Technical Assistant

Type

Fixed-term employment contract

Duration

3 months

Start date

Asap – 31/08/2022

Monthly Salary

$1300-$1600 (depending on experience)

Part 1: Task

We are recruiting for a Technical Assistant who can support our education programmes for 3 months, with a specific focus on the Education on Air II project. This person will play a critical role in providing technical support to the development of radio lessons, which will involve, mentoring teachers as scriptwriters and presenters; reviewing, editing and finalizing scripts; supporting the MoGEI script review team; participating in monthly review meetings; rolling out of education on air project at a state level and undertaking all the monitoring & evaluation aspects of the programme. The Technical Assistant will also be responsible for ensuring that by the end of the project there is a library of high-quality radio lessons and that the MoGEI have the capacity and tools to continue delivering high quality radio lessons.

Part 2: Key Responsibilities:

1) Capacity support (20%)

• Train and provide continuous support to scriptwriters
• Train and provide continuous support to radio presenters
• Support radio presenters to rehearse (practice) the lessons before broadcasting
• Participate in monthly review meetings with MoGEI and ensure feedback is incorporated into lessons
• Coordinate the development of radio lessons and provide quality assurance
• Effectively manage relations with key stakeholders, including MoGEI and UNICEF

2) Quality assurance (30%)

• Provide initial review and edit of scripts ensuring they are developed in line with the new syllabus and curriculum and that they incorporate the cross-cutting themes e.g., characters used should be diverse
• Support a technical team that consists of MoGEI curriculum experts to review the scripts and scope and sequence of the radio lessons.
• Finalise scripts, incorporating feedback and get MoGEI approval for them

3) Content management and reporting (20%)

• Prepare the promotional content and lesson introductions of each lesson.
• Coordinate the recording of lessons with the radio stations and radio presenters
• Share the broadcasted scripts and recorded lessons with AET and selected radio stations at the state level.
• Prepare, coordinate reviews, edit, and disseminate project-related reports and documents

4) Monitoring and Evaluation (30%)

• Conduct visits to various states to ensure the education on air project is rolled out to states
• Carryout Field/activities monitoring visits to various states
• Support the development of the project M&E framework and tools
• Liaise with State MoGEI and focal point in each state to select data collectors during endline
• Train State MoGEI data collectors on M&E approach and tools at endline
• Coordinate state level data collection for endline
• Manage data entry and analysis
• Support recruitment of endline evaluation consultant

Part 3: Specifications

Essential

Experience and Knowledge

• Previous experience of implementing a distance learning programme in a humanitarian context
• Previous experience of providing technical support to teachers and MoGEI
• Demonstrable experience of building high level relations with stakeholders
• Strong working knowledge of education approaches
• Demonstrable experience of conducting large-scale endline evaluations

Skills and abilities

• Excellent written and spoken communications in English
• Excellent relationship building skills, with an ability to navigate both national and international stakeholders.
• Technical understanding of education programmes in humanitarian contexts
• A ‘can-do’, and agile attitude, a passion for problem solving and adaptative thinking.
• Ability to skillfully balance independent working with wider teamwork

Other

• Able and willing to travel regularly, sometimes in insecure environments
• Must be available to start work immediately
• South Sudanese national

Education

· Educated to degree level or higher in Education related field;

Beneficial

• South Sudanese National