System Strengthening Lead at Mott MacDonald November, 2022

 

Job Description

• Shule Bora is designed for profound and sustained impact in the basic education sub-sector through supporting the establishment and strengthening of more effective management systems and procedures that enable sustainable long-term improvements in pre-primary and primary education. The System Strengthening Coordinator will lead efforts geared towards this objective. This will entail leading and catalysing policy dialogue with Government of Tanzania (GoT) supporting the Education Programme for Results (EP for R II) in its quest to improve budget predictability, strengthen resource allocation systems delivery through institutional capacity building. In addition, the position holder will support the delivery of project outputs under the systems strengthening outcome by providing technical leadership in the design of interventions and supporting Programme Technical Leads and Regional Coordinators to implement them.  

The following are the core responsibilities of the position holder:

• Lead the operationalisation/implementation of the following Disbursement Linked Indicators (DLIs) in accordance with the EP for R POM:
• DLI1.5: Primary Schools become more inclusive. This will entail, among others, leading the implementation of the Primary school inclusion Plan (PSIP) and training of all LGAs on PISP.
• 3.1a: The share of public expenditure allocated to the education sector is 20%.
• 3.1b: The budget releases in support of key programme activities is maintained or increased.
• Teacher Workforce Planning and Management (new DLI – under development).
• Working closely with the Programme Technical Lead, lead the design of interventions that will support the timely achievement of the following progress indicators: 
• Output indicator #3.1: Number/Percentage of schools achieving at least 5 out of 10 management performance indicators, 
• Output indicator 5.1: Percent of annual IVT recommendations on EPforR system strengthening implemented by GOT.
• Outcome indicator # 4.3: Inequity of the Pupil-Teacher Ratio in Government primary schools, by region, output indicator.
• Lead the Cambridge Education Shule Bora team in policy dialogue with government of Tanzania (GoT) and support GoT’s efforts in all efforts related to policy formulation.
• Focal person in supporting the GoT in strengthening the institutional process for prioritizing the assignment of new Teaching and Learning (T&LM) to the schools with the greatest shortages (DLI 1.4), including full implementation of the T&LM Replenishment Plan. 
• Support and work closely with the EPforR Coordinator to implement the capacity building plan for the PforR Coordination Unit.
• Contribute to technical planning, regular monitoring and assurance of progress, and quality assurance of deliverables
• Working with the Technical Leads and Regional Coordinators, support the delivery of outputs 4 and 5 of the programme, namely “education authorities at the local and regional levels are supported to better plan, manage and support primary schools and teachers” and “national institutions with responsibilities for primary education are supported to improve education service delivery”

Candidate Specification

Skills 

• Ability to work with Government officials across all levels
• Ability to prioritise and work under pressure.
• Ability to work in a collaborative team setting.
• Proficient in using MS packages, particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong organisational skills, reliability, and adherence to ethical standards
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Fluency in written and spoken English, Kiswahili preferred.

Experience 

• Experience in development work in the education sector of Tanzania
• Experience in a senior position
• Experience in results-based financing programmes
• Experience in the fields of policy formulation and implementation the education sector
• Experience in supervising short term sub consultants working to deliver programme goals

Knowledge 

• Knowledge of Tanzanian education system

More about Mott MacDonald

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• A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs.
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