Technical Lead Specialist

Job Ref

16149BR

Job Category

Education

Job Profile

We need a Technical Lead Specialist to ensure effective implementation of the EQUIP-T programme, to maximise organisational learning from the experience, and to embed effective and responsive monitoring systems in the education system of participating Regions.

Job Description

Tasks:

• Work with the Short Term Key Adviser for for Monitoring and Evaluation, in developing and leading a programme of research on the needs and effect of the programme among students and other stakeholders, in monitoring the programme implementation and reporting on progress against the EQUIP-Tanzania work plan KPIs
• Assist programme personnel and education staff in participating districts to use M&E findings progressively to tailor the programme design for the benefit of their students
• Work closely with the National Coordinator, EQUIP-Tanzania technical specialists and external bodies to ensure that gender-disaggregated data are collected and communicated
• Lead on the continuation of the process of selection of research methods and design of research tools enabling data collection amongst diverse sub-categories of respondents and stakeholders
• Contribute to the refinement of the programme results framework and monitoring and evaluation strategy, processes and materials
• Working with other specialists as relevant, participate in developing and implementing education-related management information systems (MIS), logical frameworks, performance monitoring systems, performance evaluations, and EQUIP-T baseline, mid-term and end-line studies of student learning and teachers’ performance
• Working through local personnel, build the capacity of teachers, mentors, DEOs, WECs, TTCs, Inspectors, Head-teachers and SMCs to conduct classroom-level assessments
• Contribute knowledge of a range of approaches to performance monitoring, impact evaluation and research in areas including design instrument development, sampling design, data collection, data analysis and reporting
• Coordinate with the UWEZO assessments, the Evaluation Manager and any other external evaluations, sharing research findings, baselines, mid-level reviews and end-line studies to minimize data collection redundancy

Candidate Specification

Knowledge, essential competencies, skills and qualifications:

• Post-graduate degree in research, evaluation, statistics or a relevant field
• Extensive experience of designing evaluation frameworks and of a wide range of data collection methods and instruments
• Experience as working as part of a multi-faceted programme
• Experience of working with and through governmental systems, particularly at the subnational level.
• Experience of working in East Africa and in the education sector

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