Senior Project Officer, Ed Tech, Education, HCMP

Job Description

Title: Senior Project Officer, Ed Tech, Education, HCMP

Company Name: BRAC

Vacancy: --

Age: Na

Job Location: Cox`s Bazar (Teknaf, Ukhia)

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

• At least 2 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

• Bachelor’s degree in Education, BSc on CSE, EEE, or IT from any UGC approved reputed university or institute.

• Candidate with Master’s degree will be preferred.

• At least 2 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

Knowledge:

• Knowledge on Creating engaging and effective lessons.

• Knowledge on enjoyable and interactive learning environment

• Knowledge on Student & Parents management, multiculturalism, ethics and supervision.

Skills:

• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with Students

• Sound speech & presentation skills.

• Have computer skills with all Microsoft Office programs (MS Word, Power Point, and Excel).

• Excellent influencing, negotiating and communication skills.

• Excellent organization, and coordination skills.

Competencies:

• Proactive & Analytical thinking

• Results oriented & Driving impact

• Relationship building & Planning and organizing

• Information technology

• Problem-solving and decision making

• Coaching Development Orientation

BRAC is an international development organisation founded in Bangladesh in 1972 that partners globally with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty to create opportunities to realise their potential.

EdTech Officer will play a crucial role in shaping the future of our world by fostering curiosity, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills in young minds. Their responsibilities encompass a wide range of tasks, both inside and outside the classroom.

• Assist teachers, managers, and support staff to effectively use and implement education technology in the classroom for improving outcomes for students and supporting continuous personal development for staff.

• Deploy and support the use of education technology (including assistive technology) to improve learning, teaching, and conducting assessment.

• Work collaboratively with colleagues to design, develop, and deliver Educational Technology initiatives that align with the program needs.

• Write case studies, articles, and other publications about ICT for development project activities

• Support Educational Technology use through daily advising, collaborating, and training of teachers both in and out of the classroom.

• Develop and provide training to technical and program officers regarding educational technology interventions and fully utilizing devices such as tablets.

• Regularly monitor the use of all edtech devices and track technical issues with different mechanisms such as a mobile device management (MDM) platform.

• Develop and deploy implementation plans for technology-based projects such as the use of e-learning platforms as well as other content management systems.

• Evaluate the effectiveness and sustainability of current and future uses of Educational Technology

• Function as a liaison with UNICEF/ Donor to ensure seamless coordination of technology tools supporting curriculum, instruction, and assessment.

• Participate in relevant sector working groups such as the Technology Task Team to promote best practices and share lessons learned.

• Prepare monthly & quarterly community mobilization action plan & implement them accordingly

• Address gender-related barriers to technology use and capacity development

Safeguarding

• Ensure the safety of Programme Participants, people who come into contact with the organisation and team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) to achieve the programme`s goals of safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.

• Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action. 

• Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place and encourage others to do so.

· Mobile bill

· Weekly 2 holidays

· Health & Life Insurance

· Paternity/ Maternity leave

· others as per Organisation policy.