Technical Sector Officer - Education

About BRAC

BRAC is an award-winning international non-governmental development organisation, with the vision of a world free from all forms of exploitation and discrimination, where everyone has the opportunity to realize their potential. BRAC is a leader in developing and implementing cost-effective, evidence-based programmes to assist poor and disadvantaged communities in low-income countries, including in conflict-prone and post-disaster settings.

About the Programme

The MasterCard Foundation, in partnership with BRAC International (BI), is implementing an initiative to create a positive and measurable impact for 1.2 million adolescent girls and young women and 9.5 million people across seven countries in East and West Africa.

Purpose of this Job

The Technical Sector Officer (TSO) – Education will support the AIM Regional Manager in planning, implementing, and ensuring the quality delivery of the AIM education pathway. They will be responsible for technical & implementation-related tasks under the AIM education pathway, i.e., facilitating training, reviewing content and curriculum and adapting it to their context, and supporting teachers’ professional development as well as school leadership’s school improvement planning processes. They will also contribute to staff capacity development through targeted training and supervision.

Responsibilities

Technical Support

• Support AIM team in the inception phase activities.
• Work closely with the AIM Education Specialist in preparing the MoU templates for the schools.
• Support in obtaining Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with relevant ministries at the regional and/or district/county level, and schools.
• Meet with relevant regional and district officials and share the MoU.
• Support developing/reviewing/updating/adapting existing teachers’ guide and contents.
• Support developing/reviewing/updating/adapting the training guide on school management and school improvement plans.
• Support developing a training guide for the peer mentors, support groups, and tutoring.
• Support AIM program assistants (PAs) to identify Teacher Champions in the schools.
• Support the AIM education specialist to ensure the establishment of a robust system for the smooth transfer of school-related support costs.

Direct Operational Support

• Facilitate training for AIM PAs, teachers, and school leadership.
• Facilitate training for school leadership, school management/and parent-teacher associations (PTAs).
• Work closely with the school administrations, head teachers, teachers and school management committees (SMCs)/PTAs.
• Support AIM PAs to do monthly follow-ups.
• Conduct/attend different levels of staff meetings.
• Identify the knowledge gap of programme staff and take necessary steps for their improvement.

Coordination, Planning and Partnership and M&E

• Support coordination with a range of stakeholders.
• Work with the identified Alternative Education providers in the region and coordinate to enroll eligible AIM participants.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of a monitoring framework.
• Report back to the Government education officials/MoE.

Reporting, Documentation and Communication

• Contribute to program reports and deliverables as required.
• Identify and document best practices.
• Ensure quality reporting on enabling learning environments at school, and document good practices.
• Support regional managers, branch managers, and programme assistants regularly.
• Support the AIM Education Specialist in the documentation of program wins and success stories / case studies.
• Ensure timely preparation and submission of programmatic management information system (MIS).

Safeguarding

• Ensure the safety of team members.
• Practice, promote, and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy.
• Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure.

Educational Requirements

Bachelor Degree/Post Graduate Degree in Education, International Development/Gender/Sociology/Anthropology/Social Sciences

Skills and Competencies

• Training materials development, staff capacity building, and facilitation skills
• Computer literacy and presentation skills
• Report writing and documentation of Most Significant Change Stories
• Proactive, self-starter and independent worker
• Commitment to community mobilization work
• Empathy and positive interpersonal skills

Experience Requirements

• 3-5 years of relevant experience
• Previous experience in providing technical assistance
• Experience working in integrated programs targeted for adolescent girls and young women is a plus.
• Previous experience in the development of SBCC messages, tools, and materials for community-based dialogues and other activities.
• Experience in conducting advocacy, community mobilization and engagement activities is also an added advantage

Application Instructions

Candidate needs to email their CV with a letter of interest mentioning educational grades, years of experience, current and expected salary at: bimcf.tanzania@brac.or.tz. Please mention the name of the position and your preferred region in the subject bar. Only complete applications will be accepted and shortlisted candidates will be contacted.