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Education Officer at Lutheran World Federation

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Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management
Description: The Lutheran World Federation (LWF; German: Lutherischer Weltbund) is a global communion .The Department for World Service is the LWF's humanitarian arm. It has programmes in 32 countries. The LWF is a member of ACT Alliance.
Job Description

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Provide technical leadership in curriculum implementation, monitoring and tracking of learning outcomes in all schools.
  • Responsible for; establishing, maintaining and improving curriculum implementation standards and quality in all schools.
  • Responsible for interpretation and implementation of MoE policies in schools
  • Provide technical support to all teacher in development and implementation of Competency Based Education (CBE) and support Head teachers in development of curriculum based establishment.
  • Co-ordinate and facilitate the organization and implementation of co-curriculum activities in the schools in line with MoE co-curriculum activities calendar
  • Vetting of all teachers and other education staff to ensure they comply with National curriculum standards 
  • Conducting regular school visits, hold meetings with head teachers and Boards of Management (BoM) to discuss emerging issues and come up with strategies for addressing the same
  • In charge of disaster risk assessment and reduction in schools and enhancing school safety for learners and teachers 
  • Reviewing annual work plans and activity plans of the unit for comprehensiveness, clarity and adherence to LWF/WS goals and objectives. 
  • Ensuring regular meaningful communication and interaction between the Education Sector Management staff and teachers, and the school management committees, sub County Education Office, and other development partners and agencies
  • Coordination internal school assessment to measure learners’ progressive achievement towards achieving quality learning outcomes
  • Working with the head teachers to develop tools for teacher performance appraisal in line with TSC Teacher Professional Development model
  • To organize for both short term (pedagogical skills development) and long term (professional certified) training programs for teachers
  • In charge of equitable deployment of teachers in schools along the parameters of gender, training and nationality  

Supervisory Responsibilities:

  • National Principals
  • National Heads of Institutions
  • National Teachers
  • National Teacher Interns

Education/Professional Designations/Experience:

  • Must have a degree in education from a recognized institution.
  • Must be registered teacher by Teachers Service Commission (TSC)
  • Technical expertise in curriculum implementation 
  • Technical expertise in education in emergencies (EiE)
  • Proven academic or on-job training and understanding of the Project Cycle model in managing humanitarian assistance with at least three (3) years in education programming               
  • A very good understanding of Comprehensive School Safety or Disaster Management
  • Experience in coordination of teacher training programs
  • Strong analytical, administration and documentation skills in the management of educational institutions or programs consisting of primary education.
  • Experience in Training of Trainers/Facilitators skills (TOT & TOF) an advantage
  • Excellent communication, time management, organization and presentation skills
  • Demonstrate ability to supervise, mentor and provide professional support to other teachers; 
Salary: Discuss During Interview
Education: Diploma
Employment Type: Full Time

Key Skills

education  Teaching 
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