Position: Associate – Girls’ Education Program (GEP PA)
Location: Tra Cu, Tra Vinh
Employment: Full time
Organization Profile
Room to Read (RtR) is a global organization transforming the lives of millions of children in low- income countries by focusing on literacy and gender equality in education. Founded in 2000 on the belief that World Change Starts with Educated Children®, our innovative model focuses on deep, systemic transformation within schools in low-income countries during two time periods that are most critical in a child’s schooling: early primary school for literacy acquisition and secondary school
for girls’ education. We work in collaboration with local communities, partner organizations and governments to develop literacy skills and a habit of reading among primary school children and ensure girls can complete secondary school with the skills necessary to negotiate key life decisions.
By focusing on the quality of education provided within the communities and ensuring these outcomes are measured, we have created a model that can be replicated, localized and sustained by governments. Room to Read has benefited 11.5 million children across over 20,000 communities in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Grenada, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Laos, Nepal, Rwanda, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Vietnam and Zambia, and aims to reach 15 million children by 2020.
Position Overview
The GEP Program Associate’s overall responsibility is to work in team work with respective Field Manager (FM)/ Program Manager (PM) and Program Officer (PO) as well as other GEP members to ensure the program activities are on time implemented and have them monitored.
The PA will work closely with schools, students and teachers in the program areas.
Duties and Responsibilities
The position will work under the direct management of the Field Manager and Program Officer; specifically he/she will be responsible for:
Program Planning, Implementation & Training
- Attend “Train the Trainer” (ToT) trainings, led by the GEP Manager and/or Regional GEP Manager, on program implementation modules as appropriate.
- Support the Program Officer to conduct trainings for Social Mobilizers through co-facilitation of technical training sessions, as needed and appropriate or conduct trainings for Social Mobilizers as needed.
- Provide ongoing technical guidance to Social Mobilizers on program implementation in line with global program design.
- Manage Social Mobilizers:
- Ensure Social Mobilizers develop and track progress against monthly work plans.
- Support Social Mobilizers in planning and facilitating Room to Read’s life skills and mentoring activities for girls, and parent workshop sessions for the girls’ parents.
- Support may include helping a Social Mobilizer to set her schedule of parent workshops, observing a life skills or mentoring session and providing feedback, or other activities needed to help Social Mobilizers succeed in their core responsibilities.
- Support Social Mobilizers to mentor girls. This may include providing ideas for group discussion topics and coaching the Social Mobilizers on how to handle difficult topics.
- Ensure Social Mobilizers know how to identify and support girls at risk of dropping or failing out of school using RtR’s risk and response system.
- Support Social Mobilizers in engagement activities with families, schools, and communities. This may include providing advice on coordinating with the School Focal Point (main contact person at the school) and coaching on how to build rapport with community members.
- Ensure Social Mobilizers have adequate logistical support for all program activities, such as for trainings, meetings, and events, etc.
- Conduct weekly 1-on- 1 meetings with each Social Mobilizer.
- Conduct annual Social Mobilizer performance reviews.
- Support the Program Officer to plan content for one community-wide awareness event each year to mobilize support for girls’ education and gender equality.
- Support the Program Officer and co-facilitate meet-up activities for Girls’ Education Program alumnae.
- Conduct the needs assessment, verification, and selection process of girls for material support assistance in consultation with the Program Officer.
Monitoring, Reporting & Documentation
- Support the Program Officer to co-facilitate monthly Social Mobilizer review meetings as requested and appropriate.
- Conduct regular site-visits to schools to observe and monitor Social Mobilizer implementation of program activities.
- Manage and submit individual/team program expenses. Provide regular complete and accurate financial documentation and reports to the Finance Program Assistant or GEP Program Officer, as directed.
- Ensure Social Mobilizers are collecting and recording girls’ data including school attendance, academic performance, and participation in program activities as required per the program design.
- Ensure Social Mobilizers are documenting and reporting on school and home visits, parent workshops, and other community activities.
- Manage the process of conducting alumnae information surveys, including supporting Social Mobilizers to help conduct alumnae surveys as well.
- Participate in regular weekly 1-on- 1 meetings with supervisor-the Program Officer.
- Participate in donor site visits and provide information to donors about Room to Read’s Girl’s Education Program, as needed
- Document and/or collect best practices, case studies, and lessons learned and share with the GEP Manager, as needed
Other
- Regularly monitor and track progress against monthly work plan and activity implementation timeline.
- Prepare and review regular staff reports.
- Participate in regular country/field staff trainings and review meetings as planned.
- Other reasonable duties as assigned that may be required to fulfill the objectives of the organization.
Qualifications
- A university Degree in related fields: either sociology, women’s studies, social work, pedagogic Management.
- Minimum of 2 years of professional experience especially in girls’ education.
- Prior experience working with schools, teachers, administrators and government officials.
- Strong knowledge and understanding of gender issues in education.
- Strong planning, supervisory, management, training and coaching skills.
- Strong knowledge, experience on mentoring/ counseling especially for secondary & high school students.
- Ability to travel frequently to target provinces
- Strong verbal and written communication skills in English and Vietnamese.
- Good working experience with education programs/projects
- Good working experience with local partners, government and other INGOs.
Working location:
She/he will be working mainly in Tra Cu district, Tra Vinh province. She/he may travel for work to other provinces or cities upon the request of the organization.
To be successful as a member of the Room to Read team, you will also:
- Have passion for our mission and a strong desire to impact a dynamic nonprofit organization
- Be an innovative and creative thinker that tries new things and inspires others to do so
- Have a very high level of personal and professional integrity and trustworthiness
- Have a strong work ethic and require minimal direction
- Work well independently as well as part of a team
- Thrive in a fast-paced and fun environment
Expected starting: April 2018
Application Procedure:
Please send your Curriculum Vitae (in English) to HR department at [email protected] [1]
Application due: until the position is filled.
Due to the high volume of applicant response, not all applicants may receive a response from Room to Read. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Room to Read is an equal opportunity employer committed to identifying and developing the skills and leadership of people from diverse backgrounds.