About US:
The Government of Uganda has received a grant from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) as support towards the implementation of the Education Sector Strategic Plan (ESSP) through the Uganda Teacher and School Effectiveness Project (UTSEP). The Project Development Objective is to support the Government in improving teacher and school effectiveness in the public primary education system, by enhancing teacher competences, effort and resourcing; strengthening governance and provision of facilities at schools; and providing technical assistance for implementation support and capacity building.
Job Summary: The Regional Co-ordinator will provide hands on implementation support for the implementation of the DES ICT sub component at regional level (covering a number of districts). The regional coordinator shall carry out implementation of rollout activities consisting mainly of end user training, Training of Trainers, logistical support and management for all trainings. He / she will also support to DES regional offices and Local Governments within the region includes coordination of training activities, monitoring the implementation of the system, monitoring system usage, end user feedback and set up and management of stakeholder linkages at district and regional levels. The Regional coordinator shall work as the first line of support for end users and DES inspectors who shall work with the ICT systems in the collection of data. The incumbent will also provide logistical support and be carrying out preparations for training of inspectors and preparations for national scale up, implementation of and management of the eduTrac system as key support to the DES regional teams.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
· Provide hands on support and coordinate to regionally based DES focal persons for user training of district inspectors and assessors on the use of the e-reporting tool.
· Work closely with DES focal persons, coordinate and carry out the rollout of eduTrac at school level within specified DES regions
· Serve as the primary point of call for end users and provide troubleshooting at the regional level.
· Actively monitor and guide District officials in regards to usages of the ICT systems together with DES inspectors in the allocated region(s) to ensure reports are provided regularly, constantly and on time by schools and reporters.
· Prepare, present, inform and collect feedback on system results to DES inspectors at a regional level, district inspectors and MESTS
· Regularly interact with Local Government officials and stakeholders.
· Update written guidelines for systems use and administration for district, school and community level users during the course of project implementation.
· The incumbent will send Software Programmer(s) with feedback from user experience testing for the system to continuously improve the information flow, collection process and how the data collected through the systems shall be visualized.
· Carryout quality control of data sent in by system users
· Responsible for document implementation activities as part of knowledge management.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
· The applicants should hold bachelor’s degrees in Statistics, ICT, Education with ICT or related fields as well as a track record of providing or facilitating training at Local Government and community levels.
· At least five years of related professional experience
· Three years’ experience with implementation and roll out IT systems
· Broad knowledge, understanding and experience of use of ICT systems.
· Prior experience as a capacity builder, trainer and facilitator.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their applications addressed to the Ag. Commissioner, Human Resource Management,
Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Sports,
4th Floor, Embassy House, Kampala. Uganda
Deadline: 10th October, 2015