Job Description
How can you make a difference?
- Provide administrative and technical guidance to schools and non-formal centers to implement digital learning initiatives
- Support the planning, deployment and implementation of digital learning initiatives in participating education institutions and non-formal learning centers
- Build pedagogical capacity of teachers and facilitators on digital learning.
- Monitor and generate evidence on UNICEF Nepal’s digital learning initiatives.
Scope of Work:
The consultant will be expected to undertake the following activities -
- Support the planning, implementation, and evaluation of UNICEF’s digital innovations focusing on language learning, teacher capacity, and accessible digital textbooks, coordinating with partners and ensuring adequate in-school supervision is implemented.
- Liaise with the implementing partners and local governments to ensure timely set up of these digital learning initiatives.
- Set up and update a project management tool that includes timeline, activities, responsibilities, milestones, budget, expenses, risks and mitigation actions, to ensure activities are completed on time, on budget, and with the expected quality;
- Write a monthly update with key implementation and progress information.
- Document the planning, testing, and delivery of digital learning initiatives, including challenges, good practices, and lessons learned;
- Liaise with CEHRD, CDC and other stakeholders on implementing the accessible digital textbooks initiative.
- Provide technical and administrative support to implementing partners, schools, non-formal learning centres and local governments to conduct workshops and orientation sessions on the different digital learning initiatives.
- Work closely with the Education team to develop implementation plans for UNICEF’s digital initiatives.
- Provide technical assistance to ensure schools and non-formal learning centres implement the digital learning initiatives effectively.
- Work closely with the selected schools to ensure the digital language labs are set up and functional.
- Provide technical inputs to observe and monitor teacher training sessions on blended
- Support the management, oversight, and coordination of partnerships (with government and civil society) and related contracts (IT enterprise, Telecommunications, private sector)
- Work closely with field offices and implementing partners to ensure teachers and facilitators receive on-going support to implement blended learning teaching practices in classrooms.
- Follow up with implementing partners and local governments to ensure proper
- implementation of digital learning activities.
- Monitor activities and document evidence that includes at least one human interest story/case study per quarter.
TASK
- Liaise with Education team, field office, CEHRD, CDC and partners to support the implementation of UNICEF Nepal’s digital innovation initiatives.
- Liaise with Education team and partners to implement the communication and dissemination plan for UNICEF’s digital initiatives.
- Provide follow up support on the distribution of IT devices.
- Provide technical input to the teacher training sessions.
- Coordinate with CEHRD, CDC, schools, learning centres and implementing partners to monitor the digital initiatives.
- Review implementation plans in liaison with CEHRD and partners
- Develop a quarterly progress report.
- Liaise with implementing partners and FO for implementation.
- Implement training plans in collaboration with schools, learning centres and partners.
- Document risks, challenges and lessons learned during start-up of initiatives.
- Coordinate with CDC, CEHRD and partners to ensure effective implementation of all digital initiatives.
- Support the delivery of training sessions.
- Develop quarterly progress report.
- Support the M&E officer to implement M&E plans for the initiatives
- Facilitate orientation and training sessions.
- Observe and monitor classrooms and CLCs
- Provide follow up support to teachers and facilitators on implementing blended learning in classrooms.
- Develop at least one Human Interest Story/case study.
- Develop quarterly progress report
- Observe and monitor classrooms and non-formal centres
- Facilitate refresher training sessions for teachers and facilitators
- Provide follow up support to teachers and facilitators on implementing blended learning in classrooms.
- Develop at least one Human Interest Story/case study.
- Develop progress report.
First Deliverable
- Submission of teacher training reports
- Submission of quarterly progress report
Second Deliverable
- Submission of training reports
- Submission of risk and challenges report
- Submission of Quarterly progress report
Third Deliverable
- Submission of event completion reports
- Submission of training/visit reports
- Submission of minimum one HIS
- Submission of quarterly progress report
Final Deliverable
- Submission of event completion reports
- Submission of training/visit reports
- Submission of progress report
Job Specification
Education:
Advance University degree in Education, IT or social sciences or discipline relevant to the assignment
Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required:
- A minimum of 5 years of experience working for education projects
- Familiar with the education context of Nepal including all federal structures
- Sound knowledge of government education policies especially related to ICT and innovation.
- Sound foundational learning activities, with a focus on English language teaching and learning and Digital literacy.
- Excellent communication, coordination, and rapport building skills including the ability to facilitate diverse groups (Government, CSOs, Technical Expert)
- Strong working knowledge of Nepali and English (at least at B2/C1 level)
- Experience in the capacity building of partners at the national, regional, and district levels
Skills required:
Teacher training, Strategic thinking, analytical skill, high-level coordination, networking, and facilitation skills
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