The Technical Assistance Manager will report directly to the School Feeding Lead & will support the roll out of the GPE Technical Assistance Facility by providing program & technical support in the following activities:

• Advocate for the NSMP needs, aligned to the immediate & mid term & School Meals Coalition (SMC) commitments for the program (where applicable) & TAF objectives with key stakeholders.
• Ensure necessary support is provided to the lead ministry to convene/steer the TAF implementation. Assist in the communication between the government officials, CO & TAF team & government officials in relation to TAF initiative.
• Prepare for & implement the inception phase for GPE TAF.
• Identify, share data & information required for the baseline review, baseline presentation & policy brief.
• Prepare, organize & follow up on the stakeholder workshop / consultations aimed at designing TAF workplan & its validation.
• Contribute to designing a monitoring, reporting & learning approach for the TAF workplan & support its implementation, including seeking feedback from national stakeholders, contributing to learning events & consolidation of lessons identified.
• Draft progress & final reports, as well as periodic specific updates on the activities as required.
• Perform any other duties that will support implementation of the TAF project in line with the Terms of Reference (TOR) & objective of the activity.

Implement technical assistance activities in collaboration with our client & the government. Those will include, but may not be limited to:

• Design of the TORs, concept notes for specific TA activities for clearance to the government, our client (& other partners as required).
• Identify experts, partners to perform activities, collaborating with & supporting (where applicable) our client on contract related issues.
• Organize consultations / events with key stakeholders.
• Draft updates on the progress on the TA activities.
• Contribute to review of activity deliverables / outputs & consolidating feedback from the government, our client & other partners as required.
• Contribute to ensuring final deliverables shared / presented to the government are of high quality.

• Post graduate degree in public administration, education, international development, social sciences or other related fields.
• Extensive experience of 7 or more years, focused on project management & / or project implementation in education, governance & beyond.
• Demonstrated experience of supporting the roll out of complex programs & technical assistance activities.
• Experience working with multiple sectors within the government, donor community, international organizations, NGOs, scientific community & the private sector.
• Sound knowledge of the inter sectoral, intra & inter ministerial environment.
• Experience in managing & / or supporting school health & nutrition initiatives & school meals in particular is a strong advantage.
• A good understanding of the educational sector & implementation of multi sectorial programs, ability to lead efforts for a more effective & coherent response at all levels.
• Experience in working / collaborating with the government entities & LEG is a strong advantage.
• Strong action management, negotiation, inter personal & communication skills.
• Advanced language proficiency in English (both verbal & written).