Job Vacancy For District Education Advisor

• Reports to the Quality Assurance and Partnerships Advisor.
• Line management responsibility for 2 National Service Personnel and a Transport and Logistics Officer.

• The District Education Advisor will support Districts to develop and implement their basic education improvement plans (called Learning Transformation

• The role involves stakeholder engagement, identification of capability gaps and activities to improve teaching and learning in basic schools,

• Work at the District level to support the District Education Oversight Committee (DEOC) to develop and implement basic education improvement

• Provide technical support to the DEOC, District Education Office teams, Change Leaders and Headteachers to deliver activities to ensure effective

• Support the DEOC to resolve challenges and issues as and when they arise in association with workplan implementation.
• Review reports and supporting documentation from partners at the sub-national level and provide feedback to partners after review on regular basis.

• Identify capability gaps and support capability building activities at the sub-national level i.e., District and School level.
• Manage stakeholders and build relationships with partners at the sub-national level.
• Represent the project in forums and meetings at the sub-national level when required and produce written reports and updates as needed to fulfil

• Support the DEOCs to develop new partnerships with critical stakeholders at the sub-national level.

• Develop and document processes for achievement and lessons for delivering “Managing for Learning” at the sub-national level.
• Participate in the development of sub-national level Monitoring and Evaluation Framework.
• Support sub-national level partners to document lessons and achievements in line with project reporting requirements.
• Submit quarterly progress reports to the Quality Assurance and Partnerships Advisor.

• Provide leadership and line management support for 2 National Service Personnel and the Transport and Logistics Officer at the district level.
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Quality Assurance and Partnerships Advisor

• Postgraduate qualification or equivalent in education, project management or a relevant discipline.
• A minimum of 6 years working experience in education project management, capacity building workshops organization and facilitation is required
• Demonstrate a passion for, and understanding of, the value of education
• Knowledge and experience of the basic education sub-sector in Ghana including knowledge of teaching and learning, school management, and education quality improvement.
• Ability to manage relationships with multiple stakeholders and be able to work within a diverse cultural context.
• Ability to work in a culturally diverse environment.
• Excellent planning skills including the ability to develop complex multifaceted workplans and seeing them through to completion by supporting others to deliver.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experience of monitoring the implementation of work plans, performance, and results.
• Well-organized, task- and time- oriented, and with close attention to details.
• Good ICT skills (including documents, spreadsheets, e-mail, calendar, Android tablets / phones).
• Independent with the ability to use own initiative and ability to be flexible.

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