Delivery Coordinator – Teacher Recruitment and Motivation

About the Position

Job Title: Delivery Coordinator – Teacher Recruitment and Motivation

Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone

Job Type: Full Time

Application Deadline: July 17, 2026

Responsibilities

• Coordination and Delivery of RECRUIT and MOTIVATE:

  • Assist TSC in planning, coordinating, and delivering RECRUIT and MOTIVATE activities.
  • Coordinate implementation across TSC teams, government counterparts, district education structures, schools, implementing partners, and technical advisers.
  • Prepare and maintain delivery plans, workplans, action trackers, risk registers, and progress updates.
  • Facilitate coordination meetings, technical working sessions, and follow-up actions.

• Evidence-based Recruitment, Deployment, and Workforce Planning:

  • Support TSC in developing and implementing a comprehensive teacher recruitment and deployment protocol.
  • Ensure the recruitment and deployment protocol is grounded in Annual School Census data and aligned with Ministry of Finance payroll projections.
  • Coordinate support for evidence-based workforce planning, including analysis of staffing gaps and transparent recruitment processes.

• TMIS Strengthening and Data-driven Teacher Management:

  • Assist TSC in strengthening TMIS as the central system for teacher registration, licensing, deployment, and management.
  • Support actions to improve teacher-to-school linkage, licensing, deployment tools, data quality, software functionality, and reporting within TMIS.
  • Work with TSC and technical partners to ensure TMIS data is used routinely for recruitment, deployment, payroll alignment, retention tracking, case resolution, and management reporting.

• Equity, Female Recruitment, and Rural Postings:

  • Coordinate targeted approaches to increase female teacher recruitment and improve recruitment and retention in rural and underserved schools.
  • Support targeted recruitment and retention pilots, including bonded scholarships for female teachers in rural schools and financial empowerment models for volunteer or unsalaried teachers.

• Teacher Motivation, Career Pathways, and Retention:

  • Support TSC in developing and implementing a Teacher Motivation and Retention Framework.
  • Coordinate the design and implementation of career pathways and incentives that are realistic within Sierra Leone’s public financial management context.
  • Support practical links between teacher motivation, professional development, career progression, deployment decisions, performance management, and retention.

• Recognition Systems and Status of the Teaching Profession:

  • Coordinate activities that strengthen teacher recognition at national, community, and peer levels.
  • Support TSC and partners in designing recognition mechanisms that are inclusive, credible, transparent, and aligned with professional standards and career pathways.
  • Promote communication and engagement activities that improve public perception of teaching and reinforce the value of teachers in school and community improvement.

• Resolution Mechanisms for Teacher Concerns:

  • Support TSC in introducing structured, fair, and transparent resolution mechanisms for deployment, performance management, and promotion concerns.
  • Coordinate with TSC district offices and relevant technical teams to track unresolved cases, implementation bottlenecks, and teacher feedback trends.

• Evidence Use, Reporting, Safeguarding, and Inclusion:

  • Work with MEL, data, and technical teams to collect and use evidence on recruitment, deployment, motivation, retention, equity, and teacher workforce management to inform adaptive delivery.
  • Prepare concise delivery updates, implementation notes, meeting records, action trackers, and reports for the Technical Director, programme leadership, TSC, government counterparts, and partners.
  • Ensure all RECRUIT and MOTIVATE activities reflect commitments to safeguarding, gender equity, disability inclusion, and fair treatment of teachers and candidates.

Requirements

• Qualifications:

  • A postgraduate qualification in Education, Social Sciences, Public Administration, Teacher Workforce Management, or another relevant field.

• Experience:

  • At least 10 years’ experience supporting government-led education reform, teacher workforce management, recruitment, deployment, motivation, retention, HR systems, or large-scale education/social development programmes.

• Knowledge:

  • Strong understanding of Sierra Leone’s education system, including TSC, MBSSE, MTHE, district education structures, JSSs, SSSs, and TVSSs.
  • Strong knowledge of teacher recruitment, deployment, retention, motivation, career pathways, performance management processes, and teacher workforce data systems.
  • Practical understanding of TMIS or similar HR/data systems, including data quality, workforce planning, deployment tracking, licensing, reporting, and use of evidence for decision-making.
  • Understanding of teacher motivation, non-pay incentives, professional recognition, career pathways, and practical resolution mechanisms for deployment, performance management, and promotion concerns.

• Skills:

  • Strong planning, facilitation, stakeholder management, and coordination skills.
  • Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and confidence using digital collaboration, action tracking, and data management tools.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
  • Excellent attention to detail; reliable, proactive, and able to complete complex tasks with minimal supervision and to agreed deadlines.
  • Commitment to safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults, including its mandatory code of conduct, vetting, and background checks, and to its values of gender equity and disability inclusion.

• Other:

  • Willingness to be based in Freetown and to undertake regular travel to districts and schools as required by the role.

We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Opportunity to contribute to transformed education for development in Sierra Leone
• Professional growth and development opportunities

About the Company

Lε Wi Lan is a Sierra Leonean-led organization committed to advancing education transformation nationally. Its vision is transformed education for development in Sierra Leone, and its mission is to provide educational technical assistance in close partnership with the government to promote quality education and inclusive growth.

How to Apply

Applicants should submit a copy of their CV and a cover letter explaining why they are suitable for the role to [email protected] stating the job role applied for in the subject line of the email. The deadline for all applications is 5pm on Friday 17th July 2026. Lε Wi Lan is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults, and all appointments are subject to satisfactory background checks. We are an equal opportunities employer and particularly welcome applications from women and persons with disabilities.