SEE4C: Development Officer

Job Summary:

The purpose of the position “Development Officer” is to ensure implementation of World Vision Ethiopia’s Area Program Education project models, including Sponsorship, Private Non Sponsorship, and Education in Emergency projects, according to standards, donor requirements and the needs and expectations of communities and local partners to improve child well-being. Work closely with District Education Office and local education actors including cluster supervisors, principals, teachers and other stakeholders to ensure the quality implementation and sustainability of WVE education programs. This mainly include providing technical support, continuous monitoring of activities, support in local resource mobilization, plan and provide capacity building trainings etc. As a technical person, the Development officer is responsible to plan, implement and monitor all education projects in the Area Program including, collecting, organizing and reporting education data to AP management and National Education team. In addition, he/she plans and implements local level advocacy in timely, effective, and efficient manner.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan and implement Education activities in partnership with communities, local government and partners as per approved yearly plans:
• Make effective and efficient operational planning based on the SEE4C TP strategic priorities.
• Ensure all activities in the yearly plan are being implemented according to the set standard.
• Track and control the proper utilization of the allocated budget of the given period.
• Continually work with Education offices to identify the gap in regard to TP interventions, accordingly build their capacities and take immediate corrective actions to fill the identified gaps.
• Assist school principals, supervisors, teachers and volunteers during the actual implementation of TP models activities in the intervention sites.
• Ensure that all structures and learning centres are functioning according to the quality standard set for each activity.
• Effective implementation of all SEE4C TP activities ensured according to the set quality standards and budget plans.
• Maintain strong networks, collaborations and partnerships with communities, government offices and development partners in the District, to improve the delivery of quality service and sustain WV interventions.
• Ensure the District Education office own the SEE4C activities being implemented in the Area program Office and make them the part of their plan and monitoring checklists.
• Make sure all TP model - activities have strong linkage with the school system.
• Ensure all structures and procedures that set to reveal community participation are in place (ECD management committee, Reading management committee etc.)
• Work with finance team to ensure the proper utilization of the allocated budgets for the TP purpose.
• Sense of ownership created among stakeholders and active engagement of community institutions, partners and government ensured to effectively implement and sustain WVE education programs.

• Plan and implement efficient and effective monitoring activities in the AP to ensure the quality implementation and documentation system for SEE4C TP.
• Plan and conduct technical and joint monitoring to sites to check the implementation status correct the gaps and collect the achievements using standard tools.
• Properly document best practices and develop case stories and share to the national office
• Produce and submit quality technical reports regularly to (AP Manager, NO Education Division and AP MEAL officer as required as per the standards of the AP and LEAP.
• Properly collect evidences on SEE4C TP to use for local advocacy and to feed for the upward advocacy and visibility work.
• The Program implementation tracked regularly in efficient and effective manner, as well as the data needs and documentation standards are met
• Work closely with MEAL team to facilitate periodical assessments to ensure proper tracking of project/ program results at different levels (outputs, outcomes and goal).
• Collect clear yearly data, prepare yearly program highlight and regularly send updates to the SEE4C – head office team through agreed upon means of communications.
• Provide technical support to mobilize local resources and generate local funds for SEE4C project models
• Present ongoing achievements of SEE4C TP models.
• Initiate or involve relevant networks with locally available development organizations
• Creating strong partnerships with community institutions
• Work closely with faith based organizations and local government structures
• Support internal resource mobilization events.
• Local resources mobilized and government and community capacity to undertake SEE4C TP interventions using local sources of fund ensured.
• Plan and organize capacity building for local education actors at District, cluster and School level.
• Identify the training need of District education offices in accordance with the TP priorities.
• Develop a plan for Model based regular and quick-fix trainings in consultation with the NO SEE4C team.
• Conduct capacity building trainings for local Education actors including, teachers, volunteers, supervisors etc.
• Evaluate the trainings effectiveness regularly based on the training effectiveness guide and improve based on the result.
• Stakeholders’ capacity enhanced and the quality of TP projects implementations enhanced.

• Assure that sponsorship is fully integrated into the planning, implementation and monitoring systems of the TP plan Sponsorship integrated with SEE4C implementation.

Qualification

• BA Degree and above in Education: in languages (English and local Ethiopian languages), Curriculum & Instruction, Pedagogy, Educational planning and Management and other related fields.
• Technical Training qualifications required: Professional technical skill associated with TP assessment, project management and other related areas is desired.
• Effective in written and verbal communication [Amharic and English].
• Demonstrated communication skill to different audience.
• At least 3 years of experience in community rural development preferably in Education areas.
• Other NGO experience is preferred.
• Computer literate (Operate MS word and excel, outlook etc.)
• Knowledge and exposures to the sociocultural situation of the region.
• Good partnership management, knowledge of government working procedures and good negotiation and influencing skill.
• Have passion as well as commitment for Education and integrated programs as a whole.
• Perform other duties as required

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

• Preferred: Degree in Teaching
• Strategic thinking & application to those defined areas
• Committed to the organization and TP Goal

• Assure that relevant cross cutting themes (child protection, HEA, gender, disability, and environment) are integrated into the TP’s implementation.
• Cross cutting themes integration ensured during TP implementation.

Skills Required:

• Education / Teaching / Training
• Language / Literature / Arts
• Social / Science / Project / Management / Development