4 GPE Project Regional Coordinator Job Placements - Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Sports ~ Ugandan Jobline Jobs

Organization: Ministry of

Education, Science, Technology and Sports

Project Name: Uganda Teacher

and School Effectiveness Project (UTSEP)

Funding Source: Global

Partnership for Education (GPE)

Duty Station: Mbarara,

Mpigi, Gulu, Mbale, Uganda

Reports to: Lead ICT

Specialist

The Government

of Uganda has received a grant from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE)

as support towards the implementation of the Education Sector Strategic Plan

(ESSP) through the Uganda Teacher and School Effectiveness Project (UTSEP). The

Project Development Objective is to support the Government in improving teacher

and school effectiveness in the public primary education system, by enhancing

teacher competences, effort and resourcing; strengthening governance and

provision of facilities at schools; and providing technical assistance for

implementation support and capacity building.

Job Summary:  The Regional Co-ordinator will provide hands

on implementation support for the implementation of the DES ICT sub component

at regional level (covering a number of districts). The regional coordinator

shall carry out implementation of rollout activities consisting mainly of end

user training, Training of Trainers, logistical support and management for all

trainings. He / she will also support to DES regional offices and Local

Governments within the region includes coordination of training activities,

monitoring the implementation of the system, monitoring system usage, end user

feedback and set up and management of stakeholder linkages at district and

regional levels. The Regional coordinator shall work as the first line of

support for end users and DES inspectors who shall work with the ICT systems in

the collection of data. The incumbent will also provide logistical support and be

carrying out preparations for training of inspectors and preparations for

national scale up, implementation of and management of the eduTrac system as

key support to the DES regional teams.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

·        
Provide hands on support and coordinate to

regionally based DES focal persons for user training of district inspectors and

assessors on the use of the e-reporting tool.

·        
Work closely with DES focal persons, coordinate and

carry out the rollout of eduTrac at school level within specified DES regions

·        
Serve as the primary point of call for end users and

provide troubleshooting at the regional level.

·        
Actively monitor and guide District officials in

regards to usages of the ICT systems together with DES inspectors in the

allocated region(s) to ensure reports are provided regularly, constantly and on

time by schools and reporters.

·        
Prepare, present, inform and collect feedback on

system results to DES inspectors at a regional level, district inspectors and

MESTS

·        
Regularly interact with Local Government officials

and stakeholders.

·        
Update written guidelines for systems use and

administration for district, school and community level users during the course

of project implementation.

·        
The incumbent will send Software Programmer(s) with

feedback from user experience testing for the system to continuously improve

the information flow, collection process and how the data collected through the

systems shall be visualized.

·        
Carryout quality control of data sent in by system

users

·        
Responsible for document implementation activities

as part of knowledge management.

Qualifications, Skills and

Experience: 

·        
The applicants should hold bachelor’s degrees in

Statistics, ICT, Education with ICT or related fields as well as a track record

of providing or facilitating training at Local Government and community levels.

·        
At least five years of related professional

experience

·        
Three years’ experience with implementation and roll

out IT systems

·        
Broad knowledge, understanding and experience of use

of ICT systems.

·        
Prior experience as a capacity builder, trainer and

facilitator.

All suitably

qualified and interested candidates should send their applications addressed to

the Ag. Commissioner, Human Resource Management,

Ministry of

Education, Science, Technology and Sports,

4th Floor,

Embassy House, Kampala. Uganda

Deadline: 10^th October, 2015