Education Technology (EdTech) Officer( Afghan Nationals Only )

Job Description

- Oversee the pilot launch of virtual support to CBE/ALP teachers across two targeted provinces (Kunduz and Bamyan, reaching 100 target teachers in the targeted provinces to build their professional development capacity. - Oversee and support the development of tools/forms for teacher need assessment, teacher baseline and endline knowledge assessment and User understanding. - Orients/train the staff of local partner on how to conduct the Teacher Need Assessment and submit report to IRC. - Overseeing/observing and supporting local partner with conducting teacher need assessment, data analysis and report submission to IRC. - Lead and support contents development for IVRs/SMSs in English and share with Airbel Ed GRIP team to review and provide feedback. - Lead and support the education team to translate contents to Dari and Pashto - Follow up and support Airbel team in Chatbot development, testing and chatbot flow management. - Support Airbel team to training the respective staff of IRC education team and local partner team on Chatbot usage. - Facilitate/support the process of signing MoU with MoE to support us in smoothly implementation of the project interventions. - Conducting regular field visits to oversee and track implementation progress and provide necessary constructive feedback to the partner. - Support the project to ensure that pilot testing feedback is incorporated in a timely fashion to make improvements in the Chatbot and messaging system. - Review and crosscheck the monitoring reports with partner and IRC field staff to ensure quality implementation. - Support the development of a final project report, in coordination with Airbel. - Review the budget regularly and do the re-alignment whenever necessary to follow up and inform the respective staff. - Work with Supply Chain to identify and oversee procurement of any budgeted supplies/items. - Closely work with Supply Chain and grant teams to identify potential Telecom and sign contract with to disseminate IVRs/SMSs through the platform. - Work with IM team to develop any necessary assessment tools for monitoring and feedback on the piloting and ensue quality data management. - Oversee and monitor the teacher training on how to use Chatbot and provide necessary feedback/support. - Work with IM team to develop tools for project final evaluation support orienting partner staff on how to conduct the final project assessment/evaluation. - Follow up with partner to develop and share the report of project final assessment/evaluation with IRC education program for scale up planning and project designing

Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, master’s degree is preferable. - 2-3 years experience with Education Technology, Information Technology, Learning Apps - Experience with Chatbot development, or SMS/IVR messaging systems or remote support mechanisms using mobile phones for teachers, learners. - Experience with community-based education and education formal system support - Experiences in contents development, tools development and training delivery - Understanding of local context and locations in targeted provinces (Kunduz and Bamyan) - Excellent communication and coordination skills - Excellent communication skills in Pashto, Dari and English. - Wiling to travel and conduct field visits regularly.