Regional Education Specialist – Teacher Performance Careers – Mott MacDonald
Job Title: Regional Education Specialist – Teacher Performance
Organisation: Mott MacDonald
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Mott MacDonald:
Mott MacDonald is a leading, employee-owned global management, engineering and development consultancy with £1 billion revenue and more than 14,000 staff working in 140 countries for both the public and private sectors. Our International Development Services Unit, IDS, operates portfolios within the international development sectors of Environment, Climate, Water, Roads, Rural & Urban Development, Education, Health, Social and Economic Development in over 40 countries. Together we implement and manage projects in developing countries and emerging economies around the world, supporting national governments and municipalities in policy, planning, project design and delivery. We are committed to support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and to provide our expertise to improve the lives of people in need.
About SESIL Programme:
SESIL (Strengthening Education Systems for Improved Learning), is a four-year education programme designed to improve the quality and equity of measurable learning outcomes at lower primary level in Uganda. SESIL will do this by strengthening the systems needed to manage and raise the performance of four key drivers of learning outcomes: teachers, schools, districts, and assessment and examinations.
Job Summary: The Regional Education Specialist – Teacher Performance will provide overall direction, technical support, guidance and oversight for the implementation of SESIL activities related to improving school performance the selected districts within the respective regions/sub-regions. The Education Specialist Teacher Performance will ensure that SESIL activities related to improving school performance are effectively and efficiently delivered at the regional and district levels. By the end of the programme the Education Specialist Teacher Performance is expected to have supported districts raise standards of achievement in literacy and numeracy in grades 1-3 through enhanced quality of teaching and the learning experience
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Technical direction in Teacher Performance
- Lead the planning, delivery and monitoring of activities that will secure the desired output of improved teacher performance, through:
- Contributing to work planning and monitoring routines
- Identifying and resolving bottlenecks that impede progress
- Regular reporting progress
- Through effective collaboration with, regional team members and the DSSC, provide technical contribution to teaching improvement components in the development and delivery of regional level events and activities for district level personnel. This will include:
- Training and capacity needs analysis
- Regional consultative, planning and review meetings
- Specific training events and workshops
Provide technical support to and supervision of DSSCs through:
- Establishing and guiding effective work planning routines and processes
- Regular visits to monitor and support district level activities
- Providing or sourcing professional development opportunities for DSSC, including establishing effective coaching and mentoring opportunities
- Develop effective working relationships with key political and administrative stakeholders, as well as with other relevant development partners (e.g. bi- and multi-lateral programmes, NGOs)
- Participate in relevant district/regional meetings involving education partners and stakeholders
- Contribute to SESIL’s national planning, monitoring and reporting routines as advised by the national Kampala-based team
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant for this placement must hold a graduate (or postgraduate) qualification in education
- Varied and recent experience of working in service delivery with, or in, local government, preferably in a performance improvement capacity, preferably in education
- Team working and leadership – an ability to work effectively within multi-disciplinary teams, to be able to coach and mentor team members and provide guidance to district staff.
- Strong communication skills – ability to express ideas and information clearly and simply, both verbally and in writing. A high level of written and spoken English is essential.
- Strong analytical skills – ability to investigate and understand constraints and bottle-necks
- High levels of creativity and innovation – ability to develop and test new approaches to old problems
- Facilitation skills – ability to design, prepare and deliver training and consultation workshops
- Sound understanding of Uganda’s education system, decentralisation and local government processes and practices, particularly with regard to teachers, teacher training and support services.
- Understanding of the concepts and principles of Managing for Results (or similar, e.g. Performance Management, Results Oriented Management, Deliverology)
- Computer literacy: working competence in main applications (Microsoft Office)
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates are invited to apply direct via the careers website of Mott MacDonald at the web lick below. Please create an account and submit a curriculum vitae and application letter.
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