenye is a five-year project that aims to improve reading outcomes in
Kinyarwanda for at least 1 million children in public and government-aided
schools in Rwanda. Covering all 30 districts of Rwanda and working in close
collaboration with the Rwanda Education Board (REB) and the Rwandan Ministry of
Education (MINEDUC), Soma Umenye will contribute to Rwanda’s Education Sector
Strategic Plan (ESSP) and the Government of Rwanda’s na
tional development
priority of ensuring that Rwandan primary-grade students acquire the
fundamental competency of literacy so that they can succeed in future schooling
and, later, in the modern workplace.
Project
goals:
goals:
Soma
Umenye aims to achieve the following two goals.
Umenye aims to achieve the following two goals.
–
To improve reading outcomes in Kinyarwanda for at least 1 million children
(unique direct beneficiaries) in public and government-aided schools in Rwanda
by the end of P3; and
To improve reading outcomes in Kinyarwanda for at least 1 million children
(unique direct beneficiaries) in public and government-aided schools in Rwanda
by the end of P3; and
–
To ensure that at least 70 percent of P1-P3 students are able to read
grade-level text with fluency and comprehension.
To ensure that at least 70 percent of P1-P3 students are able to read
grade-level text with fluency and comprehension.
–
To achieve the above goals, it requires close collaboration with all education
stakeholders under the technical leadership of MINEDUC and REB.
To achieve the above goals, it requires close collaboration with all education
stakeholders under the technical leadership of MINEDUC and REB.
Principal
Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
- Support
district and sector education officials to implement education reforms
that support improved early grade reading outcomes and are in line with
the government of Rwanda’s education reforms. - Facilitate
sharing of challenges and successes among district advisors to promote
project learning and among education sector officials within his/her
district to promote sector learning. - Monitor
implementation of Soma Umenye-supported activities at the district and
sector level, share monitoring data with provincial advisor, and
coordinate with provincial advisor and district-/sector-level education
officials to take agreed-upon steps to address any deficits in
implementation. - Strengthen
data-driven decision-making to enhance learner performance improvement at
district and sector levels - Coordinate
closely with other donor-funded implementers (directly and through the
Joint Action Development Forums) to ensure Some Umenye activities are
complementary to other efforts and not duplicated.
Job
Qualifications
Qualifications
–
Bachelor’s degree in related field; Master’s degree in related field preferred
Minimum of 5 years’ experience, preferably working in or with Rwanda’s
education system
Bachelor’s degree in related field; Master’s degree in related field preferred
Minimum of 5 years’ experience, preferably working in or with Rwanda’s
education system
–
Experience working with donor-funded projects preferred (ideally USAID
projects)
Experience working with donor-funded projects preferred (ideally USAID
projects)
–
Experience promoting equity in learning outcomes among boys, girls, and
children with special needs preferred;
Experience promoting equity in learning outcomes among boys, girls, and
children with special needs preferred;
–
Demonstrated experience collecting and analyzing monitoring and evaluation data
Demonstrated experience collecting and analyzing monitoring and evaluation data
–
Demonstrated exemplary diplomatic, communication, and interpersonal skills
Demonstrated exemplary diplomatic, communication, and interpersonal skills
–
Written and spoken proficiency in English
Written and spoken proficiency in English
Location
of Assignment
of Assignment
The
location of assignment is in Kamonyi Southern Province with intermittent travel
throughout the country.
location of assignment is in Kamonyi Southern Province with intermittent travel
throughout the country.
Supervisor
The
District Advisor will report directly to the Provincial Advisor or his/her
designee.
District Advisor will report directly to the Provincial Advisor or his/her
designee.
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