Job Vacancy For Regional Coordinator (North-East Region)
- Tamale, Northern Region
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Coordinate 4 District Coordinators and 12 District Coordinators to strengthen School Management Committees and Parent Teacher Associations to engage selected schools to establish a more inclusive, resourceful and informed support network for parents
- Develop strategic relationships with local stakeholders (including Regional and District Directorates of Education, Local Assemblies, schools' leadership and parents) in project districts to secure support and cooperation
- Contribute to produce the community engagement training content including adult learning strategy and other materials as required, including reports and briefing documents, and other publications
- Plan and implement intensive community outreach activities to impart pro-girl and pro-education attitudes within communities
- Support parents, pupils and communities to maximize the expected educational benefits and long-term behavioural changes
- Lead community mobilization and sensitization in the districts to ensure community readiness and continual commitment to Programme activities
- Exhibit competence in Community Engagement and coach and supervise District Coordinators to ensure quality delivery and performance
- Provide feedback and strategic advice on community engagement to the Project Manager.
- Leverage the use of technology to gain efficiencies and enhance two-way communication between Project team and beneficiaries
- Support tracking the progression of pupils as they transitioned to the next level of education
- Conduct routine follow up visits to meet with parents and guardians whose wards have not attended school regularly
- Undertake routine monitoring and collect school registers for attendance data entry
- Support the identification of local role models
- Conduct routine checks on school security
- Input and collect data within time
- Monitoring lesson delivery
- Responsible for appraisal and Performance Management procedures for District Coordinators and provide targeted support to District Coordinators and Assistants
- Coach and supervise District Coordinators to ensure quality delivery and performance
- Support Programme Manager in identification of talents and recruitment process to fill gaps in the workstream
- Ensure close collaboration with other Programme Team members for efficient project delivery.
- Educated to degree level or equivalent and holding relevant professional qualifications. Master's degree will be an added advantage
- Excellent knowledge of methods and channels for engaging with a wide range of stakeholders from a variety of backgrounds
- A comprehensive knowledge of child protection best practice, policies and procedures
- A comprehensive knowledge of good communications and engagement practice and of how to translate practice into innovative and effective solutions
- Significant experience of working in community engagement and/or communications, and on potentially sensitive projects
- Budget management experience
- Significant project management experience, including experience of managing community projects (experience of education projects is desirable)
- Experience of working with a range of stakeholders, including hard-to-engage communities, local government, district education, and academic institutions
- 4 years of experience of working in community engagement and/or communications, and on educational projects.
- Outstanding communication skills, both oral and written, and the ability to engage and build relationships with a range of stakeholders
- Strong organisational and planning skills, the ability to prioritise in the face of competing demands, and proven success in delivering work personally (and through others) to tight deadlines
- Excellent interpersonal skills, enabling the post holder to influence at all levels and to work effectively as part of a team
- Computer literacy enabling the effective use of the Microsoft suite of packages including Outlook
- Ability to work collaboratively with other experienced professionals including school principals, assistant principals, teachers, and other colleagues
- Ability to maintain discretion regarding confidential matters
- Good communication skills
- An interest in education issues and research.
- Flexible attitude to working environment and ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to work under little or no supervision for long hours
- Good team player and a forward-looking person
- University degree in Education
- Teaching experience
- Accreditation in school leadership and teacher training
- Experience in Inclusive education in the education sector in Ghana in mainstream and non-mainstream settings
- Experience providing capacity building to Primary and Junior High School teachers
- Familiarity with primary teaching, pedagogy and assessment frameworks
- Experience with the state education system/curricula in Ghana.
- Proven experience in curriculum design for English and Maths and gender-specific training
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