Evidence Action Curriculum and Instruction Manager Job Opening in Nairobi Kenya 2014
Vacancy: Manager, Curriculum and Instruction
Start Date:
End of January, 2015Reporting To: G-United Program Director
Location: Nairobi, Kenya with domestic travels
About Evidence Action: Evidence Action scales proven interventions that improve the lives of millions. We implement cost-effective interventions whose efficacy is backed by substantial rigorous evidence.
Evidence Action identifies innovative, appropriate financing mechanisms and builds best practice operational models.
We voraciously self-evaluate, learn, and improve our models for scaling with a commitment to transparency on progress, impact, and value for money.
Our current flagship programs include:
- Dispensers for Safe Water is an entrepreneurial program scaling the chlorine dispenser system – a proven innovation that dramatically expands access to water treatment at an extremely low cost.
- Deworm the World Initiative actively supports the scale-up of school-based deworming programs worldwide to improve children’s health, education, and long-term development.
About G-United: G-United is a national volunteer program initiated by the Presidency, led and implemented by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and supported by Evidence Action.
The program aims to promote national cohesion, improve educational outcomes for children in over 15,000 primary schools across the country, and create enriching opportunities for over 30,000 unemployed Kenyan youth.
Under this selective and prestigious program, the government will recruit recent university graduates to serve as volunteers in primary schools, where they will support remedial education and serve as ‘education ambassadors’ in the surrounding community.
Volunteers will receive training, a small stipend to cover living expenses, and career development opportunities as a part of the experience.
This evidence-based program is modeled on effective government-run programs that have successfully achieved impact at scale in South Asia and West Africa.
About the position:
Manager, Curriculum and Instruction: The Manager, Curriculum and Instruction will coordinate the overall planning, designing, development and delivery of course content and assessments for G-United.
The individual will mainly be responsible for convening various teams and partners to create, revise, and deliver content for remedial education, professional development and social cohesion for G-United.
The manager will ensure that material developed not only complies with appropriate standards, policies and performance objectives, but is also delivered in an effective and developmentally appropriate way.
He or she will assess educational, professional and social cohesion programs, select textbooks and other learning materials, define the instructional technology and train TOTs and VGAs.
They will also be responsible for monitoring and evaluating delivery of training and the education outcomes.
Reporting to: G-United Program Director
Supervises: G-United Training Coordinator
Roles and Responsibilities
- Plan, coordinate and support curriculum innovation and design and ensure the development and maintenance of the highest quality curriculum across the program’s three objectives (remedial education, social cohesion and youth employment).
- Convene partnering institutions and facilitate curriculum development sessions.
- Ensure that developed materials are consistent with instructional objectives, that content is appropriate and relevant, and that all deliverables meet standards for quality.
- Identify and review externally produced content and resources, edit and/or approve them for the program’s use.
- Recommend and assist in procuring training materials and resources to be used by G-United.
- Direct and supervise the orientation and training of volunteers, teachers, school heads and education officials and other G-United stakeholders at all levels (county, national, etc.).
- Plan and support the implementation, field-testing and evaluation of curriculum.
- Stay abreast of changes in policies and standards and disseminate to relevant teams.
- Support the monitoring, evaluation and learning functions of G-United program.
Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
- Ability to interact and communicate and work effectively with a wide range of people, education stakeholders, government officials (both at the national and county level), community groups and other leaders to advance G-United’s objectives.
- Ability to work collaboratively with teachers and administrators to implement G-United’s remedial education program.
- Ability to interpret program requirements and relevant policies and regulations and translate them into curricula objectives.
Experience
- 5-7 years’ curriculum design, development, and implementation experience; or equivalent combination relevant experience. Experience managing curriculum design, development or implementation teams an added advantage.
- Experience in early childhood education, pedagogy and curriculum design.
- Knowledge in theories of education, current educational trends in curriculum, and principles of learning that engage students in early childhood.
- Experience with various instructional methods including distance delivery and online training.
- Experience in education to employment initiatives desired but not required.
How to Apply
CLICK HERE to apply online
Deadline to Apply: On a rolling basis