Non-Formal Education Manager

About EDC (Education Development Center)

Job Summary

The Non-Formal Education Manager will significantly contribute to the project design and implementation. This local hire position reports to the Chief of Party.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Overall Responsibility for implementing ‘Non-formal Education for Life and Work’ element, including literacy, numeracy, life skills and work readiness
• Finalize design and implementation plan for non-formal education element of project that lead to long-term livelihood improvements for target youth
• Strategize, set technical priorities; in conjunction with Chief of Party, lead implementation, and review technical progress related to non-formal education activities
• Work in close coordination with Work Skills and Employment Opportunities Manager to ensure delivery of an integrated program
• Work in close coordination with Gender Program Manager to develop and implement gender-specific mechanisms to reach target female youth
• Conduct outreach to identify potential local NGO partners
• Define criteria for selecting local NGOs for project implementation and oversee competitive bid process
• Oversee performance of partners implementing non-formal education activities
• Guide the process of identifying and developing Non-formal Education for Life and Work materials
• Finalize objectives, intermediate results and indicators for this project element (in collaboration with M and E Manager); improve data processing and reporting
• Contribute to weekly and quarterly reporting
• Develop and monitor technical deliverables
• Determine resource needs and oversee resource use
• Meet contractual obligations
• Participate in decisions concerning training content and format
• Travel to Nangarhar, Helmand and Kandahar as well as other provinces as program demands.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the COP.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree. Advanced university degree in relevant discipline preferred.
• Minimum of 5-8 years experience in designing and implementing donor-funded livelihood projects required, experience with USAID-funded projects strongly preferred. Similar experience in the private sector may be substituted for donor-funded project.
• Familiarity with gender mainstreaming desirable.
• Excellent computer skills, including use of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• Ability to work in teams and independently with minimum supervision.
• Ability and willingness to travel 25-50% of the time to the field.
• Fluency in English and Dari is a required, Pashto desirable

Submission Guideline

Qualified candidates are kindly requested to email their CV and cover letter for this position to 'recruitment-stay@edc.org'. The subject line should be the position title followed by candidate’s first and last names. For example, “Non-Formal Education Manager, Mohammad Shah." Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

This is the rolling recruitment process as this post is currently vacant, therefore as soon as we receive your application, the selection process (including interviews) will begin immediately. Applicants are advised to send CVs as soon as possible in order to be considered for the position.

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