Job Vacancies @ Street Child of Sierra Leone – 2 Positions

Street Child of Sierra Leone is recruiting to fill the following positions:

1.) Teaching Advisor
2.) School Advisor

See job details and how to apply below.

1.) Teaching Advisor

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JOB TITLE:  Teaching Advisor

Reports to: Project Manager

Line Manages: N/A

Job Level: Tier 5        

Location: Makeni (various locations – Bombali, Falaba, Karene and Koinadugu

Duration: August 2022 to August 2025

ORGANIZATION BACKGROUND

Street Child of Sierra Leone (SCoSL) is a local Non-Governmental Organization promoting the right to education and child protection for children in the most remote communities in Sierra Leone.

We believe that every child deserves the right to live in a safe place, secure home and above all, have the chance to receive a quality education. As an organization, our key focus is helping children into schools-and ensuring that they stay there. For those that have no access to education, we work towards creating access in some of the most remote parts of the country, ensuring that no child is left behind.

PROJECT SUMMARY

SCoSL – through its main partner Street Child UK – is implementing a three-year education project in four districts. This project will target retaining highly vulnerable categories of children in schools. The specific categories of children will include:

• girls engaged in or vulnerable to transactional sex
• teenage mothers
• children affected by disability
• children in border communities at risk of trafficking
• children in remote and marginalized communities
• children in the poorest households
• street-connected children, including those involved in child labour

The 4 objectives of this project are to:

1. 1. Provide individualized support to high-risk children with social support, to reduce the risk of dropout
   2. Provide student centered instruction to ensure children have access to appropriate content – as required for their learning level
   3. Provide strong school leadership to ensure children have access to engaged excellent teachers to accelerate their learning
   4. Provide shared school ownership to ensure children have access to safe and secure learning environments

KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Providing in-class mentoring support for teachers in issues such as effective lesson planning and teaching techniques
• Provide training and mentoring support to teachers in the project supported schools on the Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) teaching methodology.
• Conducting additional and specialist training workshops for teachers
• Monitoring teaching and learning in schools
• Building a close relationship with Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) at District level
• Report to their line manager, and submit weekly work plans in line with the main implementation plans of the project
• Support preparation of project narrative reports, for donor reporting and other fundraising purposes, to be submitted to their line manager
• Relate regularly with line ministries in the districts in the implementation of project activities
• Any other duties as delegated/instructed by their line manager

Note: The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience

PERSON SPECIFICATION 

EDUCATION AND JOB-RELATED SKILLS

• Minimum should possess a degree in education or equivalent qualification, or have significant experience working in education
• Effective communication skills, fluent English writing, and verbal skills, with strong negotiation skills
• Advanced skills in internet use, Microsoft, PowerPoint and Excel
• Project coordination qualifications or experience an added advantage

• Minimum three to five years demonstrated working experience in the education sector
• Experience using mobile data collection tools
• Experience working with teachers
• Experience of working on internationally funded projects by donors such as EU, FCDO, USAID and UN agencies
• Demonstrable working knowledge of supporting and working with communities and schools

COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

• Team player
• High sense of confidentiality & integrity
• Organized and good at planning ahead
• Strong eye for detail
• Proactive, ambitious, and adaptable
• Good problem solver who can think on his/her feet
• Hands on and strong multi-tasker

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES:

• Organizes and accurately completes multiple tasks by establishing priorities while taking into consideration special assignments, frequent interruptions, deadlines, available resources, and multiple reporting relationships
• Plans, coordinates, and organizes workload while remaining aware of changing priorities and competing deadlines
• Establishes, builds, and maintains effective working relationships with staff and partners to facilitate the provision of support
• Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities
• Responds positively to critical feedback and differing points of view

Street Child of Sierra Leone is a Child Protection organization and has a clear policy on child protection and we believe that:

• Children and young people should never experience abuse of any kind, and

We have a responsibility to promote the welfare of all children and young people, to keep them safe and to practice in a way that protects them.

• SCoSL has Safeguarding and Child Protection Policies in Place, and is committed to the protection of vulnerable children and adults

It is therefore mandatory for all staff to commit themselves to respect, uphold and promote this policy and to sign the SCoSL code of conduct

• WOMEN AND PERSONS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY

HOW TO APPLY 

To apply for this position please send up-to-date CV and a supporting letter, copies of relevant certificates to [email protected] Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Closing date for the receipt of application packages is: 30th of June, 2022. 

2.) School Advisor

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JOB TITLE:  School Advisor

Reports to: Project Manager

Job Level: Tier 5        

Location: Makeni (various locations – Bombali, Falaba, Karene and Koinadugu

Duration: August 2022 to August 2025

ORGANIZATION BACKGROUND

Street Child of Sierra Leone (SCoSL) is a local Non-Governmental Organization promoting the right to education and child protection for children in the most remote communities in Sierra Leone.

We believe that every child deserves the right to live in a safe place, secure home and above all, have the chance to receive a quality education. As an organization, our key focus is helping children into schools-and ensuring that they stay there. For those that have no access to education, we work towards creating access in some of the most remote parts of the country, ensuring that no child is left behind.

PROJECT SUMMARY

SCoSL – through its main partner Street Child UK – is implementing a three-year education project in four districts. This project will target retaining highly vulnerable categories of children in schools. The specific categories of children will include:

• girls engaged in or vulnerable to transactional sex
• teenage mothers
• children affected by disability
• children in border communities at risk of trafficking
• children in remote and marginalized communities
• children in the poorest households
• street-connected children, including those involved in child labour

The 4 objectives of this project are to:

1. 1. Provide individualized support to high-risk children with social support, to reduce the risk of dropout
   2. Provide student centered instruction to ensure children have access to appropriate content – as required for their learning level
   3. Provide strong school leadership to ensure children have access to engaged excellent teachers to accelerate their learning
   4. Provide shared school ownership to ensure children have access to safe and secure learning environments

• Support the identification of beneficiaries for the project, as per beneficiary descriptions
• Identify and support at-risk school students
• Develop case files for all beneficiaries
• Establish and sustain mentoring relationships with relevant schools
• Complete supervisory trips of relevant schools, beneficiaries and other field project sites in implementation of project activities
• Conduct verification of beneficiaries as and when required
• Report to their line manager, and submit weekly work plans in line with the main implementation plans of the project
• Support preparation of project narrative reports, for donor reporting and other fundraising purposes, to be submitted to their line manager
• Engage with School Management Capacities on increasing school leadership and ownership
• Relate regularly with line ministries in the districts in the implementation of project activities
• Any other duties as delegated/instructed by their line manager

Note: The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience

PERSON SPECIFICATION 

EDUCATION AND JOB-RELATED SKILLS

• Minimum should possess a degree in social work or equivalent qualification, or have significant experience working in social work
• Minimum should have significant experience working in education
• Effective communication skills, fluent English writing, and verbal skills, with strong negotiation skills
• Advanced skills in internet use, Microsoft, PowerPoint and Excel
• Project coordination qualifications or experience an added advantage

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

• Minimum three to five years demonstrated working experience in the social work and education sector
• Experience using mobile data collection tools
• Experience of working on internationally funded projects by donors such as EU, FCDO, USAID and UN agencies
• Demonstrable working knowledge of supporting and working with communities and schools

COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

• Team player
• High sense of confidentiality & integrity
• Organized and good at planning ahead
• Strong eye for detail
• Proactive, ambitious, and adaptable
• Good problem solver who can think on his/her feet
• Hands on and strong multi-tasker

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES:

• Organizes and accurately completes multiple tasks by establishing priorities while taking into consideration special assignments, frequent interruptions, deadlines, available resources, and multiple reporting relationships
• Plans, coordinates, and organizes workload while remaining aware of changing priorities and competing deadlines
• Establishes, builds, and maintains effective working relationships with staff and partners to facilitate the provision of support
• Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities
• Responds positively to critical feedback and differing points of view

Street Child of Sierra Leone is a Child Protection organization and has a clear policy on child protection and we believe that:

• Children and young people should never experience abuse of any kind, and

We have a responsibility to promote the welfare of all children and young people, to keep them safe and to practice in a way that protects them.

• SCoSL has Safeguarding and Child Protection Policies in Place, and is committed to the protection of vulnerable children and adults

It is therefore mandatory for all staff to commit themselves to respect, uphold and promote this policy and to sign the SCoSL code of conduct  

• WOMEN AND PERSONS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY

HOW TO APPLY 

To apply for this position please send up-to-date CV and a supporting letter, copies of relevant certificates to [email protected] Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Closing date for the receipt of application packages is: 30th of June, 2022.