Teaching and Learning Lead

• Design strategy and budgeted workplans and review roadmaps to improving teaching and learning in Tanzania.
• Lead and bring technical assistance at all different levels of the system on what works in terms of improving teaching and learning in and around schools to ensure strategy implementation.
• Work politically with institutions like MoEST, PO-RALG, TIE, ADEM, NECTA and others to influence behaviours, approaches and understandings on critical issues related to teaching and learning.
• Lead the support to Government on the design, implementation, monitoring and adaptation of quality, scalable and sustainable interventions (technical assistance, influencing and activities) relating to improving teaching and learning for all children
• Support the system to be more coordinated from school to national level in focusing on improving the things that can drive improved teaching and learning.
• Define annual short-term technical assistance needs in support of Teaching and Learning activities and influencing pieces, manage consultants and ensure high quality standards of all deliverables. Consultants will need to debrief SMT on their work and their work will have to be based on a cross-cutting approach.
• Ensure all programme activities and materials include an inclusive approach, use inclusive language and disaggregated data, and promote diversity in educational institutions
• Provide input on design, approach and content of materials and quality assure where relevant
• Provide training and support to all staff to ensure a coherent approach

• Ensure harmonisation of approaches across programme activities
• Work closely and ensure smooth and proactive communication with SMT, other Leads, MEL and EPforR teams to ensure harmonisation, communication, coordination and cross cutting across the programme
• Work closely with team in development and implementation of the Shule Bora Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning framework as needed.  Ensure lessons learned are being made and that data (quantitative and qualitative) is being gathered to reflect on progress and challenges to adjust strategies.
• Coordinate Shule Bora activities with PO-RALG, MOEST, TIE, ADEM and other organisations as required
• Generate synergies and ensure lesson learning between Shule Bora and other efforts and programs to improve teaching and learning for all children in Tanzania and ensure Shule Bora is being catalytic.
• Ensure strong coordination with EP4R and see how EP4R mechanisms can be used to bring lessons learned and results at national levels through DLIs.

• Ensure Shule Bora work, strategy and approach, especially on teaching and learning is being sustainable and embedded with the system to strengthen it.
• Support the institutionalisation of programme support within PO-RALG, LGAs and Regions.
• Support capacity development activities of programme staff and government counterparts as well as technical assistance.

• Support team in implementing project activities according to approved TORs and agreed budget. Ensure quality contributions to project deliverables and reports as per the project workplan and logframe.
• Provide inputs into mainstreaming minimum standards in safeguarding across all project activities, in close collaboration with the Core Team (including partners with responsibility for delivery in other outcome areas). 
• Regularly go to the 9 Shule Bora regions to monitor progress, bring technical assistance, support regional teams, meet with key local and regional stakeholders.
• Assess risk of activities, monitor risk and proactively raise any concerns with the senior management team.
• Be proactive in communication to SMT to report progress, feedback, challenges and act as proactive team member to ensure meaningful attendance to all key technical meetings (internal and external) to nurture reflection and build on feedback.
• Prepare detailed budget and work with finance team to ensure budget spending is being on track.
• Work closely with Knowledge and Communication Lead in preparation of all reporting documents including QPR and contribute to overall programme reporting both internal and to FCDO and Government, should it be in writing or through meetings.
• Develop budgets for programme activities and manage costs to achieve best VFM. Forecast spend on a monthly basis within programme targets and communicate this promptly to enable compliance with FCDO’s monthly forecasting cycle.
• Represent Shule Bora at relevant meetings and conferences as required, share updates and ensure feedback from the meetings and conferences are being shared to SMT.
• Work in line with Shule Bora Programme policies and manuals at all times.

• Educated to a degree level, Masters preferred in education or related subject
• Good understanding of the Tanzanian education system
• Excellent understanding of effective pedagogy, CPD and/or instructional leadership approaches.
• Excellent understanding of the current state of primary school teacher and learning and the barriers to improvement schools and the wider system face.

• Experience our working in ways that strengthens systems
• Experience of working in ways that improves teaching quality and learning outcomes
• Managing and leading technical specialists and short-term technical assistance
• Experience of achieving change through working politically with Government actors and other partners.
• Experience in planning, coordinating, implementing and monitoring activities to improve teaching and learning
• Experience in capacity development
• Experience in large-scale, international development projects
• Experience with stakeholder engagement from schools to senior government levels

• Strategic thinking and ability to develop a multi-year vision
• Strong technical leadership skills in pedagogy, teacher training, instructional leadership and other related areas
• Politically-savvy with strong influencing skills
• Ability to work in a collaborative team setting, with both leadership and team building and team player skills
• Ability to prioritise and work under pressure
• Strong organisational skills, reliability, and adherence to ethical standards
• Proficient in using MS packages, particularly Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint
• Understanding of and sensitivity to cultural differences
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Fluency in written and spoken English, Kiswahili preferred

1. Teaching and learning: Strengthening Tanzania’s primary teaching and instructional support systems, so that all children* are learning in school. This is focused across primary level, but with a particular focus on foundational literacy and numeracy, and later grade maths and English learning outcomes.
2. Inclusion: All children are in schools that are safe, offer an environment conducive to learning and that this enables children to complete primary education and progress to secondary education.
3. Systems building: UKAID supports government in strengthening the value for money** of education provision at school, local and national level.

1. Work with Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MOEST) and the President’s Office Regional Administration and Local Government (PO-RALG) to test, adapt, scale and sustain quality, gender-transformative, disability-inclusive and safe to learn education approaches in 9 regions, This will be done through a system strengthening approach, where Shule Bora supports and facilitates but does not directly implement.
2. Generate learning and evidence on how to achieve these outcomes affordably and at scale. Use this and other evidence to influence Government and partners stakeholders to help expand and sustain approaches beyond these 9 regions.
3. Support GoT with the timely and effective implementation of the Payment for Results (PforR) mechanism through technical assistance and capacity building to address structural barriers in the system and help scale good practice from the 9 regions.

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