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Job type: Full-time
Chemonics seeks a Senior Technical Lead for the anticipated USAID-funded Jifunze Uelewe follow-on activity in Tanzania. This anticipated 4-5-year, $25-50 million project will focus on sustainably improving literacy, numeracy, and social-emotional skills for all pre-primary and standard grades 1 – 4 learners in target regions; strengthening the capacity of local and regional government to sustain improved learning outcomes; and increasing community support for safe and inclusive learning environments. The Senior Technical Lead be responsible for managing and overseeing the technical components of the activity and report directly to the Chief of Party. We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a difference in the lives of people around the world.
Responsibilities include:
- Lead the project’s overall technical vision and implementation strategy and ensure applicability to the Tanzanian context
- Ensure integration, synergy, and cohesion among various project interventions.
- Oversee all technical activities and collaborate closely with technical specialists to maximize project performance and minimize potential risk.
- Serve as the liaison to ministers and government representatives, civil society and NGO representatives, implementing partners, and stakeholders
- Provide direction, guidance, and mentorship to the technical team, collaborating with the Chief of Party (COP) to design technically appropriate activities and trainings.
- Directly supervises technical specialists and manages performance
- Support work planning and ensure USAID contract compliance in technical implementation in all assigned objective areas across the project.
- Lead the development and review of technical deliverables and products, ensuring high quality and compliance with the activity’s development objectives, and adhering to reporting requirements provided by USAID.
- Provide support in improving monitoring and evaluation of technical interventions alongside the MEL Director.
- Ensure continuous learning and progress throughout project implementation.
- Perform other general duties and technical insights as needed.
Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in education, international development, or related field
- Minimum ten years of senior management experience on donor-funded programs, or in a related role
- Expertise in one or more of the following areas: early grade literacy and numeracy education, social and emotional learning, systems strengthening, foundational learning, accelerated learning, social inclusive education, community engagement, digital education or related fields to the scope of this Activity in an international context.
- Previous experience working in Africa required; experience working in Tanzania strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated supervisory experience, including management of a large, diverse team; experience managing teams operating in multiple locations preferred
- Proven progressively responsible managerial experience implementing and managing complex donor-funded projects.
- Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity.
- Fluency in written and spoken English; fluency in Kiswahili preferred.
- Qualified applicants from Tanzania highly encouraged to apply.
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