PLAY International is looking for an educational coordinator for its projects within the Comoros mission. The ideal start date is … (precise date depending on the contract and the launch of the project).
Duty station : Moroni – Union of the Comoros with travel within the country.
Presentation of PLAY International:
PLAY International was born in 1999 from the idea that sport could be a catalyst for social change. Since then, the NGO has developed and managed education projects in more than 15 countries for the benefit of more than half a million children. This field action, often in precarious contexts, has allowed the NGO to develop an approach to sport that transforms its practice into a concrete response to an education, social or health problem. PLAY International has thus invented new ways of learning, growing, or overcoming trauma. Today, the NGO is committed to developing the social impact of sport in France and around the world with a common thread: social innovation.
PLAY International in Comoros:
PLAY International will open a mission in the Comoros to support physical and sports education in the Comoros. Funded over three years by the Ministry of National Education of the Union of the Comoros as part of a France-Comoros Development Plan (PDFC) worth 150 million euros, the mission is developing several actions in favor of the use of sports as a vector of active and inclusive education in primary and secondary classes.
Missions and activities:
The educational coordinator is responsible for implementing the educational strategy and designs, disseminates and evaluates educational content in cooperation with PLAY International’s local institutional partners.
Within the mission, the educational coordinator brings their educational expertise to all of the mission’s projects and promotes the transversality of the educational tools created and used. To do this, the educational coordinator is expected to work in close coordination with the focal points of the Ministry of National Education and other educational and sports institutions.
The educational coordinator will be responsible for setting up and developing the project aimed at reforming the teaching of APS in primary and secondary schools, setting up and leading training courses for teachers, designing and developing actions to promote school sport, co-writing the new official reference documents with partners, and finally designing and proposing the implementation of a training framework for secondary school teachers.
He/she is under the supervision of the Head of Mission, and is technically supported by the Educational Advisor from the NGO headquarters and he/she works closely between them.
The general missions of the educational coordinator are as follows:
M1. Co-creation of content and educational materials
- Co-creation and adaptation of content (educational progressions, thematic modules, sessions, etc.) in line with the objectives of the project and the profiles of the beneficiaries, children, adolescents, and young adults.
- Guarantor of the implementation and compliance with the content co-creation methodology: mobilization of experts, partners and practitioners throughout the process, analysis and diagnosis on the topics covered, co-creation workshops, testing and validation phase
- Guarantor of the creation and quality of training reference materials and tools (training plan, training modules, etc.)
M2. Training of practitioners and dissemination of educational content and materials
- Guarantor of the quality of the training provided: validation of tools and content
- Animation of training courses and monitoring of trainees (trainers, teachers, etc.)
- Support for the recognition and deployment of initial and qualifying teacher training
M3. Training of trainers and capacity building of local partners
- Development and facilitation of trainer training,
- In coordination with the PLAY teams, development of a plan to strengthen institutional stakeholders in sports education in the Comoros (Reference Group of the Ministry of Education),
- Strengthening the educational skills of local institutional partners,
M4. Reporting, Evaluation and Capitalization
- Development of monitoring and evaluation tools (indicators, observation grid, questionnaires, etc.) on the educational aspects of the project (qualitative and quantitative)
- Writing, support and validation of the writing of training and activity reports
- Responsible for writing biannual programmatic reports
- Continuous capitalization work (creation of a collection of best sessions and best practices)
M5. Support for mission development
- Support for the definition and implementation of the mission strategy
- Educational support for project design and support for writing reports to donors
- Guarantor of the operational implementation of the Comoros educational strategy
- Management of on-site teaching teams, support for their development of skills and autonomy,
M5. Referent and educational correspondent with local institutions and project partners
- Monitoring of the joint working group set up with the University of Madagascar (Staps sector) for the drafting of the EPS framework for secondary education,
- Participation and animation of working frameworks with the managers of the CIPR and the MEN of the Comoros
- Represent the NGO in meetings with sports federations and other local stakeholders involved in the field of sport
- Contribute to the creation of a positive image and the overall credibility of the organization vis-à-vis institutional and associative actors relevant to the project.
- Participate in various coordination and advocacy meetings with national education and sports institutions (eg Steering Committee, bilateral coordination meetings, etc.)
- In close collaboration with the Head of Mission, coordinate advocacy action with the Ministry of National Education and other stakeholders in the sports education ecosystem in the Comoros.
Required skills:
Training / Studies
Training in the fields of sport and socio-sporting activities (Master STAPS, etc.) and/or in educational sciences
Knowledge of the practice of APS in a school environment is important.
Good knowledge and experience on Gender issues and their implications in the education sector is a plus.
Know-how / Experience
- Experience in a developing country
- Proven experience in strengthening teaching skills
- Project management experience
- Educational engineering and adult training
- Experience in developing educational content required
- Socio-sporting activities with children
- Writing skills, organizational skills
- Experience in a developing country required
- Excellent command of Excel/Word
- Experience in negotiation and advocacy with state institutions appreciated
Soft skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills and a keen sense of diplomacy
- Leadership
- Strong sense of initiative and autonomy
- Adaptability, particularly in a multicultural context
- Team spirit
- Stress and Priority Management
- Ability to live in an unstable and constrained environment
- Patience
Contract type:
- 24-month French fixed-term contract
- Salary: according to experience and NGO salary scale
- Location: Moroni, Comoros, with travel throughout the country
- Start date: March 2025
How to apply
CV and cover letter addressed to Henri LELORRAIN, Educational Advisor at [email protected] until March 15, 2025.
Specify “Comoros Educational Coordinator” in the title of the email.
