Job Type : Full Time
Industry : Education
Education Level : Senior level
Requisition ID: req23601
Job Title: PlayMatters Technical Project Coordinator (National Hires Only)
Sector: Education
Employment Category: Fixed Term
Employment Type: Full-Time
Open to Expatriates: No
Job Description
PlayMatters
reimagines childhood for refugees. It will bring play-based learning to 800,000
children across Ethiopia, Uganda, and Tanzania. It will redefine education and
cultivate a generation of lifelong builders. PlayMatters is inspired by LEGO
Foundation’s call to challenge the status quo, to offer children the quality
education they dream of. Children are not gaining the skills they need,
teachers are under-supported, and parents are overwhelmed. The systems built to
serve them are failing them. PlayMatters proudly offers something different. It
is being delivered by a coalition with a track record of thinking and
delivering differently. We bring three distinct characteristics:
1. Outcomes. Everything
we do is fueled by the social, emotional, cognitive, physical, creative and
resilience outcomes we seek. We know learning happens when children are at the
center and teachers, parents and the system surrounding them embrace children’s
agency and have not only skills and resources, but the motivation to drive
change.
2. Research and Learning. Effective delivery requires both rigor and a big heart. With LEGO
Foundation, PlayMatters will generate scientific evidence that can transform
our understanding of play and learning for refugees in East Africa and around
the world.
3. Thought Leadership. The LEGO Foundation Humanitarian Initiative offers an opportunity to
deliver and comes with the responsibility to lead. Our consortium’s members
have a record mobilizing others.
Job Summary
The IRC is seeking a
Technical Project Coordinator who will closely work with the PlayMatters Regional
Technical Advisor and other technical staff as well as the PMC leadership to
ensure that the implementation of PlayMatters both adheres to our approved work
plan and responds to contextual factors. The Technical Project Coordinator will
assist in technical aspects of project management and the coordination of the
content development process and piloting including the planning and oversight
of translation, printing, pilot roll-out, ToTs and coordination with MEL teams.
As PlayMatters launches into its year of iterative content development and
testing, the Technical Project Coordinator will closely work and support the
technical advisor on building the capacity of PMCs in the planning and roll out
of the pilots and enhancing the coordination among the CDCs, the piloting and
MEL teams for smooth project implementation. The Technical Project Coordinator
will be responsible for closely collaborating with the PlayMatters’ regional
workstream leads, as well as the content development teams and PMCs in
Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Specific Responsibilities:
• Track the
content development process including the drafting, review/revision and
approvals and link that process with concrete plans for roll-out;
• Assist PMCs
to set-up processes and requests for translation and printing of materials;
work with the piloting leads to guide and support implementation on the ground
adhering to roll-out plans;
• Provide hands
on support with pilot rollouts including ToT planning and preparations across
PMCs as per the work plan;
• Assist PMCs
with planning and implementation of the Teacher professional Development (TPD)
strategy aligning with TPD approaches in each country;
• In
coordination with the MEL team, assist the PMCs in tracking progress against
the work plan, documenting challenges and adaptations.
• Assist the
PMC leadership to manage the project work plan including needed revisions and
to use other project documents, tools, and resources;
• Support PMC
Leads to use project documentation (including, but not limited to, the Gantt
and budget) to guide their daily work;
• Assist in
capacity building of the PMCs to collaborate and coordinate with each other
throughout project implementation;
• Support
harmonization of PlayMatters work approaches and best practices across the PMCs
to achieve project outcomes;
• Conduct
regular visits to field sites to support teams across the PMCs;
Key Working Relationships:
• Position Reports
to: Regional Technical Advisor, PlayMatters
• Position
supervises: TBD
• Indirect
Reporting: Snr. Technical Advisor, Project Director, PlayMatters; Deputy
Project Director for Operations, PlayMatters.
• Other Internal
and/or external contacts:
Internal: IRC
country program staff; Regional staff such as Content Advisor, Policy Advisor,
RMEL Advisor, DD for Research, Communications; other technical units within IRC
(Education, Health, Violence Prevention and Response, Economic Recovery and
Development, Governance, Gender Equality)
External: IRC
Research & Innovations leadership, War Child Holland; Innovations for
Poverty Action; Behavioral Insights Team; host government officials; other
consortium partner organizations; community representatives.
Requirements
• Advanced
degree (MA) from an accredited university in education, development, social
work
• Minimum of
ten years of experience in leadership of Education programming, experience with
education programming for refugees and displaced populations preferred.
• Significant
previous experience implementing education activities in conflict or crisis
situations.
• Experience
working in East Africa and/or Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Uganda on Education
programming.
• Strong
communication skills and the ability to develop relations with diverse teams,
local counterparts, donors, and other partners.
• Strong
communication skills, both oral and written.
• Proficiency
in English required. Proficiency in languages of the region preferred (Amharic,
Tigrigna, Arabic, Somali, Nuer, Kiswahili, French, etc.)
• Standard
office work environment
• Travel
required 25-50% (COVID and security situations permitting)
• Position is
based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Kampala, Uganda; or Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
(according to nationality of successful candidate)
Narrowing the Gender
Gap: The International Rescue Committee is committed to narrowing the gender
gap in leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling
environment for women to participate in our workforce including a flexible hour
(when possible), maternity leave, transportation support, and gender-sensitive
security protocols.
Equal Opportunity
Employer: IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IRC considers all applicants on
the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin,
religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability,
or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws
#LI-GR2
The International Rescue Committee is a global humanitarian
aid, relief, and development nongovernmental organization. The International Rescue Committee provides
critical support to thousands of refugees living in Tanzania as a result of
ongoing conflict in neighboring countries.
Started work in Tanzania in 1993
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