Twaweza, a dynamic East
Africa wide organization, is looking for a competent, effective and energetic Regional
Manager, What Works in Education (WWE)
Job Title: Manager
Unit: What Works in Education (WWE)
Cluster: Programs
Salary Grade: 8
Reports to: Director Programs and Services
Supervises: Program Officer, consultants, interns
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Overall Role: You will manage the
What Works in Education unit at the regional level within Twaweza East
Africa.
You will be responsible to
lead the team that generates evidence, ideas, data and stories of effective
interventions through reference to global and local experience, experimentation
and analysis.
You will establish and
coordinate a dynamic and effective team is in place that seeks collaboration
with particularly the Data and Voice and Public and Policy Engagement units.
Specific Responsibilities
1. Implement
the WWE program in Tanzania and supervise and support the Program Officer, WWE
Kenya and Program Officer, WWE Uganda.
2. Together
with team members, gather and organize knowledge of rigorous, locally relevant
and credible evidence of what works in improving learning outcomes.
3. Create
a knowledge database consisting of an accessible and well referenced system of
experiences, studies and literature reviews.
4. In
collaboration with Public and Policy Engagement, create a forum for
interveners, researchers and policy makers, where crucial evidence can be
presented and discussed.
5. Drawing
on the academic as well as a practical body of work, set up Twaweza’s Positive
Deviance program in education: systematically searching, validating and testing
successful locally led solutions that deviate from the norm.
6. Oversee
the Kiufunza research implemented by third party; a large scale RCT on teacher
motivation. Contribution will be programmatic and intellectual, contributing to
program design and partnering with the local and global research community.
7. Lead
small scale research projects that are informed by our learning from existing
knowledge. Aim is to find potential solutions that are articulate and simple in
design and are in principle scalable
8. Document
lessons in a structured fashion on all aspects of WWE.
9. Manage
the production of compelling written products on a regular basis, including
high quality policy briefs, analyses, research papers, blogs and other social
media for local and global audiences.
10. Present
findings at various events, locally, regionally and globally.
11. Continually
monitor and reflect on quality and effectiveness of the What Works program, and
propose adaptations and improvements.
General Responsibilities
1. Successfully
implement above responsibilities and assigned activities in work plans and
budgets, consistent with Twaweza Policies.
2. Contribute
effectively to planning, monitoring, reporting and information dissemination of
Uwezo’s/Twaweza’s work.
3. Collaborate
with Twaweza staff across units and countries in a spirit of mutual respect and
cooperation to get things done.
4. Communicate
your work through active use of internal platform (SalesForce), electronic
calendar (Gcal) and being accessible on electronic chat (Skype) as per Twaweza
requirements.
5. Participate
actively in organization-wide learning and other joint activities.
6. Comply
with and foster adherence to the established Twaweza values, policies,
regulations, guidelines and procedures.
7. Undertake
any other lawful tasks as may be assigned by your Supervisor and/or Executive
Director.
Core Qualifications
1. Masters
or PhD of Arts/Science qualification in education, other social sciences,
public policy or related area.
2. At
least seven years of relevant work experience in education, research and
analysis.
3. Good
knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research.
4. Excellent
communication and writing skills in English and Swahili with demonstrable
attention to detail.
5. Demonstrable
computer proficiency including web based applications.
6. Good
management skills and ability to work independently and as a part of a team.
7. Ability
to deliver on short notice where necessary and with minimum supervision.
Changes and Amendments: This job description
may be amended by Twaweza after consultation with the employee and the
supervisor.
Application process:
To apply for this position,
please submit your CV (max 4 pages) tojobs@twaweza.org, including a cover letter
explaining your interests/motivations to work for Twaweza, and 2 samples of
your written work and names of 3 referees, in MS Word or PDF file. In the
subject of your email write your name, position you are applying for and
country.
Deadline for the submission is 15th January 2017.
