Girls’ Education Specialist at Education Development Trust :Deadline: 11-10-2022

Job Description

Job title : Girls’ Education Specialist

Group : Education Services

Dept/Project/Service: BLF Rwanda

Reports to : Education Technical Lead

Usual office base : Kigali, Rwanda

Job summary and purpose:

The Girls’ Education Specialist will be responsible for all matters concerned with BLF girls’ education strategy, monitoring and evaluation of the Girls’ Education interventions (including but not limited to the focus on gender-responsive pedagogy and girls’ clubs at school) to ensure alignment with MINEDUC Policies and guidelines. S/he will collaborate with national education agencies and partners to support girls’ equitable access to education, continuation, and performance.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Work with BLF consultants to support the review of MINEDUC girls’ education policy and develop its implementation
• Provide technical assistance and support to the Government of Rwanda in the implementation of interventions focused on girls’ education. Work closely with Government agencies (e.g., MINEDUC, REB, NESA, MIGEPROF, etc.) and key partners on girls’ education, to design and implement practical approaches to girls’ education in
• Support the review of the content and approach for the Girls’ club model based on pilot analysis.
• Design and deliver training for District training teams on girls’ education and set up CoPs for
• Monitor the implementation of girls’ clubs in pilot schools, analyse results and design strategies for scale up of the
• Facilitate meetings and events to popularize and communicate the findings from BLF girls’ education initiatives and interventions, including awareness raising through the media.
• Support community mobilization and capacity building of education authorities and other
• Collect international/regional best practices on gender sensitive (and/or girls’ education) plans including desk research from developing countries and deliver a session to local government education
• Analyse and address barriers to educational access, continuation, and performance of girls in Rwanda and adapt rapidly to changing priorities and
• Contribute to the BLF quarterly
• Represent EDT/BLF within Rwanda in all meetings related to gender and girls’ education.

Person specification:

Knowledge:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Pedagogy, Education Sciences, Social sciences, or any other relevant subject from a reputed
• Thorough knowledge of Rwanda’s education legal, policy and institutional framework and system.
• Knowledge of the Rwanda’s gender policies and
• Technical knowledge in the sector of girls’ education and
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English. Kinyarwanda absolute requirement.

Experience:

• Experience of implementing successful programmes aligned with girls’ education, gender mainstreaming, inclusion and/or related
• Experience in delivering interventions to support girls’ retention, progression and learning in
• Experience of leading and/or advising on gender-transformative programmes at different stages of the project process including design, implementation, monitoring, and learning.
• Experience in teaching, training/workshop planning and

Skills:

Essential

• Effective organisational and management
• Excellent writing
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, also with school staff, parents, local and national level
• Strong team building

Key Competencies for the role:

Education Development Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and relevant police checks.

How to Apply

Please visit the following websites for detailed information . The deadline is on the 11th of October 2022.

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