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Senior Technical Lead – Disability Inclusion Shule Bora
Location: International, Dodoma, Tanzania
Contract: Two Year Fixed Term (with possibility of extension)
Sightsavers is recruiting for a Senior Technical Lead – Disability Inclusion
for an anticipated six-year, DFID-funded education programme in
Tanzania. Shule Bora (Quality School) seeks to improve quality,
inclusiveness, and safety of learning for all 11.5 million girls and
boys in government pre-primary and primary schools in Tanzania. In
addition to providing support to government systems at the national
level, Shule Bora will provide additional focused support to an
estimated 4.4 million children in 9 regions.
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Contract: Two Year Fixed Term (with possibility of extension)
Location: Dodoma, Tanzania
Salary: circa TZS 135,679,124 per annum. Local terms and conditions apply including regional benefits.
About the role:
The Senior Technical Lead – Disability Inclusion
will be based in Dodoma and will work closely with the Government of
Tanzania, Ministry of Education Science and Technology (MoEST), the
President’s Office Regional and Local Government (PO-RALG), Regional
Governments, District Governments and other key stakeholders to
collaboratively achieve the Shule Bora Outcome related to disability:
‘Children with disabilities access and learn in schools’ (one of four
Programme Outcomes).
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The Senior Technical Lead – Disability Inclusion will be required to:
- Design, develop and support the implementation of project
interventions to address the inclusion of children with disabilities in
education - Provide technical guidance and quality assurance to project
interventions designed specifically to address problems related to
children with disabilities - Provide oversight across the programme to ensure that all interventions across all four outcomes are disability inclusive
- Work closely with monitoring, evaluation, learning and research
teams to ensure that interventions are informed by, and generate
evidence, to adapt to become more efficient and effective
(implementation research) - Manage a team (based in Dodoma, and across the 9 implementation regions) to oversee disability inclusive project interventions
This is an involved role, please read the full job description
About you:
The ideal candidate will have strategic leadership experience and
technical level expertise in both disability and education. You will
have the ability to represent the organisation; build collaboration and
develop partnerships with external stakeholders, especially in
governments and local organisations.
It is anticipated that you will be a Tanzanian national with strong
connections to the Tanzanian Ministry of Education. You will possess
excellent oral and written English language skills and knowledge of
Swahili would be a real advantage.
Preferred experience/ qualifications for the Senior Technical Lead – Disability Inclusion:
- A postgraduate qualification or substantial equivalent experience in
a relevant field (education, social work/social inclusion, disability
studies etc.). - Excellent knowledge of current issues and best practice in the
fields of education and disability inclusion. Experience in gender and
inclusive development would be an advantage. - Demonstrable experience of working in the education sector in Tanzania and/or other development contexts.
- Experience of designing/managing disability inclusive education
programmes designed to facilitate the inclusion of the most marginalised
children and promote their learning. - Familiarity with international and Tanzanian legislation and
policies in the field inclusive education, and knowledge of the key
national and international networks and organisations working on
inclusive education. - Understanding and experience of introducing and using accessible and
assistive technology to support the learning needs of children with
disabilities. - Experience in developing training materials and coordinating the
facilitation and evaluation of training sessions in low-resource
settings, particularly with people with disabilities. - Experience in collating, synthesising and disseminating best practice guidance and programme learning.
- Experience in using participatory methodologies for planning, evaluation or research.
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Next steps:
We will review and assess applications upon receipt. Unfortunately,
we cannot accept CVs for this position, unless accompanying a completed
application made via our recruitment portal. Sightsavers is preparing
to bid for this programme and this role is dependent upon the outcome of
that process.
Closing date: We will review and assess applications
upon receipt so please complete your application as soon as you are
able to after reviewing the job description
Interviews: We anticipate that remote interviews will be held in early September 2020
