IRC Technical Advisor – Teaching and Learning Jobs 2022 – Uganda NGO Jobs. IRC Uganda looking for “Technical Advisor – Teaching and Learning”. Applicants with a Master’s degree may apply on or before 17 September 2022.
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a global humanitarian aid, relief, and development nongovernmental organization. Founded in 1933 as the International Relief Association, at the request of Albert Einstein, and changing its name in 1942 after amalgamating with the similar Emergency Rescue Committee, the IRC provides emergency aid and long-term assistance to refugees and those displaced by war, persecution, or natural disaster.
IRC Technical Advisor – Teaching and Learning Jobs 2022
The IRC has published a job vacancy announcement on 06 September 2022 for qualified Uganda’s to fill in the vacant post of Technical Advisor – Teaching and Learning to be based in Kampala, Uganda.
| Recruiter | International Rescue Committee (IRC) |
| Position | Technical Advisor, Teaching & Learning, PlayMatters |
| Location | Kampala, Uganda |
| Country | Uganda |
| Total Vacant Post | N/A |
| Qualification | Master’s degree |
| Experience Required | At least 5-7 years |
| Application Deadline | 17 September 2022 |
IRC Job Vacancy 2022
Job Purpose: The PlayMatters Technical Advisor (TA) for Active Teaching and Learning will provide technical leadership and support related to the adaptation, development, testing, and improvement of teacher-focused active teaching and learning content and approaches for PlayMatters education technical teams based in Uganda, Ethiopia and Tanzania. The TA will work closely with the PlayMatters regional and country-based technical teams from IRC and partners, as well as the leadership of PlayMatters in each country. The TA will lead an ongoing content review, analysis, and adaptation process in partnership with country teams to ensure that existing content is being leveraged, adapted and improved as needed to support Playmatters objectives. The TA will also collaborate directly with technical teams at the country level to ensure that educational content is developed and co-designed with relevant system actors in alignment with the overall project vision, framework, definitions and parameters. The TA will guide the multi-media team to develop and contextualize evidence based multi-media solutions to facilitate teacher capacity building and reach more learners. The TA will collaborate with the Research and MEL teams to maximize learning around education content at regular intervals. The TA will also collaborate with the Policy and Advocacy team to support PlayMatters’ partnership with system actors and external partners in each country. Coordinating across partners and stakeholders to develop a shared vision will be central to success.
Responsibilities:
- Provide technical guidance and support to country teams in designing and implementing a strategy to review, select, adapt, co-create, test and improve active teaching and learning content that adheres to the PlayMatters vision and framework;
- Provide technical guidance to the multimedia workstream, ensuring it is aligned with country-level content strategies and support development and testing of digital solutions in line with identified needs, including distance learning solutions for educators and system actors.
- Track and analyze the use and adaptations of content across the PlayMatters project to identify key trends, gaps and areas for improvement;
- Develop functional systems to support collaboration and sharing of content and processes for content design, adaptation and improvement at the regional, cross-country and cross-partner level.
- Provide technical guidance to country teams in designing and implementing programs that integrate active teaching and learning content, ensuring that programs are evidence-based, cost-effective and scalable;
- Provide technical guidance to support the implementation of quality improvement through supervision, coaching and monitoring and testing of improvement strategies, working in close collaboration with the country teams and RMEL teams;
- Track and analyze the different types of implementation models used across the three countries and assess trends and variations.
Qualification & Experience:
- Master’s degree in Education, Child Development or related field, or equivalent level of experience and expertise.
- At least 5-7 years working in education with a focus on active teaching and learning methodologies
- Extensive experience working in teacher professional development, curriculum design, developing content and/or overseeing program design for large-scale programs focused on active teaching and learning methodologies or a related field
- Primary or Pre-primary school teaching experience
- Proven ability to provide high-quality technical assistance, guidance and coaching to staff and partners
- Excellent knowledge of pedagogies related to learning through play
- Experience working in conflict and crisis settings, and knowledge of humanitarian programming
- Self-directed, able to independently set priorities and solve problems with minimal guidance
- Excellent interpersonal and oral and written communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to successfully work in a fast-paced environment, within and across departments/functions and develop positive relationships with locally and remote based staff.
- Experience working in East Africa in the education sector
- Fluent in written and oral English; knowledge of other regional language preferred
Other Details
- Contract Type: Full Time
- Selection Process: Interview
- Salary: negotiable
- Application Process: Online
How to Apply IRC Technical Advisor – Teaching and Learning Jobs 2022
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The Closing Date: 17 September 2022
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
| Particulars | Details Link |
| Job Advertisement | Download |
| Official Website | www.rescue.org |
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