ROLE PURPOSE:

Field Worker (Coach) is responsibie to coordinating project activities in assigned school communities by supporting Principals and Teachers and PTA during the project implementation and liaise with DEO in follow up. As Coach you will provide refresher training to teachers and will be responsible support the management of the technological equipment.

Must give daily support in the schools. Therefore, Coach needs to be linked to the educational community.

Profuturo will give a training to Education Workers (Coaches) on technology, tools, methodology and own contents, work process, etc…

SCOPE OF ROLE:

To provide a wide range of education activities to the PROFUTURO Project in targeted assigned school communities in a counties.

Reports to: Project Coordinator/Officer or his/her designate

Staff directly reporting to this post: None

Role Dimensions: With the set up, this role will be three fold in the sense that it will first provide adequate support to the delivery of the project goal and objectives, then support the teachers utilization of platform in collaboration with PTA and community leadership and last, participate in school supervision with DEOs.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY :

Digital Education Coach / Education Field Worker will make regular program visits to schools to support:

1. HEADTEACHERS AND TEACHERS TRAININGS

* coordinate Initial Training for teachers.

* Reinforcement trainings: programmed training about subjects, difficulties found, etc.

* Individual work with teachers with difficulties: specific trainings about specific subjects

or doubts.

2. PLANNED VISITS TO SCHOOLS

• Equipment review: material inventory to ensure the correct working of the devices.
• Meeting with the school Principal to know the project's progress and possible incidences
• Review of work schedule to guarantee that the equipment is used and to know-
• which teachers are using it and in which way.
• Solve incidences: about equipment, use of the platform and contents.
• Administration works on the platform to support teachers:
• Creation of new users in the platform
• Lessons configuration and contents in the platform.
• Connection of the computers to internet to send information and updates.
• Individual work with teachers who have difficulties and reinforcement trainings.
• New teachers training: initial training for new teachers in the Project.
• Making tests and surveys for teachers and students.

NOT PLANNED VISITS TO SCHOOLS

• Visits to schools at the request of the Head-teachers or the person responsible for the

equipment to resolve specific issues. The Field Worker will be trained to resolve first level issues.

More complex incidences will be referred to remote support.

. COMMUNICATION WITH THE REMOTE SUPPORT

• Notification of incidents that he/she cannot solve.
• Coordination to perform specific actions for solving incidences or making updates.
• Regular monitoring meetings by ConfCall.

5. COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION

• work closely with community structures to ensure their support in application of Platform
• help PTA understand its role and are actively supporting schools management
• help schools identify alternative power sources for charging equipment

5. REPORTS

• Making bi-weekly monitoring reports, according to the Profuturo's schedule.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• holds the team members and school authority (partner) accountable to deliver on their responsibilities.

Ambition:

• sets ambitious and challenging goals for yourself and support others with gap, takes responsibility for your own personal development and encourages teammate to do the same
• widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• builds and maintains effective relationships, with your team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters

• values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength

• approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

Development Capacity and Experience:

• Have experience, skills or knowledge that directly link to education, child safeguiding /protection or assessment/surveys
• Demonstrate good verbal communication skills
• Flexible in working hours and conditions
• Personally motivated and can work independently
• Confident
• Good interpersonal skills
• Understanding of the education system in Liberia
• Experience of work in the rural areas and experience of work in education programmes

Additional job responsibilities

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.

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding:

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Health and Safety

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.