The focus of the function is on the following areas:

• Support in the making of the new Teacher Development and Management Policy and other policies;
• Design the implementation actions of the new teachers’ statute gazetted on 16^th March 2020;
• Follow up on the implementation of the Post-Covid-19 outbreak recovery and resilience interventions;
• Provide technical expertise in the shift to blended (or fully online) teacher training/ Continuous Professional Development for teachers and school leaders;
• Help REB to design specific concept notes with (data collection instruments, data analysis tool and reporting frameworks) enabling to assess the effectiveness/outcomes of different activities and interventions in basic education;
• Provide technical analysis on desired institutional operation reforms for efficiency and customer satisfaction.

In addition, the Embedded Education Expert provides advice to VVOB on alignment of the 2017-2021 MINEDUC-UR-VVOB programme on “Leading, Teaching and Learning Together (LT²)” with plans and priorities of REB.  In that regards, (s)he works closely with VVOB’s Embedded Education Expert in the Teacher Development, Management and Career Guidance and Counseling Department at REB and VVOB’s Partnership Manager on coordination of all initiatives related to School Leadership and Teacher Professional Development in the Basic Education sector.

As such, the Embedded Education Expert:

1. Supports REB and VVOB in the coordination of all initiatives in the Basic Education Sector that address the listed key priorities (see above);
2. Provides technical advice on the planning, monitoring and evaluation of School Leadership and Teacher Professional Development capacity development trajectories, in alignment with key priorities in the Basic Education Sector in Rwanda.

As an Expert, the Embedded Education Expert:

1. Support to REB and VVOB in the coordination of all initiatives in the Basic Education Sector that address key priorities. Tasks include:

• Support REB in setting smart objectives and targets related to the identified key priorities in the Basic Education Sector, their implementation and M&E;
• Supports REB in realizing its objectives related to the identified key priorities in the Basic Education Sector;
• Ensures alignment and coherence between interventions in the Basic Education Sector that address the identified key priorities;
• Ensures high quality standards in terms of partnership, relevance, efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability.
• Proactively sets up meetings with partners and REB colleagues to discuss issues linked to School Leadership and Teacher Professional Development;
• Acts as the contact person for VVOB partners and colleagues.

2. Provides technical advice on planning, monitoring and evaluation of School Leadership and Teacher Professional Development capacity development trajectories. Tasks include:

• Keeps abreast with policy trends, new developments and latest research and thinking in education and international development by external and internal networking and shares new insights with REB and VVOB;
• Assists in the drafting of concept notes that clarify current and emerging policy directions in the area of school leadership and teacher professional development of REB;
• Provides technical advice for strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation of School Leadership and Teacher Professional Development capacity development trajectories, including planning of scaling and exit strategies for REB and VVOB respectively;
• Provides technical advice, guidance and support on relevant and contextualized design and development of School Leadership and Teacher Professional Development capacity development trajectories, tailored to the Rwandan Basic Education system;
• Takes the lead in evaluation and drawing lesson from practices and implementation of interventions and as such, develops smart targets (i), proposes scenarios for better implementation (ii), coordinates measurement of outputs (iii) and participates in institutional reviews (iv).

The Embedded Education Expert performs any other duty assigned by supervisors in line with the position holder’s capacities.
As a Quality Caretaker, the Embedded Education Expert

• Guarantees the coherence with REB’s and VVOB’s definition of quality education, including gender equity;
• Ensures compliance to REB’s and VVOB’s financial policies and guidelines including adherence with accounting principles and requirements and efficient and responsible use of resources;
• Takes up an active role in monitoring, evaluating and reporting, including gender equity, in close collaboration between REB and VVOB;
• Contributes to internal and external knowledge development by systemizing lessons learned and sharing pro-actively lessons learned between partners.

As a Manager/Coordinator, the Embedded Expert leads by example, is proactive and takes initiatives whenever necessary to coordinate School Leadership and Teacher Professional Development Initiatives and provides technical advice, guidance and support to REB and VVOB.

As a coach, (s)he provokes and supports learning, in the REB team (Education Advisors/Coordinators Team), across departments and functional teams within REB and VVOB respectively.