Background:
The HEAR project was initiated
by USAID to respond to the agency objective of investing in
people under the program area of education and health. The
objective of the HEAR Project is to provide access to and
raise the quality of primary school education and health
services for school-aged children in geographically defined
locations within Sudan’s Three Areas: Abyei, Southern
Kordofan, and Blue Nile. This objective will be met through
activities that are designed to promote education, promote
health, and strengthen school governance through community
groups.
The ERC Education Technology Specialist will be responsible
for implementing the Education Resource Center (ERC) service
strategy and leading the technical work of the ERC Education
Technology Assistants in the HEAR ERCs, working under EDC’s
Activity Manager for over-all technical guidance and under
the day to day management of the HEAR Chief of Party (COP).
Specific Responsibilities
Under the management of the EDC HEAR Activity Manager, the
Education Technology Specialist will have the following
roles:
• Collaborate with students and other members of the
learning community to analyze learning and information
needs.
• To locate and use resources and develop an overall
strategy that ERC’s can pursue to support the HEAR mission.
• Supervision of Education Technology Assistants based on
the ERC sites by providing them with specific opportunities
to develop skills in information literacy and uses of
information technology.
• Take a lead role in developing policies, practices and
curricula that guides the students and use of digital
library.
• Design authentic learning tasks and assessments &
intergrate information and communication abilities to the
train HEAR’s primary clients (teachers & Education
Officers). Collaborate in adapting the subject matter into
the curriculum.
• Provide leadership and expertise in acquiring and
evaluating information resources in all formats.
Qualifications
This position requires:
• Bachelors degree in Library & Information Science and/or
equivalent 3-5 years relevant experience;
• Experience in education quality improvement, especially
with regards to teacher training;
• Experience in community mobilization;
• Strong report writing, records management and
communication skills;
• Experience using the internet for research purposes.
• Team player with experience in a multi-cultural and
multi-task environment;
• Successful strategies for working under pressure to meet
deadlines;
The successful candidate will also have the ability,
willingness, and experience to:
• Ensure a creative interface of technology with HEAR
activities
• Orient staff in basic technology applications at different
levels of capability
• Train teachers and children
• Work with communities and create community awareness to
support community development
• Develop audio-visual tutorials in one or more of the
following areas: health, science, social studies,
mathematics, language arts, general knowledge, cultural
heritage aspects
• Use technologies such as power point, music systems, video
systems, and public address systems
• Live and work in a harsh environment (e.g. Accommodation
in tukuls).
• Be adaptable, flexible, and innovative when presented with
a challenge
Language
Excellent written and spoken communication in English
required. Arabic proficiency a plus. Location
This Position will be based in Kauda, Southern Kordofan,
Sudan.
Application and contact details
Interested qualified candidates are requested to submit
their resume and three work-related references with their
contact information. To ensure the timely review of your
credentials, please insert “ERC Education Technology
Specialist” in the subject line of the email address: hr@edc-ssiri.org
so as to reach us on or before: 19th February 2009.
We thank all applicants and only short listed candidates
will be contacted for interviews.
