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Job Description

Job Purpose

The Education Technical Coordinator (education TC) is responsible for the provision of coordination and support as well as strategic planning and technical guidance on activities within the area of education in ACTED Afghanistan. S/he plays a leading role in providing technical inputs to the education strategy and project development at the local and national level. Moreover, s/he supports the Project Teams in the planning, design, implementation, supervision, and potential expansion/development and administration of technical education interventions.

The Education TC will be based in Kabul, with regular visits to the field (up to 40% of the time), particularly in the North West, North East, and East of Afghanistan.

External Positioning:

External Relations

• Act as key ACTED representative on education in Afghanistan
• Ensure external representation of ACTED in the education sector, vis-à-vis country, and local authorities, other project stakeholders, donors and partners
• Participate in and report (internally) on education technical and sectoral meetings, clusters and working groups involving all relevant stakeholders such as donors, NGOs, UN Agencies, inter-governmental institutions
• Ensure effective coordination and collaboration with key stakeholders and partners, i.e. NGOs, civil society organizations, community groups, and government counterparts who are working on education
• Identify opportunities to collaborate and coordinate efforts with other organizations to ensure our activities build upon - rather than replicate - the work of others.

Project Development

• Collect and analyze primary and secondary data related to the education sector in the Afghanistan;
• Analyse the activities in the education sector and relevant stakeholders
• Identify the needs of the most vulnerable populations through regular visits and literature review, and through the design and implementation of relevant needs assessments in close collaboration with AMEU
• Lead education project conceptualization workshops
• Provide technical inputs into proposal design and ensure new or adapted projects for the education sector focus on maximizing efficiencies, impact, and integrated approaches.

Internal Education Technical Support and Coordination:

         Coordination

• Coordinate the development and maintenance of a coherent education strategy across ACTED's areas of intervention in Afghanistan
• Promote harmonization of approaches and methodologies across the different  education projects by developing and monitoring use of common tools, as well as creating opportunities for experience sharing and learning
• Organize internal education coordination meetings on a monthly basis, and ensure flow of information to PMs, other program staff, and ACTED coordination on main education issues and developments in Afghanistan.
• Coordinate ACTED’s Education portfolio activities with the U.N. clusters and working groups involving all relevant stakeholders including Ministry of Education (MoE) and Directorates of Education (DoE) at the provincial level.

Technical Leadership

• Define education project implementation modalities and methodologies (including, but not limited to technical specifications, identification and registration of beneficiaries, distribution and sensitization)
• Lead the development of all technical tools related to education projects (ToRs for consultants and evaluators, ad hoc reports, capitalization reports…);
• Analyse the appropriateness, adequacy, and potential impact of all interventions in the education sector based on known contexts and needs
• Provide technical support to the Project Managers and other education  staff to implement the ACTED education projects to a high-quality standard;
• Liaise with education technical staff on a regular basis to ensure technical assistance is provided to projects when needed
•     Disseminate tools, research, best practices, and lessons learned internally and externally through publications, networks, working groups, events, and conferences.

Staff Capacity Building

• Participate in the recruitment and training of education sector staff members
• In coordination with Project Managers identify individual training needs and ensure access to training and professional development opportunities appropriate to the skill gaps and needs
• Provide training to project teams on ACTED  activities and education  best practices
• Develop training material for different pieces of training to share within the education project teams
• Develop capacity-building programs for local actors (including partner NGOs and relevant local services providers) on education.

Skills Required

• Communication Skills

Submission Guideline:

Those who fulfill the above-mentioned criteria should send their updated CV & Cover letter to the below submission Email: afghanistan.jobs@acted.org.

Kindly mention the Vacancy Number, Position Title along with Province name in the subject line of your email otherwise your application may not be considered.

Please, do not send heavy size documents (i.e. Tazkira, Education documents, work certificates)

Only shortlisted candidates will be called for the next stage of recruitment.

Interested candidates should submit their applications before 5:00 PM Saturday, 10th Sep.

Note: Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

No CV will be considered after the closing date.

Submission Email:

afghanistan.jobs@acted.org