Peru: General Coordinator, Peru

World Learning seeks a General Coordinator for a School Management & Instructional Leadership Program – SWAP Educacion. Duration: 1 year 4 months. Recruitment contingent upon successful award of the project. Peruvian nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.Please transmit: CV or resume not to exceed 3 pages; cover letter (in English) with the post title on the subject line explaining why you are best qualified for this position; and three references with current contact information (phone, mail address and email address). Must have fluent spoken and written English and Spanish.

Background:This program aims at providing training to 15,334 principals and vice-principals from different regions in Peru as part of the Peruvian government’s policy to specialize teacher development. The program is funded through a loan issued by the World Bank to the Peruvian government, which will include participants from public schools from pre-K through High School, Special Needs Education, Alternative Education, and Vocational-Technical Education. Duration of the program is 83 weeks set to start on November 2, 2015 and ending March 2017.

General Coordinator

Responsibilities will include the following:

· Serve as the legal representative of World Learning to the Peruvian Ministry of Education

· fulfil all of the responsibilities identified in the Scope of Work and guarantee the quality of services provided by World Learning

· Responsible for the creation and execution of the management plan for the project

· Responsible for the management of the budget for the project such that all of the necessary costs of the project are covered

· Responsible, along with the Managing Coordinator, for shaping a team of made up of appropriate staff

· Responsible for guaranteeing, along with Managing Coordinator, the quality of work performed by the managers

· Monitoring and supporting the team with all activities associated with the execution of the project

· Attending events and meetings called by the DIGC and be responsible for the attendance of the Managing Coordinator and other staff as well

· Liaise as needed with the DRE and relevant UGELs

· Ensure the timely issuing of accurate payments to all staff.

· Responsible for creating and delivering reports to the DIGC and Peruvian Ministry of Education as well as the funding entity (World Bank), according to the schedule.

· Responsible for reporting the results of the project in regular stakeholder meetings held in accordance with the schedule.

Requirements:

· Master’s degree in Education, Economics, Administration, Social Sciences or Engineering

· No less than 5 years of work experience in similar monitoring and evaluation for education or social projects with comparable levels of responsibility

· No less than 3 years of experience with monitoring and evaluation for training programs

· Fluency in both written and spoken English and Spanish

· No criminal history or background

· No current professional or personal ties with the Peruvian Ministry of Education nor with any current programs involved with the Peruvian Ministry of Education

To apply: Please visit our website www.worldlearning.org and click on the employment tab to submit your application. If you do not see the job you are interested in, please “search all. Only finalist candidates will be contacted. Closing date: 5pm Washington D.C. time, Wednesday, August 26, 2015. No telephone enquiries please. Thank you.