Senior Early Grade Quality Improvement Manager, Education Practice

Job Description

<p>IREX is a global development and education organization. We strive for a more just, prosperous, and inclusive world—where individuals reach their full potential, governments serve their people, and communities thrive. With a projected annual portfolio of more than $100 million and more than 600 staff worldwide, we work with partners in more than 100 countries in four areas essential to progress: cultivating leaders, empowering youth, strengthening institutions, and increasing access to quality education and information. </p><p>IREX seeks qualified Senior Early Grade Quality Improvement Manager candidates for an anticipated USAID-funded early grade education activity in Jordan. Based in Amman, and under the guidance of the Deputy Chief of Party, the Senior Early Grade Quality Improvement Manager will oversee the establishment and production process of pre- and in-service curriculum development, learning materials, books and teachers guides. In leading Result 2, they will work with EGEA partners to leverage assessment findings, connect system actors and integrate relevant frameworks, as appropriate, to support in delivering improvements to in-service teacher education and early grade student education.</p><p>We are doers. Our decades of on-the-ground experience help us create greater impact, practical recommendations, and lasting partnerships. </p><p>Are you the next member of our team? </p><p><strong>Your Background &amp; Skills </strong></p><ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in related field required, master’s degree preferred.</li><li>Minimum 10 +years of progressive job experience. or a master’s degree and 9 years of experience including curriculum development, project or publication management experience, with proven experience managing time-sensitive, simultaneous activities and multiple teams.</li><li>Demonstrate experience in building partnerships and working relationships with government institutions, high-level officials, education professionals, partners and other stakeholders.</li><li>Knowledge of effective instructional strategies in pre- and in-service, including formative assessment, differentiated instruction, and instructional strategies for individuals with disabilities. </li><li>Experience with instructional materials publishing/production required. </li><li>Ability to oversee, manage, and coordinate all aspects of curriculum development process, production of teaching and learning methods, quality assurance, and process reporting. </li><li>Experience in a technical role related to teaching methods in early grade pre- and in-service instruction. </li><li>Demonstrate effective interpersonal skills, creative problem-solving, and ethical management skills.</li><li>Experience with online training and coaching for adult learners is preferred.</li><li>Detail-oriented with ability to multitask and adjust priorities in a fast-paced working environment in order to adhere to strict deadlines. </li><li>Experience on donor-funded education projects is strongly preferred.</li><li>Effective oral and written communication credentials.</li><li>Very good command of English Language and Arabic is required.</li><li>Strong representational and organizational skills.</li><li>Must possess the technical, managerial and communication skills to assume all related responsibilities of the COP position on a full-time basis if needed.</li><li>Must demonstrate valid proof of unrestricted authorization to work in Jordan. </li></ul><p><strong>Your Daily Tasks </strong></p><ul><li>Provide strategic and technical leadership to EGEA Result 2: Strengthened quality of early grade student education, managing staff, consortium partners and activities to identify efficiencies, maximize results, promote sustainability, and ensure that implementation is on schedule, within budget, and responsively adapting to changes and lessons learned throughout.</li><li>Manage the work planning process for Result 2, ensuring activities are technically sound and appropriate to meet program objectives.</li><li>Provide technical assistance and oversight of project approaches, activities, and materials aimed at expanding effective in-service instruction methods, enhance/expand diagnostic tools and assessments, early grade curriculum development, and teaching and learning materials.</li><li>Ensure that pre- and in-service course content aligns and successfully equips early grade teachers with adequate subject and pedagogical knowledge, pedagogical skills, and data analysis and utilization. </li><li>Enhance the quality and alignment of early grade curricula and teaching and learning materials in Arabic, mathematics, and other subjects with universal design for learning, gender-sensitive, and socioemotional learning principles, and playful learning practices.</li><li>Build private sector partnerships to increase Teaching and Learning Materials (TLM) access and quality; harness technologies to amplify teacher and student digital resources.</li><li>Ensure the use and usability of teachers’ guides, textbooks, student workbooks, and supplementary materials. </li><li>Oversee planning, logistics and quality of training delivery.</li><li>Manage project’s partners, including oversight of technical deliverables.</li><li>Support EGEA’s Collaborating Learning and Adapting (CLA) process, maintaining a data-informed learning culture across responsible areas and fostering a team-wide commitment to monitoring, evaluation and learning.</li><li>Work in close coordination with the Senior Early Grade Systems and Policies Manager, and the Senior Early Grade Quality Improvement Manager to ensure seamless alignment between pre-service and in-service program components, and the policy environment.</li><li>Supervise the work of team of managers, trainers, officers and coordinators hosted in consortium partners and focused on in-service professional development, curriculum and TLM.</li><li>Demonstrate and promote IREX’s values, management principles and commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, in management and mentoring of EGEA team.</li><li>Coordinate with program communications team to create outcome-focused materials.</li><li>Other duties, as assigned.</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>We conduct background checks on all successful candidates. </strong></p><p><strong>This position is not eligible for Immigration Sponsorship.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE </p><p><strong>EOE – Equal Opportunity Employer </strong></p><p>We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/vets.</p><p></p>