VACANCY NOTICE
Whole School
Development
Papua Barat
World
Education/Indonesia (WE/I) is an International Non-Profit Organization and one
of implementing partner USAID project, Prioritizing Reform, Innovation and
Opportunities for Reaching Indonesia’s Teachers, Administrators, and Students
(USAID PRIORITAS), seeking applicants from Indonesian nationals for one
position Provincial Whole School Development Specialist for Papua Barat and
will be based in Ransiki with frequent trips to Manokwari.
The USAID
project, Prioritizing Reform, Innovation and Opportunities for Reaching
Indonesia’s Teachers, Administrators, and Students (USAID PRIORITAS), will
focus on capacity building and quality improvements for teacher training
institutions (TTI) and for non-academic, pre-service teacher training
providers. USAID PRIORITAS will build the capacity of MONE, MORA national,
provincial and district offices together with pre- and in-service teacher
training organizations to coordinate, plan and train.
USAID
PRIORITAS will support teaching improvement at the primary, and junior
secondary level, especially in the following subject areas: early grade reading
(EGR), math and science. Student-centered and innovative instructional
methodology and approaches will be promoted within the teacher training system
and opportunities to see and practice good teaching methodology will be
provided for both pre- and in-service teachers through a network of reference
schools. In-service teacher training opportunities will also become more
systematized through improved human resource planning and budgetary allocations
at the local level.
To support
these objectives, USAID PRIORITAS will also improve the management and
governance of basic education at the school and district level. Building on
this work, USAID PRIORITAS will strengthen coordination between the different
levels of the education system, focusing on an improved role for the province.
The
Provincial Whole School Development Specialist will work within the provincial
team and with counterparts from the government at province level to develop the
capacity of service providers, including teacher training institutes (TTI),
LPMP, LP2KS (Principal In-Service Training Centre) and groups of school
supervisors (pengawas) to implement an integrated school-based
management approach linking school management, governance, finance, and
community participation to teacher training and improvements in teaching,
learning, and student performance.
Scope of Work
The Specialist
will:
- Develop the capacity of service providers, including teacher training institutions and groups of school supervisors, to train of schools and communities in the use of the school-based management tools.
- Work with districts and other project staff to plan and support the implementation of the whole school development program (school management and teacher training) in partner schools and to disseminate the program to non-partner schools.
- Ensure that school-based management is closely linked to teaching and learning and that school plans are focused on improving student learning outcomes.
- Work with district and provincial counterparts to help develop policy and practice to implement school-based management to improve student learning outcomes.
- Working with National Whole School Development Specialist on school level modules review and adaptation.
Level of Effort
Contract is
made on an annual basis beginning in July 2015. The
duration of the assignment is until approximately February 2017.
Organizational Arrangements
The Specialist
will be a member of the provincial USAID PRIORITAS team and will work in a
flexible way to support the achievement of objectives across the project,
particularly those relating to school-based management. The Specialist will
work within the governance and management team, under coordination of the Provincial
Coordinator (PC) but will at the same time work closely with Teaching and
Learning specialists to ensure an integrated approach to whole school development.
Reporting Requirements
The Specialist
will report in the first instance to the PC. For technical matters, the
Specialist may also report to the national Whole School Development Specialist.
The Specialist will also meet routine reporting requirements as determined from
time to time by the DCOP.
This may include:
- Activity or Training Completion Reports following project standards and guidelines.
- Contributions to brief weekly or bi-weekly activity reports.
- Assisting in preparing quarterly internal reports and occasional project activity reports to stakeholders including provincial and district technical teams and steering committees.
Qualification Requirements
- At least five years of professional experience and demonstrated knowledge of theory and practice relating to management and governance.
- At least five years of experience in education development.
- A thorough knowledge of the education sector and familiarity with Indonesian education planning, policies, and protocols.
- Familiar with Papua education project implementation.
- Computer literacy (MicroSoft Office). Ability to use data analysis applications (including Access and SPSS) an advantage.
- Minimum S1 degree.
- Excellent communication and inter-personal skills. Ability to work well within a team and to work effectively with government and non-government education stakeholders in the field.
- Excellent writing skills in Bahasa Indonesia. Ability to read and write reports in English an advantage.
Application Instructions:
Interested
applicants, please submit CV and Cover letter to World Education Indonesia HR/Office
Manager, at recruitmentweindo@gmail.com, by July 5th 2015, at the
latest.
Documents
should be sent in either .doc or .pdf formats and titled with the applicant’s
Surname, First Name, and either CV or Cover Letter separated by an underscore
(Ex1: Handayani_Rieni_CV; Ex2: Handayani_Rieni_CoverLetter).
