Gam Group Sdn Bhd Windle Trust Kenya (WTK), a member of Windle Trust International Federation is a humanitarian education organization providing education to refugees and needy Kenyans. WTK was founded in 1977 with the belief that good education was essential if Africa was to meet the challenges it faced. World University Service of Canada (WUSC) is a Canadian non-profit organization with a mission to foster human development and global understanding through education and training. WTK and WUSC are working in partnership to implement the Kenya Equity in Education Project (KEEP) – a DFID funded girl’s education project in northern Kenya. KEEP will improve retention and performance of marginalized girls in primary and secondary school in northern Kenya, as well as contribute to the opportunities of refugee girls and their families by investing in their future capacity to succeed.
In a context where there is not widespread support for girls’ education, it is critical to work with Parent Teacher Associations (PTA’s) and existing school management structures towards greater understanding and support. A girl’s success in school is enabled by having parents and a community that encourages her education. To ensure widespread support for girls’ education, KEEP is working with PTA’s to raise awareness, and promote girls’ education. The PTA’s are critical to ensuring the broad reach of the project and will build sustainability through community leaders who will be advocates of girls’ education when the project is completed.
The PTA Training consultant will provide targeted training to 267 PTA members in the 89 KEEP target schools located in the Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps and surrounding host communities. The training will support PTA members to effectively participate in school governance and ensure improved management of schools performance and promotion of girls’ education in their respective schools.
Duly qualified individuals/consultants will be responsible for the following:
Development and review of PTA training materials and modules•
Training design and delivery•
Trainees monitoring plan design and delivery•
Reporting•
It is expected that the successful candidate will have:
Substantial training Implementation experience at a senior level in the specific thematic area (Parent Teacher Associations and School management committees – Participation in the development of training materials/Modules)•
Familiarity with the Kenyan schools governance structures including the roles and responsibilities of PTAs and the barriers to their effectiveness in schools management as well as issues of girls education•
Experience in mainstreaming gender equality into training materials•
Excellent writing skills•
Experience working in project locations (Dadaab, Fafi, Wajir South, Turkana West and Kakuma) would be an advantage but is not a requirement.
The work assignment will commence immediately an appropriate candidate is identified, or as soon thereafter as feasible.
HOW TO APPLY:
If you wish to apply for this position, kindly submit the following documents:
Resumé with a covering letter•
Technical proposal on how you intend to carry out the assignment•
Financial proposal with a clear rational on the costing of the assignment•
Send the above quoting reference title PTA Consultant to: applications@windle.org OR Human Resource Department, Windle Trust Kenya, P O Box 40521-00100 Nairobi on or before Wednesday 3rd February 2016 at 4:30p.m.
Windle Trust Kenya’s selection processes reflect our commitment to equal opportunity regardless of one’s gender, disability, religion or ethnic affiliation. We work in schools and are committed to safeguard children from abuse