Community Engagement Advisor, Zambia READ
Position Summary
CHILDFUND INTERNATIONAL is seeking a Community Engagement
Advisor to work on an expected 5 year, USAID-funded Reading Project in Zambia.
Let’s Read Zambia will target approximately 1.4 million students in 4,000
public and community primary schools, including Early Childhood Centers that
are clustered in an estimated 400 zones in 48 districts in the provinces of
Lusaka, Southern, Muchinga, Eastern, and Northwestern. The Activity will ensure
that students attending Grades 1, 2, and 3 in Zambian public and community
schools in five targeted provinces will have an opportunity to learn to read
grade level text with comprehension and to write at grade level in one of the
seven local official languages of instruction: Cinyanja, Chitonga, Icibemba,
Kiikaonde, Lunda, Luvale and Silozi after three years of primary schooling in
Grades 1-3.
The Community Engagement Advisor will provide leadership and
technical assistance in community engagement activities to implement better
education initiatives within the Zambian education system and to build local
community champions for literacy. This will include:
- Developing
and implementing a strategy for involvement of local communities, schools,
local educational authority and the project into improving education in
Zambia with specific focus on literacy
- Developing
public private partnerships
- Working
closely with community partners and maintain an active network of
community-based and other local and national organizations with whom the
project is partnering to increase awareness of, advocacy for, and access
to improved education services
- Working
closely with community leaders and school teachers to promote their active
participation at all levels in strengthening linkages with community-based
organizations and activities as well as with other key stakeholders
Eligibility: Zambian nationals are encouraged to
apply.
This position is contingent on funding.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s
degree in education, community development, or any field related degree
relevant to the broad areas of community engagement
- At
least 7 years’ experience designing, implementing, and managing large,
complex, community engagement programs in the field of education
- Experience
working within government education systems or in close collaboration with
Ministries of Education
- Demonstrated
competence in assessing priorities and in managing a variety of activities
in a time-sensitive environment, and in meeting deadlines with attention
to detail and quality
- Strategic
thinker with people skills and managerial, coordination, and
organizational skills
- Demonstrated
strong written and verbal communication skills, including public speaking
- Experience
working in the education sector in Africa, particularly in Zambia is
preferred
- Sound
knowledge of USAID rules and regulations
- Proficiency
in English is required
Eligibility: Zambian nationals are encouraged to
apply.
This position is contingent on funding.
Interested applicants are advised to email their
applications and detailed CVs to zambiaoffice@childfund.org and hmusukula@childfund.org . Application
letters clearly stating the position being applied for as the subject matter to
the above address are due no later than 5:00 pm 2nd February,
2018.
Please note that only short listed candidates will be
contacted.
ChildFund Zambia is an equal opportunity employer.
