Technical Assistance Manager

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Overview of position:
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The Technical Assistance Manager will provide support to project implementation of the WFP-GPE Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) in line with the approved proposal. The TAF aims to provide catalytic support to strengthening the National School Meals Program (NSMP) through innovative partnerships with government’s leadership. S / he will collaborate closely with our client (as GPE Grant Agent), the lead ministry responsible for NSMP, Local Education Group (LEG) members & key government stakeholders critical for this initiative.

Role objectives:
The Technical Assistance Manager will report directly to the School Feeding Lead & will support the roll out of the GPE Technical Assistance Facility by providing program & technical support in the following activities:
Advocate for the NSMP needs, aligned to the immediate & mid term & School Meals Coalition (SMC) commitments for the program (where applicable) & TAF objectives with key stakeholders.
Ensure necessary support is provided to the lead ministry to convene/steer the TAF implementation. Assist in the communication between the government officials, CO & TAF team & government officials in relation to TAF initiative.
Prepare for & implement the inception phase for GPE TAF.
Identify, share data & information required for the baseline review, baseline presentation & policy brief.
Prepare, organize & follow up on the stakeholder workshop / consultations aimed at designing TAF workplan & its validation.
Contribute to designing a monitoring, reporting & learning approach for the TAF workplan & support its implementation, including seeking feedback from national stakeholders, contributing to learning events & consolidation of lessons identified.
Draft progress & final reports, as well as periodic specific updates on the activities as required.
Perform any other duties that will support implementation of the TAF project in line with the Terms of Reference (TOR) & objective of the activity.
Implement technical assistance activities in collaboration with our client & the government. Those will include, but may not be limited to:
Design of the TORs, concept notes for specific TA activities for clearance to the government, our client (& other partners as required).
Identify experts, partners to perform activities, collaborating with & supporting (where applicable) our client on contract related issues.
Organize consultations / events with key stakeholders.
Draft updates on the progress on the TA activities.
Contribute to review of activity deliverables / outputs & consolidating feedback from the government, our client & other partners as required.
Contribute to ensuring final deliverables shared / presented to the government are of high quality.

Project reporting:
The Technical Assistance Manager will report to the School Feeding Lead.

Key competencies:
Post graduate degree in public administration, education, international development, social sciences or other related fields.
Extensive experience of 7 or more years, focused on project management & / or project implementation in education, governance & beyond.
Demonstrated experience of supporting the roll out of complex programs & technical assistance activities.
Experience working with multiple sectors within the government, donor community, international organizations, NGOs, scientific community & the private sector.
Sound knowledge of the inter sectoral, intra & inter ministerial environment.
Experience in managing & / or supporting school health & nutrition initiatives & school meals in particular is a strong advantage.
A good understanding of the educational sector & implementation of multi sectorial programs, ability to lead efforts for a more effective & coherent response at all levels.
Experience in working / collaborating with the government entities & LEG is a strong advantage.
Strong action management, negotiation, inter personal & communication skills.
Advanced language proficiency in English (both verbal & written).

Team management:
This role has no team management responsibility.

Further information:
Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply for this role.
THIS ROLE IS BEING ADVERTISED FOR TALENT POOL BUILDING PURPOSES ONLY.