Job Overview:
The Public-School Partnership Officer will support the effective implementation of SHOFCO's Education Expansion strategy in public primary schools. The role is responsible for coordinating school-level delivery of interventions designed to improve foundational literacy and numeracy outcomes by strengthening teacher instructional practice, EdTech use, school leadership and accountability, parental engagement, learner engagement and safety.
The Public-School Partnership Officer is responsible for the operational implementation of public schools' interventions.
This role involves supporting the coordination of government relations at various levels, managing school partnerships, ensuring smooth execution of interventions and data collection, and overseeing public schools' partnership coordinators on the ground.
This role involves close collaboration with coordinators on the ground and third-party training providers.
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
Program Planning, Design and Implementation:
Collaborate with the Public-School Partnership Manager to co-design, plan, and roll out public school interventions across both low-touch and high-touch schools
Lead on implementation of strategic intervention areas: Teacher Professional Development, EdTech Solutions, School Leadership and Management, Parental Engagement, learner engagement, direct support and learner safeguarding.
Support implementation of teacher professional development activities, including holiday PD sessions, conduct lesson observations, feedback sessions, teacher coaching, and communities of practice for high touch schools.
Collaborate with internal SHOFCO departments including WASH, Gender, Libraries and other relevant teams to ensure integrated delivery of school-based interventions.
Coordinate parental engagement activities, including parent representative meetings, dissemination of EdTech tools to parents, and engagement of Boards of Management through Heads of Institutions.
Coordinate EdTech-related interventions in high touch schools, including piloting tools, supporting teacher adoption, coordinating ICT champion teacher trainings.
Lead on rolling out nudges strategies and support for learners at risk of dropout.
Stakeholder Engagement:
Support the Public-School Manager in establishing and maintaining strong partnerships with county, sub-county and at school level to ensure program sustainability and smooth operations.
Support mapping of government, community, school, and partner initiatives in target locations to identify synergies, avoid duplication, and strengthen collaboration.
Team Management and Support
Line Manage public schools partnerships coordinators, to ensure effective high-quality field implementation.
Set clear work plans, targets, and performance expectations for coordinators.
Provide regular coaching, supervision, feedback and performance reviews to public schools coordinators to facilitate professional growth.
Ensure coordinators maintain strong relationships with schools, teachers, parents, and local education stakeholders.
Review field reports, school visit notes, implementation trackers, and data submitted by coordinators.
Resolve field implementation challenges and escalate risks to the Public School Partnership Manager as needed.
Administration and Logistics
Lead project requisitions in SAP system for the public schools partnerships and ensure required materials, services, and resources are requested and delivered on time.
Coordinate logistics for school based project activities, including scheduling meetings, workshops, and training sessions.
Maintain organized documentation for activity plans, attendance sheets, procurement requests, field reports, and school-level records.
Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Reporting:
Track implementation progress against work plans, strategy milestones, school calendars against planned program indicators.
Support baseline, midline, endline, teacher assessment, learner assessment and school-level data collection processes.
Ensure public schools coordinators maintain accurate records of teacher PD attendance, lesson observations, coaching sessions, communities of practice, parent meetings, learner clubs, library attendance, EdTech use, nudges, and child protection activities.
Analyze implementation data and provide insights to support data-driven decision-making.
Document lessons learned, success stories, risks, and best practices from school-level implementation.
Representation and Communication:
Support the Public School Partnership Manager in representing SHOFCO in meetings, workshops, forums, and conferences related to public school partnerships and education quality.
Prepare talking points, updates, and briefing notes for stakeholder meetings when required.
Communicate SHOFCO's education strategy clearly to school leaders, government officials, partners, parents, and internal teams.
Note: Flexibility is essential for this role. Additional duties and responsibilities may be assigned as necessary based on the evolving needs of the intervention.
Required Qualifications and Experience
Education:
Bachelor's degree in Education, Social Sciences, Development Studies, Project Management, or a related field.
Experience:
Minimum of 3 - 5 years' experience in education program implementation, school partnerships, community development, or public-sector engagement.
Experience working with public schools, government education officials, school leaders, teachers, parents, or learners.
Experience supervising field-based teams or coordinators.
Experience in monitoring, evaluation, data collection, and reporting.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Competencies
Strong understanding of Kenya's public education system and school-level operations.
Knowledge of foundational literacy and numeracy programming.
Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills.
Ability to coordinate multi-stakeholder education interventions across schools and government structures.
Strong planning, logistics, administration, and follow-up skills.
Ability to analyze data and use evidence to improve implementation.
Strong supervision, coaching, and team management skills.
Good written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to work with implementing partners and internal departments.
Understanding of safeguarding and child protection principles.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office, data collection tools, and basic reporting systems.