Girls Education Program Officer job at Room to Read
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Vacancy title:
Girls Education Program Officer

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Business Management and Administration , Category: Education ]

Jobs at:

Room to Read

Deadline of this Job:
24 March 2022  

Duty Station:
Within Tanzania , Kibaha , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Monday, March 07, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:
The Girl Education Program Officer will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of Room to Read’s Girls Education Program (GEP), including planning, implementing, and monitoring and quality assurance of the program both at the Country Office and at the field level. The incumbent will be constantly engaged in working to improve the Girls Education Program in all working district ensuring that Girls Education Program is effectively and timely implemented. This position requires skills in Project Management, Training and facilitation, alternative education program, Life Skills, Networking, Budgeting, and Supervising. The Program Officer will directly report to the Field Operations Manager and will supervise Social Mobilizers. This position is based in the field office.

Duties & Responsibilities:
• Organize and oversee the complete process of setting up Room to Read Girls Education Program (Girls Education Program). Collaborate with other Room to Read Tanzania Girls Education Program staff to update the Operational Plan on an annual basis along with the budgeting for the coming year.
• Lead the Annual Planning and Budgeting (AP&B) process for the Girls’ Education Program operations.
• Identify, engage, and assess schools interested in Girls Education Program and formulate strategies for implementation Schedule and conduct regular one on one meetings, mid-year performance review and annual performance review to monitor the girls’ progress and address issues as they arise.
• Train and supervise Girls Education Program field-based committees and social mobilizers to ensure that they are able to support the girls and complete their roles effectively.
• Visit project schools as needed to supervise program activities at the sites and organize discussions with school management teams and local authorities.
• Gather feedback and ensure that schools and communities deliver on their portion of the challenge grant and on all terms of agreement with Room to Read.
• Complete detailed and accurate written reports in a timely manner to Regional and Global Offices as required. Participate in any other activities, which may be required to be undertaken to fulfill the objectives of the organization.
• Establish and manage relationships with other NGOs, government officials and local educational facilities/authorities; schedule and attend meetings with them to coordinate planning and implementation of projects.
• Develop and facilitate capacity building training for Social Mobilizers (SMs), NGOs, Partners representatives, team members, girls, parents and the community at large. Represent Room to Read at relevant meetings.
• Provide regular updates on program activities and plans at regular meetings with Tanzania Country Office management staff
• Document best practices and lessons learned during field work and share with other project sites, relevant local staff, the Country Director and appropriate Regional and United States based Global Program Officers
• Collect data and conduct data entry into the Global Solution Database system
• Participate in developing Quarter and Annual report on timely basis
• Develop and submit Monthly/Quarterly Cash forecast on timely basis
• On monthly basis, develop Field staff fund request and submit expense reports on their behalf
• Support Girls Education Program Manager on development/ review of new content modules – contextualization

Qualifications: Required:
• Bachelor’s degree in Sociology, Gender, psychology, humanity, or any other Social Sciences degree
• Certification in Life skills training is an added advantage
• 3-5 years’ experience in girls’ education field
• Strong coaching, mentoring, and training and presentation skills
• Experience working with NGOs
• Effective English communication skills (oral and written) and capability to relate and interact with multicultural teams and represent the organization in professional forums
• Willingness to work with strict deadlines
• Ability to conduct training as a trainer
• Ability to travel frequently, occasionally on short notice, and, when required, for extended periods of time
• Supervisory experience.

Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education:
Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
To apply follow this link https://osv-rtr.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/RoomToRead/job/Tanzania---Kibaha/Girls-Education-Program-Officer_R-01872 

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Job Info
Job Category: Education/ Academic/ Teaching jobs in Tanzania
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 24 March 2022
Duty Station: Kibaha
Posted: 08-03-2022
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 08-03-2022
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 08-03-2066
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