Key responsibilities:

• The work will be carried out in 22 months (2 years) implementation. The implementation phase (November 2023–October 2025) will involve:
•  Attend training in intervention implementation and attend regular meetings with the intervention supervisor to receive ongoing training and support for their role.
•  Lead and administer comprehensive training to teachers in the new curriculum over a period of up to 5 days prior to the launch of the intervention
•  Provide direct ongoing support and motivation to teachers during school visits for the duration of the intervention (2 years), including spending the whole day with the teacher(s) in their classroom
•  Carry out formative assessments of teachers during monitoring visits to assess teachers’ strengths and needs and engage teachers in collaborative problem-solving
•  Document ongoing strengths and challenges relating to implementation and share these with the intervention supervisor and other intervention leads
•  Conduct regular support sessions with parents/caregivers of children who participate in the intervention
•  Conduct booster training sessions with teachers as needed
•  Assist in making learning materials and resources for schools and motivate teachers to make these resources
•  Support with the acquisition, production and distribution of resources to support implementation (e.g. books, puzzles, manipulatives)
•  Assist with the revisions to the curriculum, training and supervisory manuals and report forms based on lessons learned throughout the implementation period

Required skills and attributes

•  Candidates must live in Tharaka Nithi County or be willing to relocate there
•  Fluent in English and written and spoken languages in Tharaka Nithi County
•  Diploma in early childhood education or equivalent
•  Willingness to travel to rural schools (in Tharaka Nithi County) on a daily basis
•  Experience teaching or delivering programs that work with young children and their caregivers (e.g. in parenting programmes, school-based programmes, day care, etc)
•  Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work with others collaboratively or as part of a team
•  Vibrant, energetic and open to learning new techniques
•  Solution-focused, creative, and proactive. Able to problem-solve implementation challenges and customise the intervention to different contexts throughout the schools
•  Ability to work independently and with minimal supervision; self-starter

Contract period:

• 1. 4 mentors to work in coaching the teachers for 24 months full-time.
• 2. 6 mentors to work in coaching the teachers for 9 months full-time

Commencing:

• As soon as possible, January 2024 but will attend trainings earlier)