Senior Program Officer, Gender Equality Project

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Vientiane, Lao, People's Democratic Republic (Laos)

Position Overview:

The Senior Program Officer for Life Skill Education for Gender Equality Project primarily provides technical support, including training facilitation, guidance and coaching for National Master Trainers (NMT) and school principals on Life Skill Education. This position reports to the Program Manager and works closely with the Senior Program Operations Manager.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

Program design, content/materials development and training

Support and work with Program Manager to review and contextualize program contents and manuals.
Support and work with Program Manager to develop additional manuals/training materials needed for training teachers to improve program activities.
Support and work with Program Manager to design training agenda and materials for training.

Ensure timely Program Implementation and Training

Prepare and facilitate training for the National Master of Trainers (NMT) and School principals on LSE and coaching, and other necessary contents to support program objective.
Conduct regular site visits to schools to observe and monitor NMT and School principals’ implementation of program activities in schools.
Provide technical guidance and coaching to National Master Trainer and School principals on program implementation in line with global program design.

Support the National Master of Trainers and School principals

Prepare and facilitate training of trainer (TOT) for National Master Trainer.
Prepare and facilitate coaching training for National Master Trainer and School principals.
Prepare and facilitate other manuals training for National Master Trainer and School principals.
Prepare and facilitate teacher's manual training to National Master Trainer and School principals.
Supports National Master Trainer and School principals in the planning and conducting of meetings/workshops.
Prepare and facilitate monthly meetings with National Master Trainer and School principals for each school through both online discussion and face-to-face conversations.
Supports the NMT’s scheduling of school principal session observations and schoolteachers conduct LSE for students.

Program monitoring and coaching to National Master of Trainers and School principals

Conduct field visit and observe life skills classes and provide coaching to National Master Trainers and School principals as needed in different locations and collect feedback/best practice on LSE.
Conduct field visit and observe and provide coaching to National Master Trainers and School principals.
Prepare and participate in a monthly operational/technical meeting with Program Manager and Senior Program Operations Manager.
Participate in and support quarterly review meeting with National Master Trainer T and school principals for feedback and learned lesson.

Planning, Reporting and Documentation

Gather and provide inputs for the strategic planning process and AP&B.
Participate in annual planning and budgeting for project areas of assignment.
Work with Program Operations Associate on quarterly/monthly forecasting and advance request, spending and expenses report complied with financial guidelines with accuracy, and transparency.
Produce monthly, quarterly and annual reports and ensure quality and timely.
Provide input for GSD report as needed.
Ensure documentation of best practices, case studies/success stories, and lessons learned and shared with the Gender Equality Project team/MarCom as needed.

Other important tasks

Support Program Manager to ensure that overall program quality, including local adaptation of RtR’s worldwide program contents and training materials, meets RtR’s GEP standards.
Participate in regular training and meetings with RtR and any other activities that may be required to be undertaken to fulfill the objectives of the organization.
Participate in donor site visits and provide information to donors about programs as needed.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in a related field (e.g. education, social work, community development).
At least 10 years of relevant work experience.
Prior experience in planning and facilitating trainings.
Prior experience coaching or supervising others.
Prior experience of working with and/or counselling adolescent girls and life skills development is preferable
Good interpersonal skills and a team player.
Strong organizational and planning and budgeting skills including the ability to monitor progress of program implementation.
Ability to juggle multiple priorities simultaneously and take initiative.
Prior success working closely and building relationships with diverse groups of people.
Desire and ability to spend a quarter or more time traveling.
English fluency strongly is preferable