EDC: Provincial Operations Manager

EDC, with funding from USAID, is implementing the South Africa School-Based Sexuality and HIV Prevention Education Activity, a contract that supports the South African Government to reduce HIV infections in students and teachers by assisting the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to implement high quality, evidence-informed sexuality and HIV prevention education programs.EDC is a global non-profit organization that designs, delivers and evaluates innovative programs to address some of the world’s most urgent challenges in education, health, and economic opportunity. Working with public sector and private partners, we harness the power of people and systems to improve education, health promotion and care, workforce preparation, communications technologies, and civic engagement

The DBE recently released its new National Policy on HIV, STIs and TB to support the prevention, treatment, care and support of all learners, educators, school support staff and officials in the basic education sector, in all public and independent primary and secondary schools in the Republic of South Africa. Compulsory Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) and the provision of Care Services are strategies included in the policy to realise a systematic and sustained response to HIV and TB. These strategies align to and present the sector’s contribution towards the National Strategic Plan (NSP) on HIV, TB and STIs for South Africa, 2017-2022.

EDC is seeking to hire 9 Provincial Operations Managers to be recruited from and working in the provinces and districts listed below:

Province	DBE District/Sub-District	# of POMs
Gauteng	Johannesburg West	2
Gauteng	Johannesburg North	1
Gauteng	Johannesburg Central	1
KwaZulu Natal	Pinetown	3
KwaZulu Natal	King Cetshwayo	1
Free State	Thabo Mafutsanyane	1

DUTIES

The Provincial Operations Manager (POM) will provide capacity development and support to the South African School-Based Sexuality and HIV Prevention Activity in the educational districts where EDC will be operating. The POM will advocate for the inclusion of the DBE HIV Policy and CSE through Scripted Lesson Plans (SLPs) at different platforms. S/he will directly provide training to teachers and district education officials who will be implementing the Sexuality Education Activity in the districts and at school level. The incumbent is (in collaboration with the HOD for Life Skills and Life Orientation) also responsible for the development and implementation of a mentoring and support plan for teachers trained on the scripted lesson plans. The POM is expected to compile training, support reports and implementation reports demonstrating progress on the Activity, challenges experienced and mitigation strategies. The POM will be part of a team of EDC staff, Educators and Education Officials rolling out high-quality Sexuality and HIV prevention trainings in schools.