Overview
Provide technical guidance to schools and non-formal centers to implement Edtech initiatives and online resources on Skills for Employability. Support the planning and implementation of digital learning platforms, accessible digital textbooks, and build pedagogical capacity of teachers and facilitators on blended learning.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical guidance on the implementation and evaluation of Edtech and skills for employability initiatives.
- Liaise with implementing partners and local governments to ensure quality delivery of digital learning initiatives.
- Write a monthly update with key implementation and progress information.
- Document the planning, testing, and delivery of online platforms.
- Liaise with CEHRD, CDC and other stakeholders on institutional capacity building of accessible digital textbooks initiative.
- Provide technical support to implementing partners, schools, non-formal learning centres and local governments to conduct workshops and orientation sessions.
- Provide technical assistance to ensure schools and non-formal learning centres implement online resources for the development of skills for employability effectively.
- Support the management, oversight, and coordination of partnerships and related contracts.
- Work closely with field offices and implementing partners to ensure teachers and facilitators receive on-going support.
- Monitor activities and document evidence that includes at least one human interest story/case study per quarter.
- Liaise with Education team, CEHRD, UNICEF global teams to develop an implementation plan and timelines on the digital resources on skills for employability.
- Liaise with Education team and partners to develop a communication and dissemination plan for UNICEF’s EdTech and Skills initiatives.
- Liaise with team to develop an implementation plan for scale up of Akelius initiative
- Provide technical input to the teacher training resources on blended learning.
- Coordinate with CEHRD, CDC, schools, learning centres and implementing partners to institutionalize existing pilot initiatives.
- Develop a quarterly progress report.
- Support implementation of the digital resources on skills for employability plans.
- Implement teacher training plans in collaboration with schools, learning centres and partners.
- Document risks, challenges and lessons learned during start-up of skills for employability initiatives.
- Coordinate with CDC, CEHRD and partners to ensure effective scale up of ADT.
- Support the delivery of training sessions.
- Support the M&E officer to develop robust M&E plans for the initiatives.
- Work closely with education section and CEHRD to quality assure digital resources and support the implementation of online platform.
- Facilitate orientation and training sessions.
- Observe and monitor classrooms.
- Provide follow-up support to teachers and facilitators on implementing blended learning in classrooms.
- Develop at least one Human Interest Story/case study.
- Observe and monitor classrooms and non-formal centres.
- Facilitate refresher training sessions for facilitators on implementing online courses.
- Provide follow up support to teachers and facilitators on implementing blended learning in classrooms.
- Develop progress report.
Required Experience
- A minimum of 7 years of experience working for education projects with focus on EdTech and learning management systems
- Familiar with the education context of Nepal including all federal structures.
- Experience in the capacity building of partners at the national, regional, and district levels
Qualifications
• Advanced university degree in Education, IT or social sciences or discipline relevant to the assignment
