Project Officer (1 Position)
Project Officer, KAPE is a well-established local NGO with a portfolio of 20 on-going projects across Cambodia that seek to develop the capacity of schools and communities to fulfill the right of every child to have a good quality and effective education. KAPE has been chosen as the partner agency of Kinchan Stiftung Foundation to implement a project called Happy Cambodian Children (HCC). The project is being implemented in close cooperation with the district level and also Provincial of Education in the target areas. This project will be implemented over 8 years starting 2017 with eventual expansion to other provinces.
The Project Officer will be responsible for increasing school accessibility at primary education as well as school management and leadership.
The salary scale will range from 2,200,000 Riel to 2,400,00 Riel based on the previous background, and they will be full-time working.
- To orientate all of project activities and other forms to school principals, teachers and other stakeholders.
- To provide technical support in terms of education program and financial management, implementation and monitoring to school principals, teachers, and other relevant stakeholders.
- To conduct/facilitate initial and refresher training, coaching and mentoring on education to school principals, teachers and relevant stakeholders.
- To implement activities related to project team and ensure the program activities are timely complete with attention to quality assurance and cost-effectiveness.
- To participate and support the development of HCC Monthly activity appropriate to meet the goal and objectives of HCC/KAPE.
- To prepare monthly planning, cash forecast, and verify school grant expenses/fund disbursement by ensuring the fund deliver in accordance to budget approved plan, financial policy/procedures, and prevent collusion or malpractice of managing HCC fund.
- To support and liaise with school principals, education officials at district and community level and relevant partners to carry out surveys/identify and propose site selection for implementing HCC project’s initiatives.
- Work with selected sites (schools) to develop and review their applications and ability to mobilize challenge grant and ensure they deliver on their portion of the challenge grant and on all terms of agreement with HCC/KAPE.
- Make regular visits to project sites to discuss/meet with relevant stakeholders and monitor the projects’ progresses and assess impacts, understand the challenges and needs of stakeholders.
- Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field (e.g, education, development, or management) or equivalent
- At least 2 years of experience in teacher training and/or school development
- Ability to work in a team
- Ability to relate well to Government counterparts
- Ability to monitor project implementation based on indicators agreed with the donor.
- Good administrative skills for managing an education development project
- Ability to work well with the government education system and school directors
- Ability to travel to target schools by themselves with motorbike/other vehicles
- Previous experience in CFS interventions in primary and pre-primary schools
- Ability to communicate in English are advantageous
- Ability to use Microsoft Office, e.g. Word and Excel
Project-Based Mentors (5 Positions)
Project-Based Mentors with 8 provincial locations, KAPE is a well-established local NGO with a portfolio of 20 on-going projects across Cambodia that seek to develop the capacity of schools and communities to fulfill the right of every child to have a good quality and effective education. KAPE has been chosen as the partner agency of Kinchan Stiftung Foundation to implement a project called Happy Cambodian Children (HCC). The project is being implemented in close cooperation with the district level and also Provincial of Education in the target areas. This project will be implemented over 8 years starting 2017 with eventual expansion to other provinces.
The Project-Based Mentors will be responsible for increasing the quality of student learning outcome at primary education.
The salary scale will range from 2,400,000 Riel to 2,800,00 Riel based on the previous background, and they will be full-time working.
Location: 5 positions for the Project-Based Mentor: (one position in Siem Reap), (one position in Banteay Meanchey), (one position in Tboung Khmum), (one position in Prey Veng) and (one position in Stung Treng).
- Provide pedagogical advice to teachers and contract teachers.
- Train teachers in helping students with special learning needs to achieve proficiency in both reading (and mathematics).
- Under the supervision of the Senior Mentor, organize a school-based mentoring program (in each school) that involves classroom observations, remote observations (using the Observic Mentoring Platform), individualized teacher conferencing, support for teacher career path planning, and archiving videos of teacher practice so that teachers can see how their practice has evolved.
- Conduct meetings with parents and students to promote reading.
- Visit families with students who have difficulty learning.
- Support the Deputy Director in organizing the Community Vocational Study Tour (PLC).
- Work with schools to mobilize resources to purchase books, teaching materials, and other work.
- Help the school to create creative activities to promote reading, such as children helping children (i.e., peer tutoring), friends, help colleagues, study clubs, etc.
- Organize reflections on technical work with stakeholders.
- Make a monthly plan that outlines tech support activities focused on student proficiency in literacy and numeracy.
- Train stakeholders on teaching techniques to teachers and relevant officials.
- Assist in the administration of EGRA and EGMA tests as part of baseline, midline, and endline assessments.
- Attend program-wide meetings as might be requested by the Program Manager.
- Master’s Degree or equivalent in Education (graduated from NIE/NGPRC is motivated)
- 2-3 years’ experience of working in the education sector as a teaching teacher/outstanding teacher, especially NGO field
- Ability to relate well to Government counterparts
- Demonstrated ability to engage and mentor key stakeholders
- Ability to travel to target schools by themselves with motorbike/other vehicles
- Previous experience in CFS interventions in primary and pre-primary schools,
- Ability to communicate in English are advantageous
- Ability to use Microsoft Office, e.g. Word and Excel
