Position: Local Coordinator in Equity in Education
No. of requirement: 2
Location: Madesh Province - Janakpur (1) & Sudurpaschim Province - Dhangadi (1)
Reports to: Provincial Coordinator

Main duties:

The purpose of this position is to support LGs in Sudurpashchim or Madhesh Province and their Local Education Units to build their capacities on equity and inclusion in education so that they can support head teachers, teachers and schools to apply equity policy in basic education in their municipality. Based on the selected person´s professional background other tasks can also be included in his/her job responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Collect basic data on the disadvantaged populations in the municipalities of the project area, and through interviews with students, parents and teachers and compile a report on their perspectives
• Contribute to project´s annual planning process and carry out activities agreed in the annual plan
• Support education units to understand the meaning equity and of what “Leave No One Behind” means in the education system; plan and organize series of interactive workshops, in-house seminars
• Support education units in preparing materials and training packages to support teachers and schools
• Organize trainings as per requests from local education units and schools
• Strengthen the capacity of LEUs to create inclusive & pedagogical classrooms setting and mentorship
• Accompany local education staff to school visits and raise equity issues with the educators
• Collaborate with organizations in the project area which represent disadvantaged populations
• Promote equity issues in the municipal and provincial level education seminars and conferences
• Collect programmatic data, compile and analyze as required. Prepare programmatic report and submit to Project lead as per need.
• Engage in school level teacher professional support and mentoring through LEU and teacher education circle
• Participate in inclusive teacher education curriculum and course designing at the university
• Coordinate and facilitate municipal level and school level joint monitoring support visits
• Facilitate and support to form/reform of teacher roster trainers at Sudurpashchim or Madhesh provincial teacher education training unit and LEUs.
• Participate in and follow up of ongoing inclusive teacher training organized by PETC and LEUs
• Represent municipal and school level meetings

In addition, perform any task reasonably assigned by the Line Manager.

Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor´s level in education, sociology, or similar; special training courses in equity, gender equality, disability, multilingual intercultural education, or the kind; 
• At least five years of similar work experience in a relevant sector 
• Experience in working with disadvantaged groups; 
• Experience in capacity building; 
• Fluent in Nepali and English and conversant in at least one local language of Karnali. 

Skills

• Good organization and planning skills 
• Experience working cross-culturally 
• Sensitivity towards gender, sexual, ethnic/race, cultural identities 
• Self-motivated person able to work with little supervision 
• Demonstrate commitment to teamwork with a high degree of integrity and confidentiality 
• Good computer skills