World Vision International,Literacy Boost Coordinator Jobs in Rwanda

Job
Opportunity
Literacy
Boost Coordinator
World
Vision International (Rwanda) is a child focused Christian humanitarian
organization implementing development programs in 15 Districts of Rwanda.
World
Vision seeks to hire a highly qualified, dedicated and experienced national for
the position of Literacy Boost Coordinator. This position will be
based at the Cluster Office in Nyamagabe or Karo

ngi, and reporting to
the Education Manager.

Purpose
of the position:
To
Lead the implementation, coordination and technical support for McGovern
Education Project. And contribute to achieving WVR’s Child Wellbeing Targets in
designated district through planning, monitoring and implementing Education
Technical Programme in line with applicable Technical Approaches and WVR
National Strategy.
Secondly
the job holder will have technical accountability to oversee programs and also
geographical accountability by supervising all education activities in a
specific Area Program.
The
position will also provide critical liaison role between World Vision &
districts Technical Specialists and be accountable to the Project Education
Manager for project deliverables.
Ultimately,
the success of the role will be judged on the extent to which reading outcomes
for grades 1-4 children improve, % of successful entrepreneurship outcomes for
youth and the uptake of LB methodologies and youth life skill/livelihood
initiatives are integrated into district, sector and village level education
systems and structures.
Communicate
World Vision’s Christian ethos and demonstrate quality spiritual life that can
be commendable to others.
The
major responsibilities:
  • Project
    Implementation
  • Lead
    the effective implementation of McGovern/USAID project interventions,
    ensuring coordination between APs, cluster, and the district technical
    staffs through open, timely, intentional and clear communication.
  • Responsible
    for Education & Life skills project planning and implementation in the
    district area;
  • Liaise
    with the Education sector lead to promote literacy boost & Life skills
    activities for quality implementation of Education & Life skills
    projects models;
  • Build
    capacity of area programme implementing staff on the Education & Life
    skills program models and approaches
  • Ensure
    cross cutting themes are adequately integrated in cluster detailed
    implementation plan
  • Work
    in collaboration with Child Development Officer to ensure that Registered
    Children and their households are participating and benefiting from
    Education & Life skills programme interventions.
  • Integrate
    Cluster education project activities with other sectors and with the
    district and MINEDUC development plan
  • Initiate
    and participate in education districts Advocacy initiatives
  • Mobilization
    of PTAs , SMCs, DEOs, SEOs etc and conducting trainings to build
    capacities on education improved methodologies.
  • Identify
    and build strategic linkages, relations, collaborations and networks with
    partners and other stakeholders in implementation at the district level.
  • DME
  • Provide
    technical leadership for quality assessments, and development of district
    Detailed Implementation Plans
  • Work
    with M&E specialist to conduct the measurement of youth life skills,
    functional literacy, early grade reading and early grade math skills.
  • Support
    the DME team in the development of Education & Life skills programs
    monitoring system, development and/or adaptation of tools and adoption of
    the tools
  • Ensure
    effective documentation of all the information related to Education &
    Life skills program successes, innovations and promising practices and
    disseminate through appropriate mechanisms.
  • Contribute
    to the writing of child wellbeing outcome monitoring reports
  • Produce
    timely, accurate, compliant and quality reports for WV and mandatory
    government reports
  • Support
    action learning modes of building the professionalizing and accrediting
    the work of local community educators in improving reading and essential
    life skills
  • Document
    and communicate developments in the project sites for the purpose of
    learning, knowledge management, sharing experiences and education sector
    program development in Rwanda
  • Participate
    in and coordinate technical & monitoring visits of WV & SC
    technical staff and facilitate/reinforce the transfer of technical
    capacity to LB APs through provision of trainings, reflection workshops,
    mentoring, technical advice, dialogue, field observation/demonstrations.
  • Resource
    mobilization and Networking
  • Contribute
    to the production, and review of concept papers and proposals for funding
    agencies
  • Establish
    and maintain partnerships with key Education related departments at sector
    and district level
Qualifications:
Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience
The
following may be acquired through a combination of formal or self-education,
prior experience or on-the-job training:
Educational
level required
: Bachelors Degree in
Education or Pedagogy.
  • Technical
    Training qualifications required
    : strong background in pedagogy,
    business entrepreneurship, and/or innovating community development
  • Ability
    to demonstrate the following desired knowledge, skills, technical capacity
    and p
    rofessional
    competency
    • Experience
      in instructional approaches, material development, instructional toolkit
      preparation, current classrooms organization.
    • Experience
      in providing technical support to district level education personnel
    • Ability
      to work with quality assurance officers ,principals, teachers, and
      volunteers in education
    • Experience
      in developing sound proposal and concept notes
    • Interest
      and ability to relate positively to children, staff and parents.
    • Experience
      and skills in preparing instructional and training materials appropriate
      to the needs and interests of children, teachers, supervisors, principals
      and education personnel.
    • Ability
      to implement community participation strategy in the improvement of basic
      education
    • Strong
      skills in networking with education sector stakeholders in the field as
      well as other network of educators or organizations.
    • knowledge
      on early childhood, disadvantaged children,, formal and/or vocational
      education programming, designing, implementing and evaluating
    • Demonstrated
      ability to communicate verbally with people
    • Fluent
      in both written and spoken English.
  • Experience:
    2 Years in education sector
Working
Environment / Conditions:

Work environment: Office-based with frequent travel to the field

Travel: 50% Domestic/ travel in to clusters and international travel as
required.

Work station: Nyamagabe/Karongi
Salary:
  • The
    salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience:
How
to apply:
Should
you wish to apply for this position, please go to http://careers.wvi.org/job-opportunities-in-rwanda
If
this is your first time applying online via the World Vision
International careers website, you will need to register an account along with
your application details. This site will provide you with additional
functionality, such as saved searches and email alerts. Registration requires
minimal information to create your account. Further details will be collected
during the application process
All
applicants must apply using our online application system, CVs received via
email will NOT be considered.
In
case you face any challenges in applying, please let us know on wvrwanda-recruitment@wvi.org(no applications
will be accepted through this email)
The
closing date for submission of applications is 16th June 2016; no
late applications will be accepted
As
a child focused organization, World Vision is committed to the protection of
children and does not employ staff whose background is not suitable for working
with children. All employment is conditional upon successful completion of all
applicable background checks, including criminal record checks.
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