Job Description

Purpose of Role

Maths Specialist is to support the implementation of the Maths strategy across all the implementation interventions from a

central oKice. This will involve working with the provincial teams and supporting their maths intervention programmes, participation in the ongoing materials development and review, training of the Numeracy Academy online and participating in advocacy at various levels.

Objectives of Role

Materials development and review

Participate in the materials review process linked to input from intervention team members

or other interested parties and informs the ongoing refinement of the Bala Wande

programme.

Intervention Support & Development

Coordinate support required for implementation of the BW materials in the intervention
sites.
Support the planning, development and/or refinement of training materials as needed across
the province intervention sites and participate in training sessions as required.
Troubleshooting and using feedback gathered from the intervention teams. Lead sessions with teams in the provinces to empower them on academic reading and
writing.
Encourage provincial team members to submit presentations for, and attend, conferences
for their continuous development as expert mathematics field trainers.
Reporting on all tasks (such as implementation support, academic readings sessions;
training sessions, etc.

Research Monitoring & Evaluation

Take an active role in the Bala Wande Programme research, monitoring and evaluation
projects as required

Advocacy

Contribute to writing advocacy/academic papers, etc. about the Bala Wande project and
engage with appropriate parties to promote the Bala Wande materials.
Immerse self in the programme to become its ambassador and able to serve the project
optimally.

Experience and Qualifications

Minimum master's degree in Maths / Maths Education / Education Minimum 5 years' experience working in Foundation Phase Maths related work
(teaching/lecturing/training).
Own vehicle and driver's license essential

Competencies

Alignment with the Funda Wande's Vision, Mission & Values. Communication & Interpersonal Organizational, Planning & Multiskilling Attention to details and extremely organized Analytical & Problems Solving Committed to improving processes and systems Disciplined administrative skills Confident, proactive, self-reliant and performance oriented High degree of emotional intelligence Great team player Professionalism Emotional intelligence Operations Management, Procurement Management and Project Management Result Orientation * Team Collaboration