Education Officer

Education Officer – Education System Strengthening

Location: Madhesh Province in one district out of 8

1. Prepare programme implementation plan and budget breakdown based on signed programme document and detailed budget.
2. Coordinate with local level stakeholders to support the selected local governments in formulation of gender responsive and climate resilient local government school education sector plans.
3. Facilitate the implementation of local government level school education sector plans in coordination andcollaboration with the respective local governments, and track both the programmatic and financial progresses.
4. Ensure that the programmatic activities are timely implemented, budget are rationally utilized and intended quality programme results are achieved.
5. Ensure  strong  relationship  and  collaboration with Education, Youth and Sports Units of local governments, EDCUs, schools, and other relevant stakeholders in the district.
6. Work in close coordination with relevant stakeholders and communities to strengthen synergetic effect to programming.
7. Prepare and submit event, monthly and quarterly progress reports to the Technical Specialist- Education and Programme Manager in the given format. Prepare and submit other reports as required by PPC and UNICEF.
8. Monitor, supervise, coach, and support in capacity building of Child Development Coordinator and Learning Recovery Coordinator.
9. Support and coordinate with local governments and head teachers for technical monitoring of ReAL classes implementation and guide Learning Recovery Coordinator in addressing issues observed in conduction of ReAL classes.
10. Provide technical support for implementation of the Education Common Package, SESP interventions and other partnership related interventions at the local government level.
11. Monitor the programme implementation status, contribute in capacity building, and get updates on Common Education Package and SESP development.
12. Facilitate joint monitoring and high-level missions.
13. Work closely with PPC team for advocacy, resource leveraging, collaboration, and synergy building.
14. Participate in and represent PPC at the district and local government level events.
15. Support in implementation of advocacy and communication plan.
16. Identify, collect, document, and share at least one best practices/case-studies/human interest stories each month.’
17. Provide technical and coordination support to education in emergency response including operationalization of education clusters in case of emergency.

Other skills and competencies required:

1. Good understanding of education sector including challenges and opportunities at the national and sub- national level.
2. Proven experience in working with district-level line agencies, local governments, communities and schools and the ability to lead, motivate and develop others.
3. Solid project design, implementation, monitoring and reporting skills.
4. Effective communication and presentation skills including facilitation of training, workshop, and meetings.
5. Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Office packages.
6. Strong interpersonal, advocacy, lobbying, networking, and documentation skills.
7. Sound understanding of local context of Madhesh province.
8. Fluency (reading and writing) in Nepali and English languages. Fluency in local languages of Madhesh province (Maithili, Bhojpuri, Bajika etc.) will be an advantage