Job Description
Education Content
&Material Development Officer
Date: 11-Feb-2022
Location: Kibondo,
Tanzania
Company: Plan
International
BACKGROUND
Plan International
is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s
rights and equality for girls. Plan has over 80 years’
experience and works in more than 75 countries across the world. We strive for
a just world, working together with children, young people, our supporters and
partners.
Plan International
has been working in Tanzania since 1991. Our work supports marginalised
children and youth, especially adolescent girls, to grow up
physically and mentally healthy and ready to shape their future. We create an
enabling environment and empower girls to be active drivers of change
in realising their rights. We prioritise working with partners,
and ensuring all of our work is evidence based.
Plan International
Tanzania responds to the Burundian Emergency program in Kibondo and Kasulu
since October 2015 due to Burundian refugees’ influx with special focus on Case
Management, Psychosocial support activities and Education in Emergencies (EiE).
role PURPOSE
Plan International
is currently implementing a PlayMatters project in partnership with International
Rescue Committee, War Child, Behavioural Insights Team and Innovations for
Poverty Action. PlayMatters is a five-year project that 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
delivered by a coalition with a track record of thinking and delivering differently.
We bring three distinct characteristics:
- OUTCOMES. Everything we do is fuelled 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.
- 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.
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 other.
DIMENSIONS OF THE ROLE
The Education
Content and Material Development Officer will report to the Education in
Emergency Specialist and work closely with the colleagues working on
content development, regional content development team and other PlayMatters
Project staff to develop/adapt content and test developed content and
approaches for teachers, parents, community members and children. S/he will
technically support and supervise field staff team testing developed contents
to teachers, caregivers and communities and document findings for modifying
developed contents based on the feedback from the users. S/he will
lead training of stakeholders on integration of LtP at home and community
settings and participate in meetings to share best practices and lesson
learned.
Accountabilities
- Develop and adapt training content for
educators, caregivers, community leaders and system actors in refugee and
host communities through participatory and consultative process involving
local and national system actors and other education stakeholders;
- Based on behavioural insights mapping
and human cantered design research, co-lead in the development of and lead
localization of content for educators, caregivers, community leaders and
system actors;
- Lead in conducting needs assessments for
educators, caregivers, community leaders and system actors, to ensure that
scope and sequence of the training is relevant and responsive to needs;
- Report and pilot samples of different
content areas and delivery mechanisms for educators, caregivers, community
leaders and system actors;
- Develop
and lead implementation of rapid and iterative testing for developed
content and approaches;
- Manage complex deliverables and multiple
content development;
- Supervise the piloting and testing
process of the Learning through Play guides, content, and curriculum in
coordination with other consortium members in the refugee camps and host
community;
- Engage government and humanitarian
coordination leads, implementing partners, teachers, parents, and children
through structured adaptation processes;
- Lead the delivery of trainings to ToTs
education service providers and the government to conduct trainings with
educators, parents/caregivers and community leaders;
- Ensure that educators,
parents/caregivers, community leaders and system actors have ongoing
technical support and opportunities to practice what they have learnt;
- Provide technical leadership and
guidance to play coaches and community champions to integrate and
mainstream Learning through Play in their teachings and support ways for
parents/caregivers to integrate Learning through Play to day to day
children activities.
- Support the monitoring of
quality/fidelity of the trainings in collaboration with the MEAL staff at
local level and insure all required data are collected to inform content
revision;
- Update key messages and communications
materials on play-based learning to reflect the Tanzanian context
targeting refugees and host communities and update as the context evolves;
- Perform other duties as may be assigned
by your supervisor.
- Ensures that Plan International’s global
policies for Child Protection (CPP) and Gender Equality and Inclusion
(GEI) are fully embedded in accordance with the principles and
requirements of the policy including relevant Implementation Standards and
Guidelines as applicable to their area of responsibility. This includes,
but is not limited to, ensuring staff and associates are aware of and
understand their responsibilities under these policies and Plan
International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), their relevance to their area of
work, and that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the
appropriate procedures.
Key relationships
External - Close collaboration and strong working relationship with project
consortium partners (International Rescue Committee, War Child, Behavioral
Insights Team and Innovations for Poverty Action.) Where needed the Education
Content and Material Development Officer will also work with Regional
PlayMatters technical team on technical matters, Government stakeholders and
partner agencies working in education in emergency during the course of project
implementation.
Internally - The
Education Content and Material Development officer will report to the EiE
Specialist whilst working closely with the EiE Coordinator, EiE officers as
well as the PlayMatters team who will be working in content development and
supporting implementation program activities at camp level and in the host
community. S/HE will work closely with the MEAL, Communications and advocacy
team, and Child Protection team and ensure that protection and inclusion is
integrated in all Education activities and content that will be developed.
Technical expertise, skills and knowledge
Essential
- A holder of bachelor’s degree in
Education, community studies, or social sciences from an accredited
institution/university.
- A postgraduate qualification in
community studies or community education, with specialization in
interdisciplinary area such as adult education will be added advantage.
- At least minimum of five (5) years’
experience implementing learning and education programme and material
development in humanitarian context for caregivers and community
structures (outside formal school).
- Experience of developing learning
content for either school or home setting, including writing and adapting
(contextualize) material.
- Experience of working in NGO setting and
demonstratable strong background in developing contents, modules and
guidelines for teachers and caregivers.
- Experience with Learning through Play
approaches in education emergency responses programs will be considered a
strong asset.
- Proven track record of and knowledge of
engaging with government priorities, systems, and structure.
- Excellent verbal and non-verbal
communication skills, including the ability to clearly explain creative
decisions in spoken and written format effectively in a
multi-cultural environment with international and national colleagues and
partners
- Strong eye for detail, a consistent
style, and a willingness to share work with others for feedback.
- An ability to receive, interpret, and
implement constructive feedback from diverse project stakeholders
- Work well under pressure, dealing with
competing priorities, in a fast-paced team-oriented environment
- Detail-oriented and good multi-tasking
abilities to meet multiple deadlines
- Strong team player, participation and
flexibility throughout in an iterative design process with many diverse
stakeholders across a large consortium and multiple content development
teams
- Fluency in English and Swahili is
required, additional of Kirundi or French language will be added
advantage.
- Strong writing skills in English.
- Understanding of humanitarian crises and
contexts in eastern Africa is a plus
Desirable
- Excellent interpersonal skills,
including the ability to work in a matrix environment
- Good written and oral communication
skills, including working team environment
- Strong analytical and problem-solving
skills
- Having organizational skills and the
ability to multitask while working on projects with varying activities,
objectives, and deliverables
- Good negotiation and influencing skills
- Sound judgment and decision-making in
complex situations
Plan International’s
Values in Practice
We are open and accountable
- Promotes a culture of openness and
transparency, including with sponsors and donors.
- Holds self and others accountable to
achieve the highest standards of integrity.
- Consistent and fair in the treatment of
people.
- Open about mistakes and keen to learn
from them.
- Accountable for ensuring we are a safe
organisation for all children, girls & young people
We strive for lasting impact
- Articulates a clear purpose for staff
and sets high expectations.
- Creates a climate of continuous
improvement, open to challenge and new ideas.
- Focuses resources to drive change and
maximise long-term impact, responsive to changed priorities or crises.
- Evidence-based and evaluates
effectiveness.
We work well together
- Seeks constructive outcomes, listens to
others, willing to compromise when appropriate.
- Builds constructive relationships across
Plan International to support our shared goals.
- Develops trusting and ‘win-win’
relationships with funders, partners and communities.
- Engages and works well with others
outside the organization to build a better world for girls and all
children.
We are inclusive and empowering
- Seeks constructive outcomes, listens to
others, willing to compromise when appropriate.
- Builds constructive relationships across
Plan International to support our shared goals.
- Develops trusting and ‘win-win’
relationships with funders, partners and communities.
- Engages and works well with others
outside the organization to build a better world for girls and all
children.
Physical Environment
The job holder
requires 40 % field work in the camps and host community and 60 % office-based
environments.
Level of contact
with children
High interaction
with children
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