Job Vacancy at World Vision Tanzania: Education Team Leader

 Position: Education Team Leader

Deadline: 05 August 2021.

JOB PURPOSE

To provide technical leadership and coordination of all Education interventions for WV Tanzania to ensure the realization of World Vision Tanzania’s Country Strategy. The incumbent staff will lead the development of all Education technical approaches for the NO. S/he will actively pursue resource mobilization strategies for the sector, lead on proposal development, writing and process management. S/he will lead external engagement with donors and government and maintain an externally orientated situational awareness of national Education priorities to ensure that WVT is prepared for appropriate sectoral responses. S/he will support the roll out of Education in new grants and APs and oversee the technical implementation of the Education Technical Program in all clusters. S/he will conduct capacity building and technical backstopping and monitoring of Education interventions. Will uphold the core values of World Vision. MAJOR RESPONSIBILITES % of time Activity End Results 30% Technical Leadership for program quality and program management Program Implementation Contribute to overall WVT strategy; ensure Education priorities are adequately and accurately reflected in national strategy Develop Education technical program, ensuring alignment with WVT strategy and regional and global sectoral priorities and cross-sectoral considerations Develop systems and processes to support WVT Education programs have consistent approaches Ensure ongoing improvements to education TP design to ensure it remains relevant to context, incorporates innovation, by receiving and analysing field-level information Develop and/or contextualize models, methodologies and tools for education programming implementation Quality Assurance Review Education related reports, Education TPs and AP plans for quality. Regular monitoring, supervision and evaluation of Education programs to ensure quality implementation. Includes technical backstopping, reflection, lessons learned events, etc., to ensure programming on track Ensure AP designs are aligned to TP, Ensure implementation meets minimum standards Participate with DME team in designing, redesigning and elaborating logframes for Education programming. Ensure standardization of Education indicators and project models across projects   WVT Education technical approach aligned with regional and global sectoral methodologies and tools, and represents the best strategies to address of Tanzania contexts. Quality assurance of Education programming in NO ensures that models and projects are implemented with fidelity Field staff involved in Education programming are supported to understand sectoral technical approaches and minimum standards, and provided with practical guidance to achieve high standards of programming 25% Resource Mobilization and Proposal Development Preposition WVT for grants in Education technical sector, working with national GAM team Mapping of donors in Education; understand donor expectations, technical priorities and key strategic approaches Track multilateral, bilateral and local funding programs to access resources Prepare concept papers and proposals for grant acquisition Prepare detailed Education sector capacity statements for WVT Ensure that all aspects of the project development, funding applications and proposals are accurate and professionally prepared There are increased relevant grant opportunities identified for WVT and are in the grant pipeline Proposals submitted are technically sound 20% Support to EDUCATION Staff and partners Capacity Development Assessment of NO Education staff capacities/ competencies Prepare Manuals and guidelines for staff and community training in Education Facilitate capacity building of staff on Education technical modules, through trainings, workshops and technical backstopping Conduct trainings at ToF/TOT level in select Education project models Assist in capacity building of local government, CBOs, CPGs, Church/FBOs, and other community groups Team Performance Management Provide leadership, support and technical guidance to field staff in implementation of Education programming Technically supervise Education Grant Managers and AP Education technical staff Conduct field visits to provide on site support Participate in recruitment and hiring of Education technical staff, together with P&C Supervise Education technical team staff NO Capacity in the Education sector is improved in an incremental and progressive manner to meet internal standards and external expectations Education staff are managed effectively to produce high quality programming Education staff are managed ethically according to WVI standards 10% Learning and Evidence Base Development, Dissemination and Knowledge Management Identify and implement opportunities for research to enhance learning and build the evidence base/generate evidence, ideally with academic partners. Spearhead research, documentation and reflection exercises for learning in collaboration with other sector specialists. Collect, document and disseminate field best practices, case studies and success stories Develop conference abstracts and/or publications based on learnings and best practice Learning from WVT Education programs is maximised, synthesized and disseminated to relevant internal and external audiences Results of WVT programming can stand up to external scrutiny and make a meaningful contribution to enhancing our reputation with donors and supporters and attracting additional resources TO READ MORE AND APPLY CLICK HERE