Project Manager - Teaching Level; TaRL

Job Description

Job Title: Project Manager – Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL)

Reporting to: Country Director

Technical Reporting Line: Regional Education Advisor / Global Education Programmes Advisor

Contract Type: 6 months, Full time, National Contract

Principal

Location:

Juba, South Sudan

Deadline for application: 07th July 2026 at 5:00 PM (South Sudan Time)

About AET/Street Child in South Sudan

In South Sudan, AET/Street Child builds on the legacy of the Africa Educational Trust (AET), which worked continuously in the country from 1996 and became part of the Street Child group in 2020. Over nearly three decades, AET established itself as one of South Sudan’s leading education organisations, delivering programmes through periods of conflict, transition, independence and humanitarian crisis, while working closely with government, communities, schools and civil society partners.

Today, AET/Street Child implements programmes across multiple states focused on foundational learning, teacher development, accelerated education, girls’ education, school improvement, education in emergencies and system strengthening, in partnership with the Ministry of General Education and Instruction (MoGEI), State Ministries of Education, UNICEF, Education Cannot Wait, FCDO and other development partners to improve access to quality education and learning outcomes for vulnerable children and young people.

Street Child supports children to be safe, in school, and learning. We work with governments, communities, schools, and local organisations to deliver sustainable education solutions in low-resource, conflict-affected, and crisis-affected contexts.

Street Child operates across more than 20 countries in Africa and Asia and has supported more than one million children to access education, improve learning outcomes, and develop pathways to safer and more resilient futures. Our work combines technical expertise in foundational learning, Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL), teacher professional development, accelerated education, girls’ education, school improvement, education in emergencies, community engagement, child protection, and education system strengthening.

The Project Manager will provide overall leadership, coordination, and management of the UNICEF-funded Targeting and Transforming Learning through Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) project in South Sudan. The project aims to improve foundational literacy and numeracy outcomes for 17,540 learners across 112 government primary schools in Aweil, Juba, Torit, and Yambio through the implementation of Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL), an evidence-based approach that assesses learners according to their current competency levels and provides targeted instruction to accelerate learning.

The project will also strengthen the capacity of 336 teachers, 112 school-based mentors, and Ministry of General Education and Instruction (MoGEI) personnel to institutionalise TaRL approaches within government schools. The Project Manager will be responsible for ensuring the effective, timely, and high-quality implementation of all project activities, including project planning, budgeting, stakeholder coordination, supervision of project staff and consultants, donor compliance, reporting, and risk management.

Working closely with UNICEF, the Ministry of General Education and Instruction (MoGEI), State Ministries of Education, County Education Departments, and participating schools, the Project Manager will ensure the project delivers measurable improvements in learning outcomes while generating evidence to inform future scale-up within the South Sudan education system.

• Ensure compliance with Street Child policies, procedures, safeguarding standards, and donor requirements
• Lead delivery of project objectives in line with UNICEF, MoGEI, and government priorities
• Ensure inclusion of the most vulnerable learners, including girls, children with disabilities, and learners who are over-age or behind grade-level expectations
• Contribute to programme learning, adaptation, documentation, and reporting
• Represent AET/Street…