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Zambia Open Community Schools |
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Posted 2018-10-09 01:23:00
JOB OPPORTUNITY
Zambia Open Community Schools
(ZOCS) exists to enable the Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) in Zambia,
especially the girl child and children with special educational needs, to
access quality education. ZOCS hopes to achieve this through Advocacy,
Capacity Building and support to Community Schools through Service Delivery,
mainstreaming the cross cutting issues of gender, HIV and AIDS and disability,
as well as learning-based monitoring and evaluation of its interventions.
ZOCS seeks to
recruit qualified candidates, preferably Ndola and Kabwe Residents, who are
self -motivated and result oriented to fill the following positions:
PROJECT OFFICER – NDOLA &
KABWE (2)
REPORTS TO – PROJECT COORDINATOR
PURPOSE OF THE POSITION
This Position will oversee and
implement the Project’s operations in selected Community Schools at the
District Level.
Roles and Responsibilities
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Provide oversight in the
planning, implementation and monitoring of project activities in the selected
Community Schools of the District.
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Manage the Equipment of the
District Resource Centre including Teacher Training Materials.
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Collaborate with SUAS Educational
Development in the design of the Teacher Training Programme and its
Implementation.
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Manage the Project Budget
allocated to selected Community Schools of the District.
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Collect data from the selected
Community Schools and submit to the Project Coordinator.
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Work closely with Zonal Insert
Coordinators in monitoring and mentorship of trained teachers.
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Work closely with the Independent
Project Evaluator during evaluation of the project.
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Coordinate Volunteer Teacher
Trainings.
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Represent the project at relevant
District Stakeholders’ Meetings.
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Produce activity reports and
tracking of Programme deliverables against the set objectives.
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Keep ZOCS Management and SUAS
informed of latest developments on the project (via the Project Coordinator).
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Perform other duties as assigned
by Management.
Qualifications
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Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced
Diploma in a relevant field (Project Management, Education, Development
Studies, and Social Work) or any other Social Science related field.
Skills/Experience
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At least two years of related
experience working in the Education Sector.
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Project Management Experience.
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Team Player with very good
interpersonal and communication skills.
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Very good analytical and report
writing skills.
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Ability to work with a variety of
people.
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Able to work effectively with
minimum supervision
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NGO experience desirable
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Understanding of Zambian
Education System preferably with knowledge of Community Schools.
Interested candidates should send
their application with detailed updated Curriculum Vitae to the Address below
not later than Wednesday, 10th October, 2018. Note that at this stage you are
not required to attach copies of credentials.
The Executive Director
Zambia Open Community Schools
P.O Box 50429
No. 20 Tito Road
Rhodespark
Lusaka
ONLY SHORT LISTED CANDIDATES SHALL BE CONTACTED