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This opportunity is ideal for professionals interested in the role of Technical Sector Officer - Education based in Ruhango, Rwanda. Qualified and motivated candidates are encouraged to apply for this full-time opportunity.

About This Opportunity

The position of Technical Sector Officer - Education at BRAC located in Ruhango, Rwanda offers an opportunity for qualified professionals to contribute their knowledge and experience in a dynamic working environment. The organization seeks individuals who are motivated, reliable, and capable of performing their duties effectively while maintaining professional standards.

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Position: Technical Sector Officer - Education

Job Location: Ruhango District Rwanda

About the AIM Program:

The Mastercard Foundation Accelerating Impact for Young Women (AIM) in Partnership with BRAC is equipping 2 million adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) with age-appropriate entrepreneurship, employability, and life-skills training, as well as the tools to start and scale their own businesses. The nine-year program (2021-2030) applies BRAC’s proven model using microfinance, youth empowerment, agriculture, education and skills development to enhance lives and livelihoods. It currently operates in seven African countries: Sierra Leone, Liberia, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana, and Kenya. Based on the AGYW age, needs, and circumstances, AGYW are placed on one of two pathways in the AIM program: an education pathway or a livelihood pathway.

About the AIM Education Pathway:

The AIM Education pathway is designed to increase access to and completion of quality secondary education for adolescent girls, aged 12-17, across the AIM countries: Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Uganda. The program seeks to achieve three core objectives: (1) to empower 400,000 adolescent girls by increasing their agency, voice, and life skills; (2) to assist adolescent girls to complete at least lower secondary school; and (3) to enhance gender-responsive education in at least 2,000 secondary schools, positively impacting an estimated 2.4 million students.

This AIM education pathway is closely aligned with the Mastercard Foundation’s strategic priorities under its Young Africa Works initiative, particularly the emphasis on improving the quality and accessibility of secondary education to better produce young people for meaningful work. Through a set of integrated interventions, AIM Education targets structural and social challenges that often hinder girls’ education—including financial barriers, inadequate infrastructure, undertrained teachers, harmful gender norms, lack of community assist, and weak school governance systems.

About the Role:

The Technical Sector Officer (TSO) - Education will assist the AIM Senior Technical Specialist, Education in planning, implementing, and ensuring the quality delivery of the AIM education pathway.

They will be tasked with technical & implementation-related tasks under AIM education pathway, i,e. facilitating training, reviewing content and curriculum and adapting it to their context, and supporting teachers' professional development as well as school leadership's school improvement planning processes. They will also contribute to staff capacity development through targeted training and supervision.

The TSO-Education will collaborate with the region & country level program team, other sectral TSOs for any technical need/query, to enhance program quality, contextualize training modules, and train staff on new materials and tools. They will ensure effective delivery of gender responsive training for the teachers and school management and assist creating an enabling learning environment in the AIM supported secondary schools. S/he will Also ensure effective delivery of parental engagement to help with increasing access to and completion of quality secondary education for very young adolescents (VYAs) and adolescent girls (AGs) aged 12-17 years.

An ideal candidate for this role is one with strong technical skills and experience in developing and reviewing quality education curriculum content, teachers’ guides, teacher training manuals, including a strong background in training teachers and educators. S/he should have strong training skills, coordination and negotiation skills, be proactive, passionate, resourceful, and enjoy being a team player.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Support:

• assist AIM team in the inception phase activities (in delivering education messages during community mobilization and inception meetings, family meetings, YDC meetings, etc.).
• Work closely with the AIM Senior Technical Specialist, Education in preparing the MoU templates for the schools.
• help with obtaining Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with relevant ministries at the regional and/or district/county level, and schools.
• Meet with relevant regional and district officials and share the MoU that outlines the key objectives of AIM education pathways and how Ministry of Education and the district will assist and allow access to local education departments and schools, and school records.
• assist developing/reviewing/updating/adapting, existing teachers’ guide and contents for the teachers and school leadership in the country context in coordination with the AIM Senior Technical Specialist, Education and BRAC International (BI) technical anchors.
• assist developing /reviewing/updating/adapting the training guide on school management and school improvement plans in close coordination with the AIM Senior Technical Specialist, Education and BI technical anchors.
• assist developing a training guide for the peer mentors, assist groups, and tutoring in close coordination with the AIM Senior Technical Specialist, Education and BI technical anchors.
• assist AIM program assistants (PAs) to detect Teacher Champions in the schools
• assist the AIM Senior Technical Specialist, Education to ensure the establishment of a robust system for the smooth transfer of school-related assist costs to ensure AGs' financial assist to continue their education.

Direct Operational assist:

• Facilitate training for AIM PAs, teachers, and school leadership on gender responsive pedagogy, mentorship, and tutoring.
• Facilitate training for school leadership, school management/and parent-teacher associations (PTAs) on school improvement planning.
• Work closely with the school administrations, head teachers, teachers and school management committees (SMCs)/PTAs for the inception and introduce the AIM education pathway activities.
• assist AIM PAs to do monthly follow-ups of the AIM education pathway interventions for quality program outputs.
• perform/attend different levels of staff meetings.
• detect the knowledge gap of programme staff and take necessary steps for their improvement.

Coordination, Planning and Partnership and M&E:

• assist coordination with a range of stakeholders, including teachers, school leadership, school management, parents' teachers association, Government education officials, to assist school-related interventions
• collaborate with the identified Alternative Education providers in the region and organize to enrol eligible AIM participants
• Contribute to the design and implementation of a monitoring framework to track progress, assess impact, and inform adjustments of the training plans and delivery
• Report back to the Government education officials/MoE as outlined in the MoU on activities done by BRAC.

Monitoring, Reporting, Documentation and Communication:

• Contribute to the design and implementation of a monitoring framework to track progress, assess impact, and inform adjustments of the training plans and delivery.
• Contribute to program reports and deliverables as required.
• detect and document best practices, most significant change stories, and share this knowledge with colleagues.
• Ensure quality reporting on enabling learning environments at school, and document good practices.
• assist regional managers, branch managers, and programme Officers regularly to ensure timely and high-quality programmatic data entry and reporting in the relevant manual and digital MIS (BInsight).
• assist the AIM Senior Technical Specialist, Education in the documentation of program wins and success stories / case studies
• Ensure timely preparation and submission of programmatic management information system (MIS), training reports and share project progress reports regularly with the AIM Senior Technical Specialist, Education.

Safeguarding responsibilities:

• Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme’s goals on safeguarding implementation.
• Act as a key source of assist, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
• Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
• Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.

Major Challenges:

• Access of hard to reach locations in the communities AIM serves
• Coordination with different schools
• Coordination with the BI team in different time zones
• Managing coordination among several team members within the BRAC family.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):

• Timely achievement of project activities.
• Quality of the training guides and content prepared
• Efficient and quality delivery of the different AIM education pathway training.
• Effective staff, teachers, and school leadership capacity building on gender responsiveness
• Effective use of resources and tools.
• Strong partnerships established with schools and the Government education officials
• Individual/specific KPIs as agreed with the supervisor.

Academic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or Postgraduate in Education/ International, Development/ Gender/ Sociology/ Anthropology/ Social Sciences and/or other relevant fields

Required Skills, Competencies & Knowledge:

• Training materials development, staff capacity building, and facilitation skills
• Computer literacy and presentation skills
• Report writing and documentation of Most Significant Change Stories
• Proactive, self-starter and independent worker with the ability to assist large teams
• Demonstrate commitment to community mobilization work around education, GESI, SRHR, and advocacy work, applying rights-based, human-centered, and survivor-centered approaches.
• Exhibit empathy and positive interpersonal skills, including cultural competence.

Experience Requirements:

• 3-5 years of relevant experience in education training, development of training guide, contents and curriculum, gender equality, social inclusion, community engagement, and school engagement.
• Previous experience in providing technical assistance, especially related to teachers’ training module development and execution, and training facilitation
• Experience working in integrated programs targeted for adolescent girls and young women is a plus.
• Previous experience in the development of Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) messages, tools, and materials for community-based dialogues and other activities.
• Experience in conducting advocacy, community mobilization and engagement activities is also an added advantage

Employment type: Regular/Fixed-Term

About BRAC International:

BRAC International (BI), a leading non-profit organization, is on a mission to empower people and communities facing poverty, illiteracy, disease, and social injustice. Our vision is to create a world free from exploitation and discrimination, where everyone has the opportunity to realize their potential. We design proven, scalable solutions that equip people with the assist and confidence they need to achieve their potential.

BRAC was founded in Bangladesh in 1972 and over the last five decades has grown to become one of the world’s largest non-governmental organisations (NGOs), reaching over 100 million people. We started our first international operation by venturing into Afghanistan in 2002, building on lessons from our work in Bangladesh to assist a nation devastated by war. Currently operating in 16 countries across Asia and Africa. Born, proven and led in the Global South, BRAC International brings a unique Southern perspective and commitment to continuous learning, providing a depth of insight, experience and evidence to meet the needs of diverse communities with humility and courage across Asia and Africa. To learn more about BRAC International, please visit (www.bracinternational.org)

Our Core Values:

• Integrity: We approach our collaborate with honesty and integrity.
• Innovation: We innovate and iterate to enhance our impact.
• Inclusiveness: We foster inclusion to reach those who need it most.
• Effectiveness: We strive for effectiveness to better serve people in poverty.

• assist AIM team in the inception phase activities (in delivering education messages during community mobilization and inception meetings, family meetings, YDC meetings, etc.).
• Work closely with the AIM Senior Technical Specialist, Education in preparing the MoU templates for the schools.
• help with obtaining Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with relevant ministries at the regional and/or district/county level, and schools.
• Meet with relevant regional and district officials and share the MoU that outlines the key objectives of AIM education pathways and how Ministry of Education and the district will assist and allow access to local education departments and schools, and school records.
• assist developing/reviewing/updating/adapting, existing teachers’ guide and contents for the teachers and school leadership in the country context in coordination with the AIM Senior Technical Specialist, Education and BRAC International (BI) technical anchors.
• assist developing /reviewing/updating/adapting the training guide on school management and school improvement plans in close coordination with the AIM Senior Technical Specialist, Education and BI technical anchors.
• assist developing a training guide for the peer mentors, assist groups, and tutoring in close coordination with the AIM Senior Technical Specialist, Education and BI technical anchors.
• assist AIM program assistants (PAs) to detect Teacher Champions in the schools
• assist the AIM Senior Technical Specialist, Education to ensure the establishment of a robust system for the smooth transfer of school-related assist costs to ensure AGs' financial assist to continue their education.
• Facilitate training for AIM PAs, teachers, and school leadership on gender responsive pedagogy, mentorship, and tutoring.
• Facilitate training for school leadership, school management/and parent-teacher associations (PTAs) on school improvement planning.
• Work closely with the school administrations, head teachers, teachers and school management committees (SMCs)/PTAs for the inception and introduce the AIM education pathway activities.
• assist AIM PAs to do monthly follow-ups of the AIM education pathway interventions for quality program outputs.
• perform/attend different levels of staff meetings.
• detect the knowledge gap of programme staff and take necessary steps for their improvement.
• assist coordination with a range of stakeholders, including teachers, school leadership, school management, parents' teachers association, Government education officials, to assist school-related interventions
• collaborate with the identified Alternative Education providers in the region and organize to enrol eligible AIM participants
• Contribute to the design and implementation of a monitoring framework to track progress, assess impact, and inform adjustments of the training plans and delivery
• Report back to the Government education officials/MoE as outlined in the MoU on activities done by BRAC.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of a monitoring framework to track progress, assess impact, and inform adjustments of the training plans and delivery.
• Contribute to program reports and deliverables as required.
• detect and document best practices, most significant change stories, and share this knowledge with colleagues.
• Ensure quality reporting on enabling learning environments at school, and document good practices.
• assist regional managers, branch managers, and programme Officers regularly to ensure timely and high-quality programmatic data entry and reporting in the relevant manual and digital MIS (BInsight).
• assist the AIM Senior Technical Specialist, Education in the documentation of program wins and success stories / case studies
• Ensure timely preparation and submission of programmatic management information system (MIS), training reports and share project progress reports regularly with the AIM Senior Technical Specialist, Education.
• Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme’s goals on safeguarding implementation.
• Act as a key source of assist, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
• Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
• Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.

• Training materials development, staff capacity building, and facilitation skills
• Computer literacy and presentation skills
• Report writing and documentation of Most Significant Change Stories
• Proactive, self-starter and independent worker with the ability to assist large teams
• Demonstrate commitment to community mobilization work around education, GESI, SRHR, and advocacy work, applying rights-based, human-centered, and survivor-centered approaches.
• Exhibit empathy and positive interpersonal skills, including cultural competence.
• Communication
• Leadership
• Management
• Planning
• Negotiation
• Report writing
• Training
• Administration

• Bachelor’s degree or Postgraduate in Education/ International, Development/ Gender/ Sociology/ Anthropology/ Social Sciences and/or other relevant fields