Chief of Party/Senior Technical Experts, Basic Education Programs

Application Deadline: 10/31/2013

Position Summary

IREX seeks Chief of Party and Sr. Technical Expert candidates for anticipated Basic Education programs. Individuals should be able to demonstrate experience in implementing and managing basic/primary education programs, and have a proven track record of providing expertise through training, mentoring, analysis or on-site consulting in one or more of the following areas: 

• Basic education, including expertise in best practices of literacy and numeracy instruction, teacher development, school management, EGRA methodology, and technology for education; 

• Ministry of Education-level capacity building. 

Positions are contingent on funding.

Duties & Responsibilities

IREX COPs maintain overall responsibility for meeting program objectives and are based in the country of performance. Among other duties COPs: 

• Provide strategic and technical leadership, ensuring that all program objectives are met 

• Serve as point of contact for donor, ensuring high quality deliverables. 

• Oversee and manage implementing partner relationships 

• Liaise and collaborate with national and local government officials 

• Develop and maintain effective partnerships with the local Ministry of Education, schools, and public and private sector institutions 

• Design and manage delivery of capacity building programs for teachers, ministry staff, and school officials 

• Manage and mentor project staff 

• Coordinate with Home Office, ensuring that organizational and USG policies are implemented faithfully 

• Oversee financial management, administration, compliance, monitoring, evaluation and reporting on program activities 

• Represent IREX publicly and support its organizational development 

Senior Technical Expert duties include: 

• Provide creative vision, technical design, and implementation oversight to basic education programs, with focus in literacy and numeracy instruction, teacher development, school management, EGRA methodology, and/or technology for education 

• Oversee and develop the creation of appropriate training curriculum for teachers, ministry staff, and school officials. 

• Ensure that activities and milestones are implemented on track and that deliverables are of high quality. 

• Contribute to the development of annual plans, work plans, and reports. 

• Manage project staff and implementing partners. 

• Maintain effective working relationships with local partners and stakeholders, including government officials.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years professional experience in basic education development 

• Demonstrated commitment to education professionalism and development required 

• Demonstrated ability to design and deliver effective capacity building programming and/or professional consultations in one or more of the mentioned areas of education sector support 

• Field experience strongly preferred 

• Experience managing donor-funded activities required; USAID experience strongly preferred 

• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop staff, manage budgets and plan strategically and creatively to meet specified objectives 

• Strong representational and organizational skills required 

• Ability to communicate professionally and provide written reporting in English required; knowledge of additional languages preferred

Application Instructions

Please click on the "Apply for this job" button and supply a resume and a cover letter with your application. 

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE 

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