Field Facilitator at Right To Play

Right To Play is a global organization that protects, educates and empowers children to rise above adversity using play. Established in 2000, Right To Play has pioneered a unique play-based approach to learning and development, focusing on quality education, life skills, health, gender equality, child protection and building peaceful communities. With programming in 16 countries, Right To Play transforms the lives of more than 2.3 million children each year, both inside and outside the classroom.

Right To Play’s programs advance girls’ empowerment and gender equality by championing girls’ voices and their rights to equality, education, dignity and safety. Teachers, parents and community members are engaged in gender equality, supporting them to reduce harmful gender norms and barriers to girls’ education and empowerment at home, in school and their communities. Programs operate in both development and humanitarian settings and in partnership with communities and government partners.

Right To Play is headquartered in Toronto, Canada and London, UK and operates in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Our programs are facilitated by more than 600 international staff and 31,900 local teachers and coaches. For more information, follow @RightToPlayIntl and visit www.righttoplay.com.

Job Description

JOB SUMMARY:

The Field Facilitator reports directly to the Project Officer (PO) and is responsible for the implementation of Right To Play project activities and providing support and guidance to the partner community-based organizations, national NGOs, and public basic schools, using RTP tools in the project location. He/she is also responsible for monitoring the project implementation, in collaboration with other project team members for quality of delivery and effectiveness.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Job Responsibility # 1: Activity Planning and Implementation (45%):

• Ensure participation of local partners, children, young people and stakeholders in the process of project planning and implementation of approved activities.
• Support teachers, head teachers and partner NGOs and CBOs, in developing their activity plans and schedules, encourages their initiatives while ensuring alignment with project proposal, facilitates their activities and reports to the PO.
• Support schools and Local Partner NGOs to organizes and conducts community sensitization and awareness campaign targeting parents and caregivers and other community members
• In Collaboration with partners, schools and district stakeholders, evaluates regular activities and community events, provides updates of lessons learned and best practices and reports on progress and challenges as they arise.
• Manage the logistical arrangements for training workshops in collaboration with partners and stakeholders.
• Assess the training needs of teachers, community volunteers/mentors, partner staff Junior Leaders, and recommend suitable intervention to address their training needs
• Organize and facilitate training workshops in collaboration with other program staff and stakeholders, evaluates and reports to the Project Officer Handle equipment management and distribution in the assigned district.
• Conduct follow-ups on how partners are spending budget received for project implementation in the location and verifies the accuracy of their financial reports and receipts and reports to the Project Officer.

Job Responsibility #2: Monitoring and reporting (20%):

• Conduct regular field visits with local partners, teachers and district officials to follow-up and provide support as needed to the project schools, health facilities and communities
• Participate in workshops/trainings for local partners, in collaboration with the project MEL coordinator, in the quantitative data collection tools and qualitative monitoring tools and ensures accurate and timely submission of quantitative and qualitative data to RTP team.
• Provide narrative, qualitative and quantitative monitoring information/data to support monthly, quarterly and annual reports to update the Country Office and HQ on project progress reports.
• Submits financial reports related to activity implementation with partners.
• Ensure local partners, teachers and community volunteers/ Mentors are in compliance with RTP’s Child Safeguarding Policy.

Job Responsibility #3: Establish and Maintain Partnerships (20%):

• Participate in the identification and selection of local partners to be included in RTP program as well as support in assessing local partner need in the respective field.
• Represents RTP in the project locations and relevant forums and have regular consultations with local partners, stakeholders, and key beneficiaries in the assigned community.

Job Responsibility #4: Supervision and Guidance (10%):

• Supervise teachers and support Mentorship/ School based clubs to develop, implement, and evaluate their clubs’ action plans
• Supervision and provide technical support to Community Volunteer/ mentors engaged in out of school cluster sessions on sexual and reproductive health education.
• Conducts performance assessment of teachers, partner staff and volunteers and recommends recognition and award strategies to encourage continuous improvement of their work

#5: Other Tasks as Assigned (5% of Time)

Required Skills or Experience

WHAT YOU’LL BRING (ESSENTIAL):

EDUCATION/TRAINING/CERTIFICATION: EDUCATION/TRAINING/CERTIFICATION

• Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, Public Health, Education, or any related discipline.

EXPERIENCE

• Two years’ experience working in project implementation and facilitation, part of which should have been working with schools and training teachers.
• At least two years working with partners in the health sector.

COMPETENCIES / PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Ability to confidently represent oneself and Right To Play
• Effective planning and organizing skills
• Coaching and feedback skills
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
• Strong development and team building skills

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS

• Understanding of adult education principles
• Understanding curriculum development and implementation
• Computer literacy in outlook, MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Internet
• Effective report writing
• Understanding the education and health systems
• Understanding of a community-led process
• Understanding of the concept of sport for development and play based learning approaches
• Understanding of child rights, child protection, adolescent sexual and reproductive, gender-based violence issues in Ghana

LANGUAGES

• Excellent spoken and written English and local language(s) in the project location

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS (AN ASSET)

• Experience implementing a development program with local populations in both rural and urban settings
• Experience in training, leading workshops and teaching (must have)
• Personal sport and activity background with coaching experience
• Ability to ride and maintain a motorbike in the field will be an added advantage (must have)
• Hold a valid driver’s license for motorbike (must have)

WHO YOU ARE:

You are highly driven, results-oriented, collaborative, and well-rounded leader with a passion for working with children and youth. You are an exceptional communicator with excellent networking skills.