Wasichana Wote Wasome Regional Co-ordinator Job in Kenya

UKaid-Girls’ Education Challenge

Vacancy: Regional Co-ordinator

Background: Wasichana Wote Wasome (WWW – ‘Let All Girls Read’) is a three year DfID funded project that aims at improving school enrolment, retention, attendance and learning outcomes for 81,000 marginalised girls in Kenya. 

The project works in 500 primary schools and the communities they serve in two contexts: Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) and urban slums in eight counties namely: Kilifi, Kwale, Tana River, Marsabit, Samburu, Turkana, Mombasa and Nairobi.

The project intends to achieve her objectives by driving change in four dimensions: the community, the home, the school and the girl herself. WWW project uses a holistic, integrated approach which combines interventions across the four dimensions in order to overcome the complex barriers to girls’ education in these two environments.

Core Responsibilities:
 

The Regional Co-ordinator will be based in the field and will be responsible for coordinating planning and implementation of project activities in Samburu and Marsabit counties. 

The incumbent will be responsible for supervision and implementation of the teacher coaching components in the two counties. 

S/he shall lead in planning and coordination of project activities in the counties to ensure synergy across project components; 

Backstopping role, supporting partners with field based operational issues and providing field based reports to Project Director; 

Liaise and represent the project including government particularly (MoEST, TSC) and other stakeholders;

Support and strengthen the capacity of instructional coaches and other interventions implemented to address key challenges and issues impeding early grade & appropriate learning attainments; 

Provide advisory services to instructional teacher coaches in lesson planning and teaching, delivery and lesson modelling with emphasis to early grade literacy and numeracy in project schools; 

Review progress on the in-service training to support teachers/instructional coaches to interpret and clarify the syllabus; 

Regularly provide leadership services to instructional coaches; 

Support data collection, analysis and other related monitoring activities to track project progress and reporting; 

Provide support inputs for development and review of coaching and learning materials for the project and regular and routine checks in schools to assess gender friendly, learning environment and recommend ways of making them girl friendly

Qualifications

• Minimum B. Ed degree; 
• Background in Teacher Education an added advantage; 
• Experience in the area of Early Primary Education; 
• Experience in teacher support and management; 
• Proven experience in teaching language Kiswahili/English; 
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills; 
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English; 
• Experience in implementing behaviour change activities in schools and school community; 
• Experience & commitment to working in settings of cultural, ethnic, educational and religious diversity with an aim of improving education outcomes.

Interested and eligible candidates should submit a detailed CV and Cover letter including current remuneration and three referees to cfbt@cfbt-africa.com with the subject line job application and the name of the post applied for. 

Applications must be received on or before December 8th , 2014.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

The position has a possible interaction with children, youth and disadvantaged communities and hence a background check will be done and a certificate of good conduct will be mandatory for every applicant.