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30 Early Grade Reading Assessment Supervisors jobs
Location: Jobs in Uganda 2023 - 2024
Work Hours: Full-time, 08 hours per day
Salary:
UGX
No. of vacancies: 30
Deadline: 02 January 2024
Hiring Organization: Education Development Center (EDC)
Job Details:
Position Summary
ICYD will recruit 30 EGRA Supervisors who will undergo training to equip them for the exercise. Five supervisors will be recruited for each of the local languages: Luganda (5), Runyankore/Rukiga (5), Runyoro/Rutooro (5), Lusoga (5), Leblango (5) and LebAcoli (5).
A supervisor will be responsible for guiding the assessors to adhere to set data collection procedures, packing materials for fieldwork, collecting data, and supporting the Data Quality Assurance Officer with the upload to the cloud. A supervisor 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.
Supervisors will receive oversight from the assigned Data Quality Assurance Officer and the ICYD M&E Team.
The EGRA Supervisors will be contracted for a maximum period of 21 working days (February - March 2024). All honoraria and expenses will be paid by ICYD.
** Please note that this is a local temporary position. Eligibility is limited to Ugandan nationals**
Responsibilities
• Distribute tasks across assessors before and during each school visit, such as counting and organizing materials before and after arrival at the school;
• Ensure the team arrives on-time 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.
• Ensure that the sample of pupils to be assessed at each school is drawn following proper randomized procedure agreed upon during training;
• Supervise the work of assessors during the assessment to guarantee friendly and professional treatment of pupils and correct application of instructions for each subtest;
• Ensure that every 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;
• Interview the Headteacher and P2 teacher of reading in a one-on-one session.
• Undertake school inventory and correctly complete the school field work visit summary;
• 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
• Maintain constant contact with the Data Quality Assurance Officer to resolve problems that arise and communicate work progress;
• Support the Data Quality Assurance Officer to ensure that all of the assessments are uploaded to the server;
• 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
Experience and Skills
The minimum qualifications are:
• Bachelor’s degree in Humanities, Social Sciences, Arts, Economics, Statistics or Education
• Previous experience as an EGRA Assessor preferred.
• Experience conducting assessments with children.
• Previous experience using electronic data collection software.
• Previous experience leading data collection teams.
• Fluency in English and one of the local languages: Luganda, Runyankore-Rukiga, Runyoro-Rutooro, Lusoga, Leblango, or LebAcoli required.
Application procedure
Interested and qualified? Click here to apply
Date Posted: 2023-12-22
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