People Promote Center (PPC) Vacancy for Education Officer – Education System Strengthening

Vacancy Announcement

People Promote Center (PPC), Dhanusha is a nonprofit, non-government, and nonpolitical Humanitarian development organization of Madhesh Province. It is registered in Dhanusha and is affiliated with Social Welfare Council, Nepal. The core working themes of the organization are education, WASH, DRR, Health, governance and advocacy and gender issues. The organization's target groups include children, girls, adolescents, women, youth, and people with disability and other marginalized groups. The organization has been working with development organizations (I/NGOs), private sectors and local governments. To implement its current project on education PPC is looking for qualified, dynamic and self-motivated Nepali citizens for the following positions.

Position: Education Officer – Education System Strengthening

Nos: 7

Location:- to be based in districts (one person one district) of Madhesh province except Dhanusha.

Qualification

Bachelor’s degree in education or social science with three years of work experience in Education sector planning and budgeting or Master’s degree in education or social  science  with one year of work experience in Education sector planning budgeting.

Experience

1. Prepare programme implementation plan and budget breakdown based on signed programme document and detailed budget.

2. Coordinate with local level stakeholders to support the selected local governments in formulation of gender responsive and climate resilient local government school education sector plans.

3. Facilitate the implementation of local government level school education sector plans in coordination andcollaboration with the respective local governments, and track both the programmatic and financial progresses.

4. Ensure that the programmatic activities are timely implemented, budget are rationally utilized and intended quality programme results are achieved.

5. Ensure  strong  relationship  and  collaboration  with Education, Youth and Sports Units of local governments, EDCUs, schools, and other relevant stakeholders in the district.

6. Work in close coordination with relevant stakeholders and communities to strengthen synergetic effect to programming.

7. Prepare and submit event, monthly and quarterly progress reports  to  the  Technical  Specialist- Education and Programme Manager in the given format. Prepare and submit other reports as required by PPC and UNICEF.

8. Monitor, supervise, coach, and support in capacity building of Child Development Coordinator and Learning Recovery Coordinator.

9. Support and coordinate with local governments and head teachers for technical monitoring of ReAL classes implementation and guide Learning Recovery Coordinator in addressing issues observed in conduction of ReAL classes.

10. Provide technical support for implementation of the Education Common Package, SESP interventions and other partnership related interventions at the local government level.

11. Monitor the programme implementation status, contribute in capacity building, and get updates on Common Education Package and SESP development.

12. Facilitate joint monitoring and high-level missions.

13. Work closely with PPC team for advocacy, resource leveraging, collaboration, and synergy building.

14. Participate in and represent PPC at the district and local government level events.

15. Support in implementation of advocacy and communication plan.

16. Identify, collect, document, and share at least one best practices/case-studies/human interest stories each month.’

17. Provide technical and coordination support to education in emergency response including operationalization of education clusters in case of emergency.

Other skills and competencies required:

1. Good understanding of education sector including challenges and opportunities at the national and sub- national level.

2. Proven experience in working with district-level line agencies, local governments, communities and schools and the ability to lead, motivate and develop others.

3. Solid project design, implementation, monitoring and reporting skills.

4. Effective communication and presentation skills including facilitation of training, workshop, and meetings.

5. Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Office packages.

6. Strong interpersonal, advocacy, lobbying, networking, and documentation skills.

7. Sound understanding of local context of Madhesh province.

8. Fluency (reading and writing) in Nepali and English languages. Fluency in local languages of Madhesh province (Maithili, Bhojpuri, Bajika etc.) will be an advantage

Selection Process:

Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for written exam and an interview. The selection process may also include a skills assessment or other relevant evaluations.

Benefits:

As per Organization’s rules and regulation and donor's agreement.

Interested candidate can send their CV (Maximum 3 page and 1 page Cover letter) with the application letter by 3 June 2024 on or before 5 PM at the following email address: ppc2063@yahoo.com; ppc2063@gmail.com; or Documents can be submitted in office of PPC, Janakpur during office hours. Please submit application letter clearly mentioning the position applying in the subject line.

PPC respects child rights and strictly follows the child protection policy of the organization. PPC is an equal opportunities employer and strictly follows the merit-based selection.

All rights regarding conduct of examination, cancellation and selection of candidates shall be vested in PPC.

Especially women and members of ethnic or marginalized communities are encouraged to apply for these positions.