Pakistan: Assessment Advisor, Islamabad
Country: Pakistan
Closing date: 07 Aug 2013
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster.
The IRC has been working in Pakistan since 1980. The IRC is leading a USAID-funded Pakistan Reading Project PRP to improve the quality of reading in public and private schools, supporting at least 2.5 million additional primary school students to read at a level commensurate with standards at their grade level. This goal will be supported by the mutually-reinforcing components of teacher education and professional development (PD), systems reform, and civil society engagement.
Responsibilities: • Analyse assessments and results including Pakistan’s Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) and USAID’s Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) for the region;• Coordinate with authorities to design provincial reading assessment tools that gauge students’ performance against existing standards and those developed in partnership with the project;• Conduct workshops with Department of Education officials to draft provincial assessments informed by existing assessment and standards; • Support piloting of draft reading assessments including logistics and data entry, analysis, and interpretation; • Lead workshops to revise reading assessments to reflect analysis of pilot results; • Ensure cohesion with other education policy, systems, and standards; • Ensure that education assessment systems support is technically sound and effective in reaching program targets;• Coordinate with Provincial Assessment Authorities to develop and implement an assessment strategy; • Organize workshops for provincial assessment authorities to identify and address system needs, outline action plans, and set goals. Requirements: • Master’s degree from an accredited university in international education, research methods, or other related field, or additional years of experience in the education or research, evaluation, and learning field; • Familiarity with the ASER and EGRA tools; • Knowledge of SPSS and databases management• At least 3 years of experience in implementing and analyzing quantitative and qualitative assessments of learning outcomes • Demonstrated coordination with government institutions• Strong analytical report writing and presentation skills • Experience with international non-governmental organization preferred• Familiarity with the regional context• Fluency in English is required; knowledge of Urdu is a plus.
How to apply:
http://ch.tbe.taleo.net/CH02/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=IRC&cws=1&r...
