S/he will work with the Regional Manager, RTI International and Senior Community Mobilization Advisor, Plan International Nepal and will mainly guide the regional team in supporting community level organizations, district education committees, and local grant recipient NGOs for the effective implementation of EGR activities in communities and schools. 

Term and Location: 3 years fixed term employment with possibility of extension based in any one of the five (5) locations i.e. Kathmandu, Biratnagar, Pokhara, Nepalgunj and Dhanagadhi.

Required qualifications & experiences:

• Master’s Degree in education, social work or in relevant field.
• At least three (3) years of proven experience in providing community mobilization direction and capacity building for improved educational outcomes. 
• Should have experience in designing and leading capacity building strategies for CSOs and community-based organizations.
• Experience in coordination and facilitation roles of large donor-funded grants and/or contracts (such as bilateral or multilateral donors).
• Experience in Early Grade Reading, Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) or Community Literacy Programmes preferred.
• Excellent communication and report writing skills both in English and Nepali languages.

Key Responsibilities:

• Guide and support the regional team to support community level organizations, district education committee and local partner NGOs for implementation of EGR activities in communities and schools.
• Liaise and Coordinate with district based NGOs, district education office and other relevant stakeholders to establish good working relationship for promotion of early grade reading programme in all the schools of the project district.
• Guide and support the regional team in identifying potential sub-grantees and building the technical and management capacity of selected sub-grantee NGOs and CSOs.  
• Facilitate and strengthen Village Education Committees (VECs) to discuss the assessment results and other key message from the SBCC strategy.
• Support and supervise teacher training and capacity development programme in the region. 
• Monitor field based activities such as baseline, mid-line and end line; EGRA and CB-EGRA, and similar surveys, student assessments, piloting and research activities in the district. 
• Represent Plan Nepal and the EGR Programme in regional and district level meetings and events.