Program Overview

The Liberia Foundational Skills Activity (LFSA) is a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded program implemented by Chemonics International in Liberia. The project will work to increase the percentage of Liberian children accessing primary school and meeting government of Liberia learning standards.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

As the Bong County TLM Officer for the Liberia Foundational Skills Activity, the employee is responsible for the following principal duties and responsibilities in the Bong County office:

• Support the process of designing, preparing, and executing the procurement of evidence-based, contextually relevant, and inclusive TLMs and other reading materials through the last mile in the respective county, in close coordination with other LFSA staff, short-term technical assistants (STTA), the Ministry of Education, and other key actors

• Work with Chemonics’ international TLM supply chain specialists and other local experts to help the Ministry of Education design and implement an improved TLM supply chain system to support foundational literacy in Grades 1-6 and accelerated learning programs

• Support LFSA efforts to increase parent and community demand and engagement for sufficient and contextually appropriate foundational literacy materials to be available to and used by learners

• Support LFSA efforts to strengthen system actor capacity to plan and manage TLM procurement and distribution

• Provide ongoing technical support to the government and civil society in the respective county on matters pertaining to book, teaching, and learning materials procurement and supply chain management

• Support the annual, quarterly, and monthly planning of all activities in support of LFSA Result 3 (TLM provision) in coordination with other LFSA technical areas, Ministry of Education counterparts, and other stakeholders

• Identify and advise the LFSA leadership on needs for capacity strengthening for the Ministry of Education and local authors and publishers.

• Coordinate with the Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL) team on MERL related to LFSA Result 3, including collaborating, learning, and adapting activities

• Prepare reports and analysis routine and ad hoc as required by the work plan and project needs.

• Collaborate closely with the operations and finance team, implementation director, county program manager, and logistics officer to ensure effective implementation of TLM activities, especially for procurement and the last-mile distribution of TLMs.

Location of Assignment

This long-term position will be based out of Bong County, Liberia.

Supervision and Reporting

The TLM Officer will report to the Teaching and Learning Materials Team Lead or his/her designee.

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in education, supply chain management, or other related discipline.

• Minimum of 3 years of experience working with donor funded programs in Liberia, preferably in the education sector.

• Experience working with book supply chains and/or book development.

• Knowledge of participatory track and trace book distribution systems desired

• Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity.

• Proficiency with software such as Microsoft Office Suite.

• Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.

• Fluency in written and spoken English.

Application instructions:

Please complete this form (https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/67955cefe60846e99854c43fa5f26fb9) no later than August 16, 2024. No telephone inquiries, please. Chemonics will contact finalists.

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