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Job Title:   Early Grade Reading Assessment Supervisor (5 Job Vacancies)

Organisation: Education Development Center (EDC)

Duty Station:  Jinja, Uganda

About US:

Education Development Center (EDC) is a global non-profit that advances lasting solutions to improve education, promote health, and expand economic opportunity, with a focus on vulnerable and under-served populations.  Since 1958, we have been a leader in designing, implementing, and evaluating powerful and innovative programs in more than 80 countries around the world.

Job Summary:   ICYD will recruit five (5) EGRA Supervisors who will undergo training to equip them for the exercise. The supervisors will be responsible for packing materials for fieldwork, guiding the assessors to adhere to set data collection procedures, and collecting data and supporting the Data Quality Assurance Officer with the upload to the cloud. The supervisors will be expected to fill a school summary sheet for each of the schools visited and submit all assigned equipment in good working conditions at the end of data collection.

The EGRA Supervisors will be contracted for a maximum period of 21 working days (February – March 2022). All honoraria and expenses will be paid by ICYD.

** Please note that this is a local temporary position. Eligibility is limited to Ugandan nationals**

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Distribute tasks across assessors before and during each school visit, such as counting and organizing materials before and after arrival at the school;
• Guarantee the team’s on-time arrival at each school BEFORE LESSONS START FOR THE DAY with all the necessary materials and equipment;
• Introduce study team and explain the purpose of the visit to the Headteacher. Allow some time to properly greet and answer any questions that the Headteacher might have;
• Guarantee that the sample of pupils to be assessed at each school is drawn following proper randomized procedure agreed upon during training;
• Ensure (a) the identity of each pupil sampled and (b) the efficiency of the pupil assessment process, with all assessors occupied with a pupil at all times throughout the process. To the extent possible, collect the learners from the class and bring them to the assessors;
• Supervise the work of assessors during the assessment to guarantee friendly and professional treatment of pupils and correct application of instructions for each subtest;
• Guarantee that every pupil instrument administered is collected, in order and complete;
• Assist with the troubleshooting of the Tangerine application and ensure that assessors strictly adhere to the protocol. Also, ensure that the results of assessment are displayed on the results menu and serialized by order of assessment;
• Support the Data Quality Assurance Officer to guarantee that all of the assessments are uploaded to the server;
• Interview the Headteacher and P2 teacher of reading in a one-on-one session. Sometimes assessors can support the interview with the P2 teacher;
• Undertake school inventory and correctly complete the school field work visit summary;
• Maintain constant contact with the Data Quality Assurance Officer to resolve problems that arise and communicate work progress;
• Deliver all packages of instruments and signed consent forms collected from all schools assigned to your team to the Data Quality Assurance Officer every day without fail. THESE PACKAGES OF COMPLETED INSTRUMENTS AND THE INSTRUMENTS UPLOADED TO THE SERVER ARE LIKE GOLD; TREAT THEM AS SUCH! Make sure to obtain the DQA’s signature and the date for each school package delivered;
• Deliver other materials assigned to your team that were used in the data collection exercise. These include tablets, chargers, fieldwork bags, etc. Final payment will only be based on safe delivery of these materials, while still in working condition.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• At a minimum, a diploma is required.
• Previous experience as an EGRA Assessor preferred.
• Experience conducting assessments with children in a nonthreatening manner. As the instrument is oral and individually administered, the quality and accuracy of the data depend largely on the ability of the enumerator to encourage and calm the learners to ensure they perform to the best of their abilities. False-negative results from learners who can perform well but who are nervous or fearful can be minimized with the right approach.
• Previous experience using electronic data collection software.
• Previous experience leading data collection teams.
• Fluency in English and Lusoga required.

How to Apply:

All Interested candidates should apply online at the link below

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Deadline: 16^th February 2022

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