Overview
Provide technical guidance to schools and non-formal centers to implement Edtech initiatives and online resources on Skills for Employability. Support the planning and implementation of digital learning platforms, especially the Learning Passport.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical guidance on the implementation and evaluation of UNICEF’s Edtech and skills for employability initiatives.
- Liaise with implementing partners and local governments to ensure quality delivery of digital learning initiatives.
- Write a monthly update with key implementation and progress information.
- Document the planning, testing, and delivery of online platforms for digital learning initiatives.
- Liaise with CEHRD, CDC and other stakeholders on institutional capacity building of accessible digital textbooks initiative.
- Provide technical support to implementing partners, schools, non-formal learning centres and local governments.
- Provide technical assistance to ensure schools and non-formal learning centres implement online resources for the development of skills for employability effectively.
- Support the management, oversight, and coordination of partnerships and related contracts.
- Work closely with field offices and implementing partners to ensure teachers and facilitators receive on-going support.
- Monitor activities and document evidence that includes at least one human interest story/case study per quarter.
- Develop an implementation plan and timelines on the digital resources on skills for employability.
- Develop a communication and dissemination plan for UNICEF’s EdTech and Skills initiatives.
- Develop an implementation plan for scale up of Akelius initiative.
- Provide technical input to the teacher training resources on blended learning.
- Coordinate with CEHRD, CDC, schools, learning centres and implementing partners to institutionalize existing pilot initiatives.
- Develop a quarterly progress report.
- Support implementation of the digital resources on skills for employability plans.
- Implement teacher training plans in collaboration with schools, learning centres and partners.
- Document risks, challenges and lessons learned during start-up of skills for employability initiatives.
- Coordinate with CDC, CEHRD and partners to ensure effective scale up of ADT.
- Support the delivery of training sessions.
- Support the M&E officer to develop robust M&E plans for the initiatives.
- Work closely with education section and CEHRD to quality assure digital resources and support the implementation of online platform.
- Facilitate orientation and training sessions.
- Observe and monitor classrooms.
- Provide follow-up support to teachers and facilitators on implementing blended learning in classrooms.
- Develop at least one Human Interest Story/case study.
- Facilitate refresher training sessions for facilitators on implementing online courses.
- Provide progress report.
Required Experience
- A minimum of 7 years of experience working for education projects with focus on EdTech and learning management systems
- Familiar with the education context of Nepal including all federal structures.
- Experience in the capacity building of partners at the national, regional, and district levels
Qualifications
• Advanced university degree in Education, IT or social sciences or discipline relevant to the assignment
