Overview
This role provides technical leadership across the full education grant lifecycle, including framework development, readiness assessments, baseline studies, implementation, and integration of education policies. It oversees education implementation through field support, evaluations, data quality assurance, and consultancy management.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop the overall framework for grant EDUCATION.
- Identify the core information needs of grant management, partners, and funding agencies.
- Conduct readiness assessment.
- Give technical lead on the development, processing and administration of the grant projects in the education.
- Provide technical leadership and integrate Grant Education policies and guidelines.
- Identify the requirement for collecting baseline data, prepare terms-of-reference and arrange the conduct of a baseline survey.
- Oversee and execute EDUCATION activities with particular focus on results and impacts.
- Undertake regular visits to the field to support implementation of EDUCATION.
- Clarify and/or facilitate process for the technical evaluation of the Grant project’s implementation process and progress.
- Identify the need and draw up the ToRs for specific studies; recruit, guide and supervise consultants or organizations.
- Perform regular field visits to ensure the quality of data collected by Programs and to verify the accuracy of reported data.
- Work closely with Project managers/ Coordinators, M & E Coordinator, and education project team in preparing the progress reports.
- Prepare consolidation progress reports for grant management.
- Identify strengths and weaknesses in existing data collection and management systems and propose solutions to improve knowledge management activities.
- Draft tools/manuals (eg. Teacher Training, Coaching, etc.) and their revisions as well as data collection procedures.
- Design and implement a system to identify, analyze, document and disseminate lessons learned.
- Monitor the follow up on evaluation recommendations.
- Support project/program staff on ways to properly document, organize and capture program progress.
- Facilitate, act as resource person, and join, if required any technical supervision and evaluation initiatives.
- Organize (and provide) refresher training in EDUCATION for grants staff, implementing partners, local organizations and primary stakeholders.
- Network with external and WV internal partners to promote learning and achieve EDUCATION excellence.
Required Experience
At least 10 years of professional experience in the successful development and implementation of literacy and/or community education/early learning programs, education policy development; including at least 3 years of experience providing technical leadership in education for large, complex grant-funded projects involving multiple partners in developing countries. Minimum of 5 years of experience living or working in a developing country is desirable; experience living or working in a Pacific island nation is preferred. Experience working with government agencies and non-governmental partners to address sector challenges and drive education reforms. Experience with programming to address gender and protection concerns and programming for very young children and adolescents/youth required. Proven experience in mentorship and staff capacity building. Experience providing direct instruction for elementary- or primary-school-aged children. Experience leading capacity building initiatives and/or developing adult education materials for low-literacy audiences. Strong knowledge in literacy and learning; specific experience in one or more of the areas of materials development, conduct of teacher training, teacher education and/or language and literacy policy reform is desired. Strong analytical skills required. Proven skills in report writing. Teaching experience. Development of Manuals/tools for teacher capacity building/development especially in the areas of literacy and numeracy as well as coaching.
Qualifications
Advanced degree (Master’s) in Education, Economics, Public Policy or closely-related Social Science field from an internationally recognized university, or bachelors degree with equivalent experience.
