TVET Quality Assurance Specialist job at KOREA Tech University & CANDLE Consulting||Deadline 31st October 2021

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TVET Quality Assurance Specialist
TVET Quality Management (TQUM) Project

1. Description

• Title: TVET Quality Assurance Specialist
• Location: Rwanda Polytechnic Single Project Implementation Unit, Kigali, Rwanda
• Organisation: Korea Tech University & CANDLE Consulting
• Supervisor: Project Leader - TQUM
• Duration: 6 Months (Renewable)

2. Background

Rwanda has achieved rapid and steady development for the past two decades. However, the unemployment rate has been high, and most of those in employment have still worked in poor conditions. The majority of youth has been less capacitated to meet the demand of labour markets. These challenges have been likely to come from the quality in Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET), especially including inadequate curricula in relation to labour market demands, ineffective quality assurance and insufficient number of qualified teachers. In these regards, the Government of Rwanda (GoR) has made significant efforts to improve equitable access to relevant, high-quality and demand-driven TVET programmes, through its Education Sector Strategic Plan (ESSP) and related strategies.

To implement the ESSP and strategies, TVET Quality Management (TQUM) Project is established under the strong partnership between the GoR and KOICA (Korea International Cooperation Agency). The main objective of the TQUM is to provide high quality and relevant TVET in order to produce competent graduates to meet labour market demands in Rwanda. The main components of the TQUM are (a) to strengthen TVET competency-based curriculum development framework, (b) to enhance TVET competency-based training and assessment implementation framework and (c) to improve capacities of human resources in curriculum, training and assessment. The total budget of the TQUM is USD 9,000,000, and the implementation period is up to December 2024.

3. Duties and Accountabilities

TVET Quality Assurance Specialist will be a member of the TQUM project. Under supervision and leadership of Project Leader, she or he performs a leading role to organise, coordinate and implement training programs in the TQUM project. Duties and accountabilities will include, but not be limited to, the following:

Inspecting TVET institutions in CBT/CBA Implementations

• Planning, organising, coordinating and implementing TVET school inspections in CBT/CBA implementations against TVET standards and guidelines.
• Developing, reviewing, updating and/or modifying TVET quality standards and guidelines in terms of the CBT/CBA implementation.
• Organising, coordinating and implementing creative approaches, such as using management information systems and/or offline/online blended inspections, in TVET school inspections.
• Organising, coordinating, overseeing and facilitating inspectors’ tasks in TVET school inspections in the project.
• Conducting various administrative duties, such as, but not limited to, scheduling, documenting and accounting, in TVET school inspections in the project.
• Maintaining effective collaborations with GoR counterparts and partner institutions to facilitate TVET school inspections.

Promoting TVET CBT/CBA Implementations

• Planning, organising, coordinating and implementing TVET CBT/CBA promotion activities, such as TVET awards, conference and mentoring & coaching.
• Organising, coordinating and implementing creative mentoring & coaching activities to TVET institutions, such as online/offline blended activities and/or e-portfolio management, in the project.
• Organising, coordinating and implementing TVET awards & conference events to promote CBT/CBA implementations in the project.
• Conducting various administrative duties, such as, but not limited to, scheduling, documenting and accounting, in TVET CBT/CBA promotion activities in the project.
• Maintaining effective collaborations with GoR counterparts and partner institutions to promote TVET CBT/CBA implementations in the project.

Provision of technical assistance in the TQUM project

• Providing technical assistance to strengthen TVET competency-based curriculum development framework, such as curriculum review & development, mentoring & coaching in curriculum delivery and/or curriculum evaluation with tracer survey.
• Providing technical assistance to improve capacities of human resources in curriculum, training and assessment, such as training of TVET trainers, capacity building activities to TVET trainers, leaders, administrators and officers.
• Facilitating technical document development, such as concept notes, detailed implementation plans and implementation progress reports in the TQUM action plans.
• Assisting in coordination and implementation of the TQUM action plans.

Reporting and other technical assistance in accordance with the Procedural and Operational Manual

• Drafting reports as required and ensure these are of the highest quality and submitted in a timely manner.
• Producing and submitting all documents that the Project Leader requests regarding the TQUM project.
• Providing technical assistance and strategic advice to relevant stakeholders, including members of the internal team, implementors, GoR counterparts and development partners, with respects to the TQUM.
• Performing any logistical and administrative tasks for the TQUM project.
• Ensuring liaison with the internal team members and/or stakeholders, regarding the TQUM schedules, information, documents and/or tasks.
• Managing both soft and hard documentation for the TQUM.

4. Selection Criteria

Education

• At least, Bachelor’s degree or equivalent degree in education, engineering, social science or TVET-related fields is essential.
• TVET Trainer Certificate is essential.
• Senior TVET Trainer Certificate and/or TVET School Management and Leadership Certificate are significant advantages.
• Post-graduate degrees and/or certificates in relation to TVET and quality assurance are advantages.

Experience

• A minimum of five (5) years of professional experience in TVET is essential.
• A minimum of three (3) years of professional experience in East African countries, especially including Rwanda, is essential.
• Verifiable experience working for TVET CBT/CBA quality assurance is a significant advantage.
• Verifiable experience working as RTTI (Rwanda TVET Trainer Institute) facilitator and/or lead trainer is an advantage.
• Verifiable experience working for TVET institutions and/or projects is an advantage.
• Verifiable experience working for international development partners is an advantage.

Skills and Attitude

• Proficient knowledge, skills and attitude in TVET competency-based training and assessment are essential.
• Excellent skills in organising, managing, coordinating, supervising and implementing professional quality assurance activities, such as mentoring, coaching, technical assistance and inspections to TVET institutions in CBT/CBA are essential.
• Excellent knowledge, skills and attitude in TVET competency-based curriculum are significant advantages.
• Excellent knowledge in TVET quality assurance, including TVET standards, is a significant advantage.
• Good knowledge in the Rwandan education and TVET sector is a significant advantage.
• Good skills and attitude working with GoR counterparts, including MINEDUC, RP, HEC, RTB and NESA, is a significant advantage.
• Effective technical assistance skills to stakeholders, including but not limited to government officers, development partners, school managers, trainers, administrators, facilitators and the internal team, are advantages.
• Proficiency in English with excellent written and spoken communication is essential.
• Excellent computer literacy, especially for the MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, is essential.
• Abilities to work in complex environments with multiple tasks, competing priorities, and short deadlines are desirable.
• Excellent and timely reporting skills are essential.
• Collaboration and cooperation skills to stakeholders, including but not limited to government officers, development partners, school managers, administrators, trainers, facilitators and the internal team, are desirable.
• Compliance with standards, protocols, regulations and hierarchy in the GoR and the TQUM is desirable.
• Service-oriented skills with enthusiastic attitude to join the TQUM is desirable.
• Ability to undertake field visits is essential.

5. Application Procedures

Interested candidates are required to submit the following documents:

• The C.V. (must be written within three (3) pages in English otherwise the application will be disqualified.)
• The Cover Letter (must be written within one (1) page in English otherwise the application will be disqualified.)
• The copies of degree certificates and related certificates in the relevant field. (otherwise, the application will be disqualified.)

The schedule of the application procedures is the following:

• Application Closing Date: 31 October 2021 (the candidates that do not meet the date will be disqualified.)
• Written Exam Date: 5 November 2021 (the candidates that do not show up will be disqualified.)
• Oral Exam Date: 11 November 2021 (the candidates that do not show up will be disqualified.)
• Tentative Contract Date: 15 November 2021

Please note that only successful candidates will be contacted for the qualified candidates.