About the Program 

The Partnerships for Improving Education (PIE) Program is a 5-year, Government of Australia (GoA) investment to support the Government of Papua New Guinea (GoPNG) to improve the delivery of access to and quality of education for the children of PNG. 

The program is focused on early grade education working at the national and sub-national level in four target provinces. Through facilitating, testing, and monitoring innovative ways to address priority challenges related to access and retention, and the upgrading of skills of elementary teachers, the Program will seek to influence policy and systems-based change to improve learning outcomes for girls, boys and children with a disability in the early grades. 

The expected end-of-investment outcomes (EOIO) for the PIE investment are:

Targeted Outcome 1: More children (girls, boys, and children with disabilities) in the early grades enrol and stay in school in selected provinces using replicable and sustainable approaches.

Targeted Outcome 2: Targeted provinces are using sustainable and replicable approaches to support improvements in the quality of teaching and learning in the early grades.

Enabling Outcome 3: Evidence of systemic change within the education sector that improves the delivery of early grades education.

PIE has established the Achieving Quality Education for All (AQEFA) fund. PIE in collaboration with the Inclusive Education (IE) Division of the National Department of Education (NDoE) will provide AQEFA funding to Inclusive Education Resource Centres (IERCs) in target locations. AQEFA funding will support IERCs to expand and strengthen their school outreach activities so that more children with disabilities can be identified and provided with the support they need to access, participate, and learn in schools.

About the Opportunity

The Inclusive Education (IE) Outreach Officer will report to the respective IERC Coordinator, Subnational Management and GEDSI and Governance Lead. The IE Outreach Officer works closely with Senior GEDSI and Safeguarding Coordinator and the IERC Coordinator and IERC staff to coordinate, plan and implement school outreach activities.

About You 

For applications to be considered, a response to the key selection criteria below must be provided. 

• Tertiary qualifications in a related field or discipline, such as education, international development, gender equality, disability and social inclusion (GEDSI), monitoring and evaluation or project management. 
• A minimum of Six (6) years of experience in education-sector programs (or related area) is required. 
• Demonstrated understanding of inclusive education and / or community-based rehabilitation and how to apply best fit practices for contextually appropriate education development programming. 
• Experience in broad coordination and facilitation of program activities, including the ability to reliably complete tasks and achieve targets within a given timeframe. 
• Experience in capacity building for internal and external stakeholders in disability and inclusion.
• Capacity to collect, collate and provide data in Excel sheets and written reports.
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation and relationship management skills with proven results in working with senior leaders, external stakeholders, and officials to achieve outcomes.

We welcome and thank all applications; however only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

Closing Date: Sunday, 5 January 2025 (Midday, local time) #LI-AUSBRIT

Abt Global is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to upholding high standards of Child Protection, Anti-bribery and Fraud Protection.

We encourage applications from experienced and capable women, and people with disabilities

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