Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, November 01 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
1. SCHOOL HEADTEACHERS x 2
Location: Ndola

PEAS exists to expand access to sustainably delivered, quality secondary education across Africa with the goal of creating a world where all children enjoy an education that unlocks their full potential. PEAS Zambia does this through increased access to affordable, quality, and sustainable schools in partnership with the Zambian government through the Ministry of Education (MoE).
PEAS Zambia is looking for a suitably qualified candidate for the position of SCHOOL HEADTEACHER.

Job Purpose:
To provide effective, dynamic, and inspirational leadership in order to enable PEAS school to fulfil its agreed education outcomes.

Key responsibilities:
• Teaching and Learning
• Education Management
• Leadership
• Finance Management
• School Infrastructure Development
• Governance
• Contribution to the PEAS Network
• Other assignments

Personal Specifications:
• Values-driven and passionate about PEAS’ mission to expand access to sustainably delivered quality education in Africa.
• Top-level understanding and proven track record of managing schools.
• A thorough understanding of how the education section in Zambia functions.
• Proven track record in improving academic performance.
• Top-level understanding of driving effective teaching and learning practices.
• Ability to develop school systems and processes.
• A team player and has excellent interpersonal skills; very culturally sensitive and able to work between two cultural contexts.
• Appropriate attitudes to the use of authority and maintaining discipline with students and staff members.
• Knowledge of leadership principles and practices, gained through work experience and formal education.
• Open-minded, responsive to feedback and continually seeking to develop and improve.

Professional Qualifications and Experience:
Minimum Requirements:
• Minimum 5 O’ levels including English and merit in the Teaching subject.
• Degree in Education (Secondary teaching)
• Minimum 5 years of teaching experience
• minimum 3 years of leadership: head teacher or deputy
• Teaching Council of Zambia registration
• A secure knowledge and understanding of the subject area curriculum and related pedagogy.
• 3 years’ Experience working in the education sector in Zambia at the secondary level as the HoD or Deputy Head Teacher
• Demonstrated ability to lead others and offer academic direction in the school.
• PEAS value aligned.
• Championing the PEAS Child Protection policy
• Good communication and presentation skills
• must be above 35 and below 50 years.

Desired Requirements:
• Post Graduate Training in Educational Administration, Curriculum Development, or a related field.
• Experience developing and enriching curriculum.

Application process:
• To apply for the Head Teacher position, please follow this link.
• Deadline is 6th November 2023
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2. HEAD OF STUDIES x 2
Location: Ndola

Job Purpose:
To maintain and foster key strategies that promote excellence in the quality of the Education provided, and working with the Head Teacher, the Deputy Head Teacher, HoDs and teaching staff to sustain and enhance the standing of the PEAS school.

Key Responsibilities
• Leadership
• Management
• Curriculum Development

Personal Specifications
• Ability to actively promote the school’s vision and ethos.
• Enthusiasm and willingness to contribute fully to the life of a busy school.
• Ability to exercise sensitive pastoral and academic leadership and maintain good relationships with staff.
• An effective manager and leader of people.
• Efficient organizational skills.
• An excellent classroom practitioner and a qualified and experienced secondary school teacher
• Effective communication skills with children, parents, and staff.
• Appropriate attitudes to the use of authority and maintaining discipline.

Minimum Requirements:
• Minimum 5 O’ levels including English and merit in the Teaching subject.
• Degree in Education (Secondary teaching)
• Minimum 5 years of teaching experience
• minimum 3 years of leadership: head teacher or deputy
• Teaching Council of Zambia registration
• A secure knowledge and understanding of the subject area curriculum and related pedagogy.
• 3 years’ Experience working in the education sector in Zambia at the secondary level as the HoD or Deputy Head Teacher
• Demonstrated ability to lead others and offer academic direction in the school.
• PEAS value aligned.
• Championing the PEAS Child Protection policy
• Good communication and presentation skills
• must be above 35 and below 50 years.

Application process:
• To apply for the Head of Studies position, please follow this link.
• Deadline is 6th November 2023
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3. SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT LEAD x 1
Location: Kasama,

Job Purpose:
Responsible for using PEAS’ approaches to support school leaders in government schools near PEAS schools to drive quality improvements.

Key Responsibilities
• Support partner secondary schools to improve learning quality using PEAS’ tools and approaches.
• Quickly develop strong working relationships with non-PEAS primary school leaders in Government schools
• Work with school leaders to assess schools’ strengths and areas for improvement and provide feedback in a constructive manner.
• Support school leaders to develop School Improvement Plans (SIPs) with clear and achievable targets.
• Provide training and coaching to support school leaders to implement SIPs and drive improvement within the school, drawing on PEAS-tested tools and approaches.
• Regularly collect data from secondary schools and share with the PEAS Monitoring & Evaluation team to monitor progress.
• Use data to provide targeted support to schools that help them improve.
• Provide regular progress updates to the School Improvement Coordinator and contribute to reports when needed.
Support PEAS schools to become “centres of excellence”
• Work within a PEAS school’s Senior Leadership Team (SLT) to help drive improvement.
• Contribute to SLT plans for teacher training, including taking part in delivering teacher training, conducting observations and supporting peer observations and feedback.
• Provide constructive feedback to teachers to help them increase student learning.
Embody PEAS values.
• Act with the highest level of professional conduct, while working both in PEAS schools and with government schools
• Represent PEAS in government schools, promoting PEAS’ values.
• Prioritising students’ welfare, adhering to PEAS Child Protection and Adult Safeguarding Policies in all areas of work.

Who we are looking for
The ideal candidate
Has:
• Minimum of a degree from a recognised university (preferably Social Sciences, Education or Gender)
• Experience working in a school leadership position at a secondary or primary schools
• Experience and knowledge of how to support others to improve education outcomes
• Experience in delivering training and capacity building
• Experience working with complex stakeholder groups in rural low-income communities in Zambia
Can:
• Consistently champion PEAS’ values,
• Lead training sessions, tailoring the content for a range of different audiences (e.g., for school staff, staff who support schools, students)
• Communicate clearly and concisely in both English and Bemba.
• Monitor progress and report against key data points
• Confidently use Microsoft Office and workplace technology (e.g., email) to remain in contact with the wider team.
• Be comfortable working and planning to budgets.
Should be:
• Passionate about improving the life chances of all children through educational opportunities.
• Able to quickly build working relationships and coach school leaders and teachers using strong interpersonal skills.
• Well-organised; able to perform multiple responsibilities to strict deadlines, following up with others in PEAS and in other schools for input and progress updates where necessary.
• Target-driven; comfortable with planning to targets and motivated to achieve them.
• Persistent; willing to go the distance to get things done well.
• Collaborative not competitive; working with peers in and across schools and different teams across the organisation and externally to achieve shared objectives.
Desirable criteria
• Experience working for/with international NGOs.
• In-depth knowledge of rural context in Zambia and community dynamics

Application Process
• To apply for School Improvement Lead, please follow the link.
• Deadline is 6th November 2023
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4. MONITORING, EVALUATION and LEARNING SPECIALIST x 1
Location: Ndola

Key Responsibilities
Job Purpose: To manage and quality assure monitoring, evaluation and learning objectives, both within PEAS network schools and with partner schools.
The Role: This is a key technical leadership and delivery role with a broad scope. Across the responsibilities below, the MEL Specialist will sometimes deliver directly themselves, and at other times will oversee delivery through team members. The exact nature of the balance between direct delivery and oversight will change to meet the needs of the team as it grows and evolves over time.

Development of MEL framework, workplans, and tools
• In consultation with country-level and global colleagues, and in line with the 2022-2026 strategy, develop the annual PEAS Zambia MEL plan and budget, and track progress against the plan throughout the year.
• Work with team members to refine/ develop and pilot MEL tools to ensure necessary data is being collected.
• Facilitate training of central office staff, and school staff, in MEL objectives, processes, and use of MEL tools
• Review PEAS strategic goals, and donor MEL requirements and ensure that plans are in place for the necessary data to be collected. Adapt plans when required.
Leading data collection systems and processes
• Oversee collection of data in PEAS schools and partner schools through a supportive approach, follow-up on any data gaps
• Participate in data collection exercises including through onsite visits when needed.
• Ensure all staff and partners are aware of responsibilities in terms of collecting and retaining Means of Verification for MEL reporting processes.
Use of Technology to support MEL systems.
• Support schools, including through conducting training, to effectively use School Tool+ (PEAS’ School Information Management System), including entering data and generating reports.
• Coordinate the use of technology in data collection, for example through handheld devices.
• Entering of reporting data into USAID online Monitoring Information System
Supporting use of data and results to aid learning and decision making.
• Support SSOs, SO, SIC, SILs and School Leaders in understanding how to use data to make decisions about their schools and how to best support students, including vulnerable girls.
• Train School Support Officers to also support School Leaders in the above.
Providing data and analysis in relation to PEAS strategy, to aid leadership team in country level and global level decision making.
• With a global team, and also independently, conduct data analysis and identify key findings to share with colleagues and external stakeholders.
Contributing to the fulfilment of PEAS’ evaluation and research priorities
• Lead and/or support the implementation of research and evaluations through input into a design; provision of internal data; participating in the procurement process of external agencies; reviewing research and evaluation reports.
Quality Assurance to ensure validity, reliability, and integrity of data gathered.
• Conduct onsite spot checks as quality assurance of data being reported by schools
• Conduct data cleaning and check data for consistency and accuracy using tools such as Excel and Kobo Toolkit
• Provide constructive feedback to staff and schools to ensure continuous learning and improvement.

Who we are looking for.
The candidate
Has:
• Minimum of a degree from a recognised university
• Experience working for/with international NGOs.
• 5+ years of demonstrated experience in working in Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning roles.
• Experience working with a range of stakeholders in rural low-income settings.
• Proven track record of improving MEL systems in low-resource settings.
• Proven track record of supporting the use of data and insights to make programme-related strategic decisions.
• High-level analytical skills including analysis of both quantitative and qualitative data and problem skills solving.
• Experience in managing a team.
• Excellent skills in MS Excel
• Strong data analysis skills
• Experience in developing approaches to monitoring the impact on marginalised groups, such as vulnerable girls, children with Special Educational Needs, and those living below the poverty line.

Can:
• Design and lead professional development activities (e.g. training sessions, mentorship and coaching) for staff engaged in MEL activities.
• Engage with, interpret and understand school/education performance data.
• Confidently communicate clearly and concisely verbally and in written form in both English and Bemba, drawing out and communicating salient points
• Successfully influence, motivate and get the best out of people both within and outside of line management relationships.
• Spend up to 30% of their time in the field.

Should be:
• Passionate about improving the life chances of all children through educational opportunities.
• Ego-less, prepared to be a ‘great leader’ and a ‘great doer.’
• A team member who will contribute to the organisation as well as their area of focus.
• Credible champion of PEAS’ values
• Entrepreneurial, challenging the status quo of ‘this is how things are done’ and being open to trying new ideas to deliver impact.
• Adaptable, approaching uncertainty with positivity and resilience.
• Collaborative not competitive, working with peers in different teams across the organisation and externally to achieve shared objectives.
• Data-driven; passionate about the need to use data to inform decisions.
• Embrace constant improvement, taking ownership for your own development and empowering others to do the same.
• Desirable criteria
• Degree in Statistics or other relevant subject area
• Experience overseeing the development and implantation of MEL funded by institutional or bi-lateral donors (ideally FCDO, USAID.)
• Experience in working in MEL in relation to education in Zambia.
• In-depth knowledge of rural context in Zambia and community dynamics

• To apply for the MEL Specialist position, please follow the link.

Education Requirement: No Requirements

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months:

Level of Education:

Job application procedure
• Deadline is 6th November 2023
• PEAS is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate in its recruitment practices and, in order to build the strongest possible workforce, actively seeks a diverse applicant pool.
• NOTE: Only shortlisted candidates will be communicated. if you do not receive any feedback from PEAS, please consider your application unsuccessful.
To apply for this job email your details to zambiarecruitment@peas.org.uk

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