Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, December 19, 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

VSO is the world’s leading international development organization that works through volunteers to fight poverty. Working in 24 countries around the world, our unique role in international development is to place committed volunteers with carefully selected organizations where their skills can have the greatest impact. As a VSO volunteer, you’ll live and work in some of the world’s poorest communities. By sharing your unique skills and experience you’ll help generate new ideas and new ways of doing things, helping the communities you work in lifting themselves out of poverty. We’re not about delivering quick fixes, but instead, we focus on long-lasting, sustainable change, that will impact generations to come. Join us as a VSO volunteer and help us work towards our vision of a world without poverty.
Role overview
The Building Learning Foundations programme (BLF) is funded by the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) and aims to improve the quality of teaching and leadership in all of Rwanda’s government-supported primary schools. BLF seeks to recruit Special Needs Education Coordinators.

Job Responsibilities:
• Mentor P1-P3 English and Mathematics teachers on the identification of in-school CWDs
• Coordinate and support screening and assessment of in-school CWDs through engagement with school level and external stakeholders and organizations
• Mentor P1-P3 English and Mathematics teachers on effective teaching of CWDs
• Train and mentor one teacher per school to deepen their knowledge and skills of identification and teaching of CWDs
• Support one teacher per school to be able to provide support to other teachers in their schools in relation to identification and teaching of CWD
• Coordinate involvement of parents and other community stakeholders to support the education of CWDs
• Support sensitisation of communities and schools against stigmatisation of persons with disabilities
• Train and mentor headteachers in regard to their roles in achieving effective inclusion of CWDs
• Collaborate with SEOs on support for SGACs on holding headteachers to account for effective inclusion of CWDs
• Support collection and use of data on inclusion of CWDs at school, sector and district levels
• Support district and sector education officers with prioritization of improving inclusion of CWDs in their performance management functions (eg planning, monitoring, evaluation)
• Coordinate with BLF field level staff and volunteers to deliver a coordinated programme of support to schools and communities
• Generate learning on their work to support scale-up of deployment of SNECOs by government.
• Report to both the District Director of Education and BLF District Engagement manager on implementation of activities
• Participate in monthly BLF review and planning meetings to evaluate the implementation and impact of work.

Job Skills: Not Specified

Job Qualifications:
At VSO we believe progress is only possible by working together. Whether you want to join us as an employee, or as a volunteer working in your own country, overseas or online, our selection process includes an assessment based on these core competencies:
• Ability to be open-minded and respectful
• Ability to be resilient and adaptive to new situations
• Ability to facilitate positive change and build sustainable working relationships
• Ability to seek and share knowledge

Job Education Requirements: Not Specified

Job Experience Requirements: Not Specified

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