Teachers Development Coordinator (TDC)

Job Description/ ToR

POSITION: Teachers Development Coordinator (TDC)

Context

HELP is a local NGO established in 2009 with the goal of improving the quality of education in some of the remote village schools in Sindupalchowk. Its education programmes have supported around 90 schools, benefitting over 10,000 children in many of the outlying villages in Helambu Valley and the adjacent valleys.

Currently, it runs programmes like Saathi Teachers Programme, School in a Bag (SIAB), Scholarship Programmes, and CU Volunteer programmes, designed and aimed to strengthen the quality of education. Saathi Teachers Programme is an initiative under HELP designed to transform the educational experience of children in remote and marginalized rural communities at the primary level. It offers paired and paid teaching placements for qualified and passionate individuals to teach at basic-level schools (class 1 to 5).

Saathi Teachers Programme believes that the teachers should be friendly with the learners in order to create an effective learning environment. A Saathi teacher is a passionate teacher committed to improving students' numeracy and literacy skills and focusing on the development of the 4C (Creativity, Critical thinking, Communication, and Collaboration) skills of the 21st century among students developing in the primary classroom in a child-friendly way.

We are currently looking to recruit a Teachers Development Coordinator to join our Saathi Teachers Programme team. The major responsibility includes co-planning, co-designing and executing the constant support system and training, working with the team to enhance the capacity of the Saathi teachers and support their day to day teaching and educational activities in their classrooms and coordinating multiple events and meetings related to the programme at the municipality and donor levels.

Work Summary:

The key job is coordinating at HELP and on the ground to successfully co-design, develop and implement the HELP Saathi Programme. It will require the post to undertake rigorous tasks for the selection of the schools; recruitment of the new cohort of the Saathi teachers, co-designing and organizing training and regular sessions.

The work will involve spending time with the teachers, the pupils and the Headteachers in schools, and after analyzing the needs of teachers, co-design with them a high-quality programme of teacher training and support which is relevant to the local context. We are hoping that a sufficient support system in place will enable these teachers to feel confident in their placements.

The TDC will be responsible for writing bi-annual reports, as well as shorter, monthly updates that can be passed onto our donors. Establishing a strong donor-project relationship is essential for the future funding of this project.

Finally, the TDC will be responsible for communicating with the Headteachers of the School, the HELP Saathi Teachers and the HELP office to facilitate genuine change in the school structure.

I. Title: Teachers Development Coordinator

II. Working Area: Saathi Office in Besigaon, Kathmandu and a municipality to be designated.

III. Relationship: Accountable to the Saathi Programme Coordinator

IV. Contract term: 2 years (Probation period- first 3 months)

V. Core Duties and deliverables as TDC:

• Coordinating, co-designing, developing and implementing Saathi Programme Support and lead recruitment initiatives to recruit new cohort of Saathi teachers Post-placement of the Saathi after successful recruitment and training, visit and observe all HELP Saathi teachers to provide support on a regular basis. This would require intensive field visits and involve working with the Head Teacher, Local Municipality Government and other teaching staff so that a ‘whole-school' approach is formulated.
• Planning and conducting periodic reflective and learning experience, the Tune Up Build Up (TUBU) meetings between the Saathis of assigned partner schools of a municipality.
• Report back on teacher performance to HELP for use in donor reports.
• Write and submit reports after classroom observation and TUBU meets
• Properly document the cluster activities, prepare individual Saathi portfolios and manage the hard and soft copies of cluster/ local government related documents and files.
• Have regular check-ins with the Saathi teachers regarding their well-being and concerns
• Co-planning, and executing the pre-service, quarterly and mid-year trainings and other workshops for Saathi teachers and as required by the programme. Assist in developing and managing relationships with the trainers and facilitators.
• Produce (or support Saathis to produce) teaching resources, providing materials where needed, which are influenced by literary research in effective teaching and training practices.
• Co-designing, developing and implementing inter and intra school events and activities (in discussion with the related school as per their calendar year)
• Maintain continuous and timely communication with the stakeholders- Head teachers, and local government officials (especially with the Education Head) and communicate about the updates, progress, and challenges of the programme
• Work on designing, supporting and mentoring the community development projects for selected Saathis.

VI. Associated duties as TDC:

• Under the direction of the Programme Coordinator, conduct baseline survey and other monitoring and evaluation tasks
• Assist HELP staff in event management and in drafting narratives/ speeches on the Saathi Programme.
• Ensure the visibility of the donor as per the donor's visibility guidelines on the Saathi Programme when needed.
• Participate in official meetings related to the programmes and organization.
• Together with the Programme Coordinator, contribute to the development of Terms of Reference for Saathi Programme positions and contracts.
• In coordination with the Programme Coordinator, develop a grant proposal to scale up or regenerate the Saathi Programme in the future.
• Play an active role in assisting the development and effective placement of HELP’s international volunteer programme.
• Support HELP Scholarship Programme if required. Support on communications, media outreach, Social Media and documentation of HELP's knowledge sharing on Saathi Programme.
• Review and advise on HELP's external and internal education quality implementing methods, style and strategy.
• Assist the Programme Coordinator with the documents, data, information and write-ups and to prepare programme updates and reports.

VII. Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree qualification, preferably in an Education related field but this is not essential.
• A minimum of two years work experience within an Educational setting; teacher, teaching leadership position, etc.
• Ability to work in a team and to sometimes tight deadlines in a dynamic and fast-paced work environment
• Very good mastering of English and Nepali (both verbal and written)
• Comfortable with frequent trips to the field, long hours of travel and working remotely.
• Efficiency working on a laptop with experience writing reports and project proposals is a plus.
• Ability to communicate with people outside the organization, representing the organization to potential donors, the public, government officials etc.
• Proficient in the use of computer applications related to the tasks
• Good interpersonal skills and non-judgmental
• High attention to details
• Self-organized, highly motivated and working team spirit.
• Self-guided and result-oriented.

VIII. Salary and benefits

A competitive salary will be offered, commensurate with experience and knowledge. A holiday bonus will carry the basic salary. All the nominal field expenses related to food and normal bus tickets will be covered. HELP will also make arrangements for medical insurance.

IX. To apply

Please click here to apply. The deadline to apply is Shrawan 29, 2081.