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About Job

The purpose of the Activity is to assist USAID and the MOE to deliver interventions at scale as well as pilot and expand new innovations that address the language and literacy needs of primary grade learners while building more inclusive, accountable, and resilient education institutions and systems. The Kenya Primary Literacy Program will reclaim and build upon the learning outcomes achieved at 2019 Tusome EGR endline evaluation.

Duties

• The Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) shall work under the leadership of the COP and will support the organization in appropriate technical and coordination aspects of the project.
• The candidate for the position of Deputy Chief of Party shall have at a minimum the following qualifications:

Qualifications

Education:

• A Master’s-level degree in education, social sciences, or a relevant field from an accredited university.

Skills and Experience:

• At least 10 years of relevant experience in program management in developing countries, preferably in the implementation of a national scale reading program of similar technical complexity;
• Demonstrated exemplary management, supervision, communication, and interpersonal skills to ensure internal coherence among diverse team members and productive relations with the GOK, donors, and the international community; and
• Experience implementing an early grade reading program in a developing country, preferably in Kenya or East Africa, is highly desired.

Language:

• Professionally proficient and fluent in written and spoken English.

Additional Information

• Due to the volume of applications submitted, only finalists will be notified.  No phone calls, please.