Company Description
Education Development Center
(EDC) is a global nonprofit that
advances lasting solutions to improve education, promote health, and expand
economic opportunity. Since 1958, we have been a leader in designing,
implementing, and evaluating powerful and innovative programs in more than 80
countries around the world.
EDC
promotes equity and access to high quality education and health services and
products that contribute to thriving communities where people from diverse
backgrounds learn, live, and work together. We support an inclusive workplace
culture that embraces many perspectives and broadens our understanding of the
communities we serve, enhancing and enriching our work.
Job Description
Project Description
The
purpose of the Activity is to strengthen accountability and resilience across
the Ministry of Education (MOE) and other relevant semi-autonomous government
agencies (SAGAs) through improved collection, integration, and use of education
data and technology.
Roles:
The
Reading Assessment Specialist will work under the leadership of the Chief of
Party and will be responsible for all aspects of Assessment, including
overseeing the assessment activities with the Government of Kenya (GoK), sub
partners and grantees as well as developing and moderating learner assessment
test items where appropriate.
Qualifications:
The
candidate for the position of Reading Assessment Specialist shall have at a
minimum the following qualifications:
Education:
- A master’s degree in education, social
sciences, or related field from an accredited university.
Skills and Experience:
- At least 7 years of experience conducting
and supporting learner assessment or evaluation studies of large-scale
national reading programs in Kenya or East Africa.
- Strong knowledge of competency based and
school-based assessment, experience in assessment methodologies, designing
assessment frameworks, assessment tools and implementing assessments
including e-assessments.
- Ability to conduct continuous formative
and summative assessments, access digital assessment content and generate
and analyze assessment reports.
- Experience in successfully supporting
early grade reading assessments in large-scale national reading programs
in a developing country, preferably in Kenya or East Africa, is highly
desired.
- Demonstrated exemplary technical,
capacity building, communication, and interpersonal skills to ensure
internal coherence among diverse team members and productive relations
with the GoK, sub partners, and grantees.
- Experience with donor funded projects,
including contracts, and understanding of USAID rules and regulations.
- Ability to write, communicate, and
prepare reports clearly in English.
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