Business Support Assistant (Nutrition Curricula Development)

Job Description

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)Under the overall guidance of the WFP CO deputy director and the direct supervision of CO Nutritionist the Business Support Assistant, in close cooperation with the rest of the UN consultants? working team (the team will consist of 1 team leader and 5 consultants), will be responsible for quality assurance and timely implementation of the following activities:1.?Collate information for inclusion in reports, documents and correspondence, to support the effective work of other staff;2.?Respond to standard queries and provide timely and accurate guidance;3.?Process and manage routine administrative and financial tasks in various functional areas, to contribute to the effective and timely management of resources;4.?Manage and maintain records and databases, to ensure information is organised and readily available for staff;5.?Maintain relationships with a range of individuals through provision of business support to assist in information sharing and service delivery to staff;6.?Proof-read reports, documentation, correspondence, etc., making changes in line with established guidelines where appropriate;7.?Development of a curriculum for the subjects related to Nutrition and physical activity for healthy life style curricula (HLC) for the grades 5-11 in accordance with the learning outcomes (in total 48) that have been developed earlier approved by the Ministry of Education. In particular, considering international standards and best practices, develop a learning plan and with the learning objectives and propose a time allocation for each domain per grade, provide teaching methods and approaches for formative assessment of learning outcomes and for monitoring of HLC respective domains, finalize curriculum with the team leader;8.?Development of teaching materials for domains related to Nutrition and physical activity for piloting of HLS club in grades 5, 7 and 10. After the approval of the curriculum by the Ministry, develop detailed lesson procedure description with recommended problem-solving projects/exercises; key facts for learners; additional information for teacher; and tips for learners? formative assessment. Provide teaching materials and methodology, suggest tools and techniques including paper-based or online handouts and multimedia tools (videos, presentations, other) that will increase engagement of learners in the learning process. (Work closely with the consultant, who will be responsible for the inclusiveness of the teaching materials for the students with disabilities). Finalize and validate teaching materials with the team leader;9.?Development of a teacher training curriculum for domains related to Nutrition and physical activity to prepare teachers for piloting HLC in selected schools in grades 5, 7 and 10. In particular, considering international standards and best practices develop competency-based teacher training curriculum, finalize and validate training curriculum with the team leader, participate in regular catch up meetings with the group of consultants;10.?If required, perform other tasks assigned by team leader within the scope of the current ToR.

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