Vacant
Positions: Education Assistant
9
Positions
Locations: Nairobi, Machakos, Nakuru, Mombasa, Eldoret, Nanyuki,
Kisumu, Garissa and Isiolo
RTI
is an independent organization dedicated to conducting innovative,
multidisciplinary research that improves the human condition.
RTI’s
International Education Division supports education development around the
world by strengthening education policy, management and practice in order to
achieve measurable improvement in teaching and learning. RTI anticipates
staffing the following job positions for TUSOME, a donor funded Project.
TUSOME
Project is a national literacy intervention focused on curriculum support,
teacher training and teaching material development to improve the quality of
early grade instruction in formal and non-formal schools through a reading
intervention.
Education
Assistant
9
Positions – Nairobi, Machakos, Nakuru, Mombasa, Eldoret, Nanyuki,
Kisumu, Garissa and Isiolo
The
Education Assistant will provide support to Tusome technical activities that
include; materials development, organization of technical workshops and
training of Curriculum Support Officers (CSOs), head-teachers and teachers.
S/he
will work with the Ministry of Education (MOE) officials and RTI technical
staff to help implement instructional approaches to be used in Tusome Project.
S/he
will provide support for Curriculum Support Officers (CSOs) in teacher support
and activities related to research in literacy.
Required
qualifications and experience:
·
A Bachelor’s degree in Education or a
Bachelor’s Degree in Arts with a Post Graduate Diploma in Education or a
related field with at least five (5) years of experience working in Education
sector.
·
Experience with data collection and
research, teacher training and (MOE) support, especially related to literacy
programs.
·
Experience supervising and training
data collectors;
·
Knowledge of Kiswahili and English
instruction in Kenya and Fluency in English and Kiswahili.
Candidates
from the above mentioned counties are encouraged to apply.
To
apply, email your cover letter and CV to hrapplications@nb.rti.org by 23rd
November, 2016.
Applicants
must include POSITION and REGION in the subject line of the email.
Please
do not attach copies of certificates. We regret that only shortlisted
applicants will be contacted.
Please
note: RTI International does not use agents or require any form of payment in
the recruitment process.
We
are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V