Regional Lead | Afar

DEC is a local CSO established in 2007 and re-registered in May 2019 as per the new Authority for CSO Proclamation by the Ethiopian government bearing a registration number of 0009. The organization has five major programs; Child Well-being and Education Development Program, Gender and Life Skill Development, Employable Skills Development Program, Advocacy, and Humanitarian Emergency Program. DEC actively works in six National Regional States and one city administration of Ethiopia namely Amhara, Afar, Oromia, Tigray, Gambela, Benishangul Gumuz, and Addis Ababa City Administration. DEC would like to recruit for the following position.

Job Summary

The Regional Lead will lead efforts to contextualize, implement, and oversee all project activities at the regional and community levels. He/She works closely with the Regional Education Bureaus (REBs), Zonal, Woreda education offices, and other relevant stakeholders to roll out policies and strengthen school leaders’ and teachers’ capacity. He/ She engages with key stakeholders to help achieve project goals, and implement, and institutionalize access to quality and safe education-related policies, and interventions.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with REBs to contextualize national and global policies and frameworks including on school leadership, gender and inclusion, and continuous professional development.
• Roll out contextualized training of trainers (ToT) for REBs, zonal and woreda education offices, school leaders, and cluster supervisors.
• Lead capacity-building workshops on topics such as data management, reporting, accelerated learning, gender and inclusion, and English language with support from project technical leads.
• Disseminate contextualized policies to schools and support regional teams to strengthen the capacity of school leaders, teachers, and PTSAs.
• Work with REBs, zonal, and woreda education offices to implement the English costed plan for improving English teaching and cross-curricular English use with support from the English Language Specialist.
• Collaborate with MEAL staff to monitor the regional activities and contribute to the larger project MEAL strategic and implementation plan.
• Manage and coordinate regional teams ensuring the provision of timely and effective support.
• Conduct regular site visits to provide technical and operational assistance and ensure effective implementation and monitoring of project activities at the regional and community levels.
• Effectively communicate regional program implementation updates and findings to the Deputy Team Lead, program staff, and external stakeholders, to facilitate informed decision-making and coherence and coordination with other regions.
• Engage with stakeholders to ensure alignment with national policies and secure support for the program’s initiatives.
• Working with relevant staff and other consortium member agencies, identify and mitigate risks associated with the delivery of project activities as part of overall risk management.

Additional skill

• Ability to provide leadership and harness the multi-disciplinary skills of the technical personnel and consortium partners.
• Good Managerial skill and Staff management experience, with experience in leading and motivating individuals and teams to deliver high-quality activities and achieve program outcomes.
• Ability to work with and build effective relationships with a broad range of stakeholders, including government, civil society, and communities.
• Good Communication Skills.

Gender: Female/Male

Required No.1

Educational Background and experience.

• MA/BA in education, public administration, international development, or related field. A Master’s is preferred with a minimum of 4-6 years of relevant work experience