The incumbents will play a technical role in training, mentoring and monitoring project stakeholders (i.e. district education officials, head teachers and teachers) on the project’s Education Community of Practice interventions.
The Project Officers will report to the AKF Area Manager.
Key responsibilities
Coordinate training of education officials, primary school head teachers and teachers on ECoP courses and applications;
Provide cluster and school-level mentorship in partnership with district education officials;
Support district education officials to implement ECoP School mentoring and monitoring using ICT;
Design schedule for periodic reflective meetings at school and cluster level.
Support the collection and documentation of project results, including the effective documentation of lessons learnt and participate in project evaluations, reporting to stakeholders;
Support coordination and integration with other AKF projects in the Coast.
Minimum qualifications and experience
A recognized degree in Education or Social Sciences;
At least 3-5 years of relevant education sector experience with a similar organization, familiarity with Education Communication of Practice is desirable;
Proven experience in training, facilitation and mentorship skills;
Proven ICT proficiency;
Proficiency in data collection and analysis;
Good report writing skills;
Ability to meet strict delivery deadlines and produce results;
Excellent spoken and written English;
Knowledge of the Coast is desirable.
Interested applicants are encouraged to submit their CV (not exceeding 3 pages), including contact details of three professional references, and a covering letter explaining why they are best suited for the position by 10th April, 2015 to the Area Human Resources Manager by email to recruitment.akfcr@akfea.org with “the title of the position applied for” in the subject line.
Please note: Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
AKF is an equal opportunity employer.
Aga Khan Foundation is an Agency of the Aga Khan Development Network.