Experiments Officer Job Placements – Educate!
Job Title: Experiments Officer – (Out of School Youth – OosY)
Organization: Educate!
Duty Station: Uganda
About US:
Educate! prepares youth in Africa with the skills to succeed in today’s economy. We tackle youth unemployment by reforming what schools teach and how they teach it, so that students in Africa have the skills to start businesses, get jobs and drive development in their communities. Our model is delivered through practically-trained teachers and youth mentors. Educate!’s goal is to make this practical, skills-based model part of national education systems.
Job Summary: The Experiments Officer shall be responsible for the following functions: Coordination & Implementation of Experiments With the support of the Program Manager ensure experiments implemented are well aligned to program plans and strategies, coordinating with the program training team for implementation ensuring the team understands the key hypothesis/ assumptions to be tested, that the right data collection tools are made available to the team and are used, and data is collected and analysed to inform product development. Support the development of experiments reports. Quality Assurance and Reporting Collaborate with the Training Officer and Program Manager to determine quality assurance strategies and questions, and support the monitoring of quality program delivery identifying successes and gaps for future improvement. Support the development of reports on program quality. Networking & Learning Complete required designer trainings and certifications (relevant sections of Design Academy). Learning from local field staff, experimentation, and referencing international research. The OosY Program’s focus is to serve the lowest income and most vulnerable segment of out-of-school youth by exploring the creation of an alternative or multiple alternative learning experience to academic secondary. You’ll be joining a motivated, passionate, overachieving team that is positioning Educate! to be the leader in skills-based secondary education in Africa and intensively impact millions of youth each year.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Coordination and Implementation of Experiments (60%):
Coordination
- Ensure you have and remain up to date on planned experiments, their purpose and relevance to the program strategy
- Support the Program Manager to coordinate the operational aspects of running experiments, including:
- identification and mobilization of sample participants
- Proactively engaging all relevant team members in the development of research questions and data collection tools
- Budgeting and allocation of resources for experiments
- Planning for training of program team members on upcoming experiments
- Ensure the program team is informed of upcoming experiments including communication of their roles and responsibilities in implementation
- Support the development of data collection tools
Implementation
- Ensure planned experiments are implemented and run smoothly with all the participating stakeholders kept informed on any updates and changes
- Support training of program staff on the purpose of experiments and understanding of data collection tools
- Ensure all data collection tools:
- are available to the implementing team in a timely manner,
- Are familiar to the team through training sessions on their purpose and use
- Are filled as required during experiment implementation, and
- Are collected on schedule
- Ensure data collected is shared for analysis with insights drawn shared with the product design and implementation teams
- Support the Program Manager to ensure field activities including data collection are meeting the objectives of the experiment
Quality Assurance and Reporting (30%)
Program Quality Assurance and Reporting
- Support the Program Manager in the development of a clear quality assurance plan for each experiment
- Support the Program team in the development and implementation of a clear quality assurance plan for any changes made to the program and design based on learning from each experiment program delivery
- Support the monitoring of program quality assurance
- Support the development and delivery of monthly reports with accurate and readable information on Experiments
Networking and Learning (10%)
- Complete required relevant designer training and certifications (relevant sections of Design Academy)
- Learn and implement the design processes and principles that will be applied in the experiments work
- Respond to emails and inquiries from the team on Experiments work
- Support research on program participants and program development
- Engage in and seek opportunities to learn from other organizations and individuals in Uganda
- Participate actively in the global design community by learning from local field staff, experimentation, and referencing international research.
- Designers are encouraged to proactively network with other organizations from diverse fields.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field with a minimum of three (3) years professional with 1-2 years experience in a high paced fast-moving organization.
- Experience in program management and design
- Experience working in the field of education in Uganda preferred. Knowledge of Monitoring and Evaluation is a plus.
- Experience in Training or facilitation skills; coordination of several activities and exceptional planning and organizational skills
How to Apply:
All candidates should apply online at the link below.
Deadline: 24th January 2020