Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Officer 1 Vacancy at RTI International
Zanzibar
RTI International
RTI is an independent, nonprofit institute that provides research, development, and technical services to government and commercial clients worldwide.
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Job Description
OverviewResearch Triangle Institute (RTI) has over 30 years’
experience assisting governments, communities, and the private sector.
As a non-for-profit, independent research institute based in North
Carolina, USA, RTI has roughly 5,000 employees with global experience
implementing international development projects in education and other
disciplines. RTI’s International Education Division leads education
development around the world by strengthening education policy,
management, and practice to achieve measurable improvement in teaching
and learning. RTI International is the prime implementor of the USAID
Jifunze Uelewe activity focused on sustainably improving literacy and
numeracy outcomes of “all learners” from pre-primary through Standard 4
in five regions of Tanzania. For the purpose of this program, “all
learners” includes, but is not limited to, marginalized and vulnerable
girls and boys, learners with disabilities, minority and linguistic
minority groups, urban and rural learners, learners affected by crisis
or conflict, and those living in poverty.
RTI is seeking Regional Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
Specialist to be based in Zanzibar who will be responsible at the
regional level for building the capacity of GoZ counterparts in
evidence-based planning and budgeting that focus on curriculum delivery
and on learning outcomes by using data from the School Information
System (SIS) and the Decentralized Periodic Learning Assessment (DPLA)
as well as to gather and report data necessary for measuring success of
Jifunze Uelewe.
Responsibilities
- Regional Lead for Outcome 2: Strengthened capacity of local and regional governments to sustain improved learning outcomes.
- Provide oversight on Data collection, Analysis, Reporting and Use for Informed Decision Making at Schools, LGAs and Ministry level in Zanzibar.
- Build the capacity of the Regional Secretariat (RS) to plan and deliver regional activities, based on monthly implementation plans using DPLA, SIS, and other data sources.
- Oversee the rollout of School Information System (SIS) and system capacity building to use data in planning, budgeting and decision making to improve learning outcomes.
- Build the capacity of Regional and Local Government Authority (LGA) Education offices to use SIS and DPLA data to set and communicate expectations for school performance.
- Strengthen the capacity of Regional and LGA Education offices to assess and document the annual material replacement needs.
- Build the capacity of Regional and LGA Education offices in identifying the needs of LGAs and schools and allocating resources (particularly additional training, coaching support and extra learning opportunities for pupils) based on core functions (setting expectations; monitoring against expectations, allocate resources based on the gap)
- Collaborate with Regional and LGA Education offices to collect program data to report against performance indicators including participating in studies and evaluations conducted by the program.
- Provide support to LGA counterparts to ensure that there is evidence that teachers are applying strategies they trained on to improve pupils learning outcomes.
- Collaborate with Regional and LGA Education offices in managing and updating a regional continuous professional development (CPD) database.
- Contribute in writing program quarterly and annual reporting.
- More generally: provide administrative and logistics support to the implementation of regional activities.
Qualifications
Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree with at least 10 years of experience in data collection and evaluation activities, particularly in school or community settings. Or Master’s degree with 6 years’ experience.
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Knowledge and Skills:
- In-depth knowledge on M&E and application of its tools
- Good understanding of capacity assessment methodologies
- Database development and retrieval
- Development of data collection tools
- Data analysis using SPSS or any other software.
- Microsoft Office application
- Excellent written communication skills in Kiswahili and English
Experience in the following areas:
- Development and implementation of M&E Strategy
- Organization’s capacity assessment
- Sub-national social sector monitoring and evaluation
- Early grade literacy and mathematics
- School level data collection
- Electronic data collection (on tablet) and field work supervision
- Coordinating adult training
- USAID programming
Ability to:
- Communicate effectively in a multi-cultural environment and diplomatically manage collegial relationships.
- Support and respond to program data needs as quickly as possible to support evidence-based decision making.
- Work productively in a team environment and the ability to meet unexpected demands.
- Pay attention to details and set priorities.
- As a global employer of choice, RTI is committed to equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging in the workplace and the communities and markets where we serve our mission.
- We value diversity of thought, culture, background and perspective and welcome applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, creed, citizenship status, disability, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws or RTI policy.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Further information is available here.
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Senior Program Specialist 1 at RTI International
Overview
Teaching and Learning Specialist/Senior Program Specialist
Location: Mtwara – 1 position
Job Summary
Jifunze Uelewe Activity is a five-year project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) focused on sustainably improving literacy and numeracy outcomes of “all learners” from pre-primary through Standard 4 in five regions of Tanzania mainland and Zanzibar. For the purpose of this program, “all learners” includes, but is not limited to, marginalized and vulnerable girls and boys, learners with disabilities, minority and linguistic minority groups, urban and rural learners, learners affected by crisis or conflict, and those living in poverty.
RTI seeks a Teaching and Learning Specialist (TLS) who will provide capacity building to Government counterparts at the regional level to plan and manage teacher education and support. Also responsible for contributing to content development for in-service teacher training and teacher Continuous Professional Development with a focus on pre-primary instruction, formative assessment integrated with literacy and numeracy, and content for promoting social emotional instruction by teachers and inclusive education. In addition, TLS is responsible for supporting Ubongo to promote reading skills practice outside of school.
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Responsibilities
- Regional Lead for Outcome 1: Improved literacy, numeracy, and social-emotional instruction by teachers
- Support Regional Secretariat (RS) and Local Government Authorities (LGAs) through on job training to plan and implement the delivery of face-to-face teacher training activities, Communities of Learning, coaching and mentoring and virtual content support for Continuous Professional Development.
- Coordinate with REO office to facilitate training at regional and LGA levels.
- Support Regional and LGA Education offices to extend formative assessment and implement summative assessments to be included in the School Information System (SIS).
- Support Regional and LGA Education offices in rolling out to teachers’ social emotional instruction training.
- Contribute to the writing of scripts for virtual CPD content for supporting teachers’ communities of learning discussions and practices.
- In collaboration with the MEL officer, Regional and LGA Education offices, participate in collecting and sharing learning data to inform the program.
- In collaboration with the MEL officer support Regional and LGA Education offices to monitor the implementation of virtual CPD content.
- In collaboration with the Community and School Inclusive Education officer and with Regional and LGA
- Education offices, facilitate Ubongo delivery of reading content to communities.
- Communicate successes, lessons learnt, program best practice and evidence of impact.
- Ensure a gender-positive and quality-oriented perspective is mainstreamed and gender sensitive language is used in all program communications.
- More generally: provide administrative and logistics support to the implementation of regional activities.
Qualifications
Minimum Required Education & Experience
A Bachelor’s Degree in Education with 10 years of relevant experience. Or Master’s Degree with 6 years’ experience.
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Skills & Abilities
- Relevant experience in development, including education reform, teacher training, coaching and mentoring, literacy and research.
- Experience and proven ability to build and maintain relationships with government counterparts and other stakeholders.
- Knowledge of communication tools used for development.
- Proven ability to work across geographic and cultural boundaries.
- Excellent communication skills and fluency in English and Kiswahili
- Provide administrative and logistics support to the implementation of regional activities.
