Job pack: National Volunteer-Inclusive Education Specialist

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1 Job pack: National Volunteer-Inclusive Education Specialist Country Bangladesh Employer VSO Bangladesh Duration 06 months Job purpose To promote Inclusive and quality education principles and practices at preprimary and primary level; to create an inclusive educational environment where children, especially girls and boys from marginalized communities, can attend, stay in school longer and receive a quality education. The role is to support the school in integrating and implementing best education practices and ensuring accessibility of quality education for all children of the target district, irrespective of their gender, ethnicity, social background, language, and physical disability. Contents: 1. Job Description Personal considerations Background and contextual information... Error! Bookmark not defined. Page 1

2 1. Job Description Responsibilities Key Performance Indicators Competencies Skills and Knowledge Promoting Inclusive/best Teaching Practices in Specific performance indicators: Essential qualifications target schools Building and Sustaining working Designing and delivering in-service relationships Minimum Bachelor degree in Education. training on the child-centered The social skills to build and actively 2-3 years of working experience with the methodology for school teachers, maintain working relationships that education sector. supervisors, teacher trainees, and teachers trainers Objectives will be confirmed in a three-way foster teamwork and collaboration Experience in working with the communities to Develop an action plan for the capacity discussion between the volunteer, employer, with others for the benefit of a address issues hindering children going to building of the teachers, head-teacher, and VSO in the first three months of the common goal. school, and SMC after analyzing the context. placement. Experience in working with the communities to address issues hindering children going to Develop contextually relevant training Open Minded and Respectful school materials and teaching aids [to A non-judgemental approach that Proven experience and Knowledge of promote quality teaching) ; values other people and culture. developing, implementing and coordinating Provide support (through training, inclusive education projects/programs; coaching and mentoring and modeling Seeking and Sharing Knowledge Advisory, communication and networking skills good practices) to school teachers to utilize resource centers for the delivery Recognition that learning is a twoway and continuous process. Experience in developing inclusive and experiences; teaching ; education/sne training materials (including Provide need-based training to the teaching aids) and deliver training; teachers, head-teacher for capacity Facilitating Positive Change Proven and practical knowledge of peer-to-peer building The ability to analyze problems and support to share experience and learning; Promoting assessment for learning to develop lasting solutions in line with Have adequate knowledge and experience as include training teachers on classroom VSO approaches. well as the enthusiasm to continuously monitor formative/continuous assessment, and evaluate project results and write up analysis of test results and using the Adaptability reports regular quarterly and annual reports; data to improve teaching practices and to provide individualized support to A flexible approach and the ability to Good interpersonal skills combined with a children. In addition, the volunteer will adapt behavior to different flexible and adaptable attitude; encourage and help the district situations. Excellent communication skills with good education office in developing and command of both spoken and written English; delivering an annual district-wide Resilience Experience in using the technology to ensure achievement test, generating evidence the effective management of information The self-confidence to work with a on children educational achievements systems, planning, and decision making; variety of situations, diverse people and making informed decisions; and ambiguity. Desirable requirements: Promoting Inclusive Education Willing to work in challenging locations Page 2 Collaborate with the researcher to encourage/conduct Action research to assess how disadvantaged children (such as disabled, children from and where facilities are very basic Knowledge and experience in working both at grass root and strategic level;

3 Responsibilities Key Performance Indicators Competencies Skills and Knowledge indigenous communities, girls, children Willingness to share his/her skills with from a poor family ) are marginalized ; colleagues in a professional but sensitive Run awareness raising and manner without appearing to be dissemination workshops on inclusive aggressive or impatient; practices, supervisors, education leaders, and community members; Provide guidance and technical support to community members, youth clubs, School Management committee and teachers in planning, management, and implementation of education services for the most marginalized children; Nurture and mentor youth clubs to eradicate social issues that cause school drop-out and follow up Work as a team with other VSO to monitor and evaluate and report to the program office the activities, outputs, outcomes, and impacts on a quarterly basis in line with monitoring and evaluation system set up for the project; Work as a team with other VSO volunteers and other colleagues in the region to undertake training needs analysis, design and deliver appropriate training, and monitor and evaluate the training; Develop guidelines for school supervision on supervision and monitoring and evaluation of the project; Train, advice, and mentor district government education officials, officers and supervisors in supervision, monitoring and evaluation; Raise awareness on and promote gender equality amongst educational leaders; Due to the nature of our volunteer placements, it is possible that the Page 3

4 Responsibilities Key Performance Indicators Competencies Skills and Knowledge responsibilities of this role may differ in reality and therefore the post holder will need to be prepared to be flexible and adapt to their environment as necessary. Responsible to: Page 4

5 2. Personal considerations In addition to the job description, the following information should be used when considering whether a placement is suitable for you. Personal health considerations If you have a significant current or past medical condition and/or you have general concerns about staying healthy as a volunteer, please use this information to assess whether this placement will be suitable for you. All volunteers require medical clearance from a VSO medical adviser before they are able to take up a placement with VSO. Occasionally, VSO may consider that this placement is too great a risk for you in terms of your personal health and you would be advised to consider a different placement. For further guidance about medical assessment and volunteering with a medical condition please see the frequently asked questions on VSO website. Access to medical care and support The standard and quality of local medical care and support available at this placement will depend on its location within the country. Health facilities are likely to be more poorly resourced in rural areas in terms of medical expertise, equipment, infrastructure and regular supplies of medication. However, this may not be the case in the capital city or in a larger town, where in some countries there may be a reasonable standard of medical care. The following gives you an indication of where the placement is in relation to the country office and how easy it would be to make the journey if you were ill. If you wish to discuss your personal circumstances or health concerns in confidence with VSO s medical team before you apply for this placement please contact medical@vsoint.org. Page 5