Program Liaison Manager

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VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

RTI International, the International Education Division is currently accepting applications for a Program Liaison Manager to support the Early Grade Reading Program (EGRP), a USAID-funded five-year program to improve early grade reading in Nepal. This is a full-time position. The 5-year project will work closely with and support the Government of Nepal’s design and initial implementation of a national education model that standardizes early grade reading in public schools.  The Position is based in Kathmandu with expected travel to target districts across Nepal. 

Program Liaison Manager will provide project management, coordination and technical assistance in support of the Chief of Party (COP), Chief Technical Advisor (CTA) and the EGRP Technical Support Unit. 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide project management, coordination, and technical assistance in support of the COP, CTA and the EGRP Technical Support Unit.
• Work closely with the CTA to effectively coordinate, manage and implement technical assistance to the Ministry of Education (MOE), including National Early Grade Reading Program (NEGRP)-EGRP and Government to Government (G2G)-EGRP coordination. 
• Work with the CTA to engage the MOE and other governmental and local organizations on their capacity development needs with the overall aim of improving service delivery.
• Provide technical assistance in fields of capacity development, education systems strengthening and education performance improvement. 
• Work with the COP and CTA to create and ensure effective linkages between activities implemented under the Technical Support Unit, including NEGRP and G2G activities.
• Provide technical support to effectively launch and coordinate Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) and Classroom Based (CB)-EGRA activities at the central, district, and school levels.
• Work with the CTA to ensure effective coordination and implementation of EGRP activities with District Education Office (DEO) offices and EGRP regional hub and district offices.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in education, organizational development, business, or related field with 6 years of relevant experience or Bachelor’s Degree in education, organizational development, business, or related field with 10 years of relevant experience.
• Prior experience managing donor-funded education improvement programs, preferably USAID-funded. 
• Strong project management skills in program reporting and communications, coordination or technical assistance, and monitoring and quality assurance.
• Prior experience working closely with the Nepal Ministry of Education preferred. 
• Technical expertise in one or more of the following areas: early grade reading, education systems strengthening, education performance improvement, capacity building, and national and district-level service delivery preferred. 
• Prior experience with CB-EGRA and using EGRA-like assessments at the household level preferred.
• The candidate must be fluent in written and spoken Nepali and English.

To Apply: Qualified candidates are invited to apply via email to internationaledu@rti.org by Sunday, September 20, 2015. Please clearly mark “Application for Program Liaison Manager-Nepal” as subject of the email. Candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. Only short listed applicants will be contacted. RTI is proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V.