Academic Monitoring & Evaluating Officer at Transquisite Consulting

 We are currently looking for a Academic Monitor & Evaluating Officer to perform the monitoring, assessment, and evaluation of various education sites within developing communities. You would be a keen observer who has an eye for detail from behavioural skills as teachers engage with students to the quality of the lessons provided and the general feedback from the children and the parents.

Observing 6 to 8 classes per day, you will be responsible for developing assessment reports relating to your observation of the lessons that aids the critical decisions of two focal business groups at headquarters. One of the groups is the Curriculum Directors, your reports will assist them in learning about strengths and weaknesses of the lessons themselves, so they can make changes if necessary to adapt to learning techniques that will service the learning development of their targeted audience.

The other group is the rest of the Academic Team, your observations and reports will assist them in identifying opportunities, make changes to teacher recruiting, teacher training, and curriculum choices, etc. based on the patterns you provide through observation.

You also interview teachers, parents, and the school leader to understand their needs, monitor the progress of the students and make comparisons to previous observations to ensure that that there is consistency in their progress

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• We're looking for a former teacher with a keen eye for observing others.  But that's not enough.  The very act of visiting schools and noticing "What works and what fails" must be intellectually interesting to you - a daily puzzle you want to solve each day.  Otherwise, the work would get tiresome.
• You also must be an effective writer, able to communicate what you see and hear. And, you must be an effective interviewer - able to get teachers, parents, pupils, and academy leaders to speak honestly to you. Sometimes they will be nervous that if they share problems with you, it could cause trouble, so you need to be reassuring.
• You’re also a detailed doer – You have a track record of getting things done. You’re organized and responsive.  You take ownership of every idea you touch and execute it to a fine level of detail, setting targets, engaging others, and doing whatever it takes to get the job done.  You can multi-task dozens of such projects at once and never lose sight of the details.  Likely, you have some experience in a start-up or other rapid-growth company.
• A networking mastermind– You excel at meeting new people and turning them into advocates.  You communicate in a clear, conscientious, and effective way in both written and oral speech.  You can influence strangers in the course of a single conversation.  Allies and colleagues will go to bat for your ideas.
• A creative problem-solver– Growing any business from scratch comes with massive and constant challenges.  On top of that, The brand works in volatile, low-resource communities and runs on fees averaging just $6 a month per pupil.  You need to be flexible and ready to get everything done effectively, quickly, and affordably with the materials at hand.  Every dollar you spend is a dollar our customers, who live on less than $2 a day, will have to pay for.
• A customer advocate– Our customers – these families living on less than $2 a day per person – never leave your mind.  You know them, get them, have shared a meal with them (or would be happy to in the future).  You would never shrink back from shaking a parent’s hand or picking up a crying child, no matter what the person was wearing or looked like.  Every decision you make considers their customer benefit, experience, and value.
• A life-long learner – You believe you can always do better.  You welcome constructive criticism and provide it freely to others.  You know you only get better tomorrow when others point out where you’ve missed things or failed today