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Date Posted: Friday, October 18, 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Introduction
The Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) is a forum for policy dialogue on education and it is hosted by the African Development Bank Group in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Its vision is to create “high-quality African education and training geared towards the promotion of critical skills for accelerated and sustainable development in Africa”. ADEA’s mission therefore is to “serve as an open and flexible Pan-African organization that informs and facilitates the transformation of education and training to drive Africa’s accelerated and sustainable development”. It acts as a catalyst in promoting innovative policies and practices through the pooling of ideas, experiences, learning and knowledge. ADEA’s overall goal is to contribute to empowering African countries to develop education and training systems that respond to their emergent needs and drive Africa’s sustainable social and economic transformation.
ADEA’s main organs are its Steering Committee (SC), Executive Committee (EC), the Secretariat, nine (9) Inter-Country Quality Nodes (ICQNs), one (1) Working Group (WG) and the Task Force on Education Management and Policy Support.
The general objective of the ADEA ICQNs is to act as catalysts for innovative policies and practices in education and training. The Government of Rwanda through the Ministry of Education has expressed interest and commitment to champion and lead the ICQN Teaching and Learning (ICQN-TL).
The ICQN on Teaching and Learning (ICQN-TL) is an intergovernmental forum for policy dialogue and collaborative action among African Ministers of Education and strategic partners for advancing quality teaching and learning in their respective countries and in Africa as a whole. The collaborative approach and networking will support the exchange of knowledge on concepts, research findings and capacity building to respond to the varying contexts in which teaching and learning programs are implemented.
To achieve its objective under the new Strategic Plan, ADEA will provide additional human capacity support to the ICQN-TL through embedding a dedicated Project Officer (PO).
To this end, ADEA through its ICQN-TL and in collaboration with the Ministry of Education of Rwanda is in the process of recruiting one Project Officer based in Kigali/Rwanda.
The overall mandate of the Project Officer will be to provide day-to-day support to the ICQN-TL coordinator working with the focal points and resource persons for the activity implementation in the ICQN-TL member countries.
The Project Officer will be based in Kigali, Rwanda and will work closely with, and report to, the Senior Project Officer based in Abidjan. He (she) will be supporting the ICQN – TL Coordinator on a daily basis particularly in improving communication and coordination within the ICQN-TL member countries.
The position is therefore open to nationals who reside in Rwanda. .

Job Responsibilities:
Under the general supervision of the ADEA Senior Project Officer, the ICQN Project Officer will:
• Provide guidance to the ICQN-TL through the provision of dedicated activity implementation and communications support;
• Contribute to the improvement of the M&E processes and knowledge dissemination from the respective ICQN;
• Track the day-to-day progress of implementation of specific activities of the ICQN-TL;
• Write quarterly status reports of activity implementation in the member countries of the ICQN-TL, under the guidance of the ICQN Coordinator and submit to the ADEA Secretariat;
• Collaborate with the Secretariat to produce timely integrated performance reports;
• Obtain news-worthy information from the ICQN-TL for review by the Senior Project Officer for publication and dissemination;
• Contribute to the development of the ADEA newsletter;
• Provide contents during the regional meeting;
• Support the focal points in undertaking country-level case studies that will contribute to the regional forum discussions organized by the ICQN-TL.

Job Skills: Not Specified

Job Qualifications:
The Project Officer will be employed for a period of one year, with a further renewal of two years depending on satisfactory performance and results.
The officer is expected to possess the following qualifications and experience:
• A minimum of a Bachelor Degree in Education, Social sciences, development studies or related discipline and 2 years’ full-time experience in education development either in a Ministry of Education, development agency, international NGO or multilateral development institution;
• Vast project management experience and, strong organizational skills, ability to multi-task and work under pressure and heavy work load;
• Results-driven, self-directed and excellent verbal and written communication skills;
• Strong and proven research and analytical skills; and ability to distil relevant data from a mass of data from different sources and produce reports that are accurate, logical, and intelligible;
• Ability to collaborate with teams across functional units and disciplinary boundaries to achieve results in the best interest of the organization;
• Systematic and methodical work habits, trustworthiness, independence and resourcefulness; and multi-cultural sensitivity and commitment to diversity and inclusion;
• Fluent in French and a good working knowledge of English;
• At least two (2) years of professional experience plus competence in Microsoft Office packages (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).

Job Education Requirements: Bachelor Degree
Job Experience Requirements: 2 years

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Job application procedure
eadline for submissions (CV and Cover letter) is Nov. 30, 2019 at midnight (12:00 am) GMT to the following address: adea-applications@afdb.org.  
The subject of the e-mail should be “Project Officer (Rwanda)”.
Due to the high volume of applications, only selected candidates will be contacted through a formal correspondence via e-mail.
Please do not contact ADEA or staff members to enquire about the status of your application.

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