22:07
City : Kampala
Deadline : 22-may-2015
Category : Education and lifeskills
Type : fixed
Duration : 2+ years
Job Description
Position:Education Project Coordinator-Safe Learning
Report to: Program Manager
Location: Rakai, Mpigi and Mukono
Purpose of the Position:
The
Education Project Coordinator will be primarily responsible for
Monitoring & Evaluation, partnership/networking, and capacity
building of school and community-based activities to increase student
retention for improved reading outcomes of the USAID funded Literacy
Achievement and Retention Activity (LARA) project. S/he will support
safe school methodologies to prevent and reduce school-related
gender-based violence to improve child protection. The individual will
support the Safe Learning Specialist in collaborating with strategic
partners on child protection, including UNICEF and other relevant
USAID/Uganda implementing partners. The Education Project Coordinator
will be based in a project implementation district and will report to
the projects Safe Learning Specialist.
Description of main Duties and responsibilities:
Capacity Building and Training
- Under the leadership of the Safe Learning Advisor, mentors and trains on School Management Committees, School Management Committee Associations, teachers, parents, youth, other community members, and students for the purpose of increasing retention and child protection against violence in and around schools.
- Delivers training, TOT, support supervision, role modeling, and mentoring to teachers and youth regarding retention, child protection, and violence.
- Implement community based approaches in collaboration with local authorities to promote accountability for student safety and to improve retention.
- Support capacity building of SMCs and SMCAs to participate in education district advocacy initiatives
- Collaborate with Safe Learning team to build capacity of CBO grantees.
Monitoring & Evaluation
- Support the execution of a rapid assessment to identify the most important causes of primary students dropping out, focusing on critical vulnerabilities for children at schools.
- Support processes of establishing project baselines and evaluation of the LARA project
- Responsible for capturing project indicators related to community engagement in literacy and safe schools
- Effectively report and document all information related to project progress and disseminate through regular reporting.
Project Implementation
- Ensure quality in the rollout of classroom management practices that will create a safer learning environment and improve retention in assigned districts of implementation.
- Support implementation of innovative and culturally appropriate approaches to equip students with skills to protect themselves from abuse and violence.
- Track financial management and budgets allocated for the project.
- Produce timely, accurate, compliant and quality reports to direct supervisor.
- Responsible for project assets at local office level.
Partnership and Networking
- Identify and build strategic linkages, relations, collaborations and networks with partners and other stakeholders in implementation at the district level.
- Participate and represent WVU in key donor or partner engagements and technical working forums at district and regional levels
Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience
- Bachelor Degree in Education, Social Sciences or other degree with a diploma in Education. Post graduate education training is an added advantage
- Relevant experience of at least 5 years in primary education programming with a reputable institution, national or international NGO
- Good understanding of education concepts and issues in development contexts, especially Uganda
- Demonstrated experience in the logical framework approach to project design, monitoring and evaluation/ project cycle management
- Good understanding of data analysis software such as SPSS, Ms Excel, and Stata
- Demonstrated experience and skill in research, analysis and report writing
- Strong facilitation and presentation skills with a passion for sharing knowledge
- Ability to work independently and as part of a diverse team
Other Competencies/Attributes:
- A committed Christian, able to stand above denominational diversities
- Highly motivated to achieve quality results and service
- Demonstrate accountability and integrity
- Ability to communicate effectively
- A good team player
- Ability to work with communities
- Knowledge of the local language of the area of interest is desirable
Only Ugandan Nationals are encouraged to apply
Job
Description
Position : Education Project Coordinator-Safe Learning
Report to : Program Manager
Location : Rakai, Mpigi and Mukono
Purpose of the Position:
The Education Project Coordinator will be primarily responsible
for Monitoring & Evaluation, partnership/networking, and capacity building
of school and community-based activities to increase student retention for
improved reading outcomes of the USAID funded Literacy Achievement and
Retention Activity (LARA) project. S/he will support safe school methodologies
to prevent and reduce school-related gender-based violence to improve child
protection. The individual will support the Safe Learning Specialist in
collaborating with strategic partners on child protection, including UNICEF and
other relevant USAID/Uganda implementing partners. The Education Project
Coordinator will be based in a project implementation district and will report
to the projects Safe Learning Specialist.
Description of main Duties and responsibilities:
Capacity Building and Training
- Under the leadership of the Safe Learning Advisor, mentors and trains on School Management Committees, School Management Committee Associations, teachers, parents, youth, other community members, and students for the purpose of increasing retention and child protection against violence in and around schools.
- Delivers training, TOT, support supervision, role modeling, and mentoring to teachers and youth regarding retention, child protection, and violence.
- Implement community based approaches in collaboration with local authorities to promote accountability for student safety and to improve retention.
- Support capacity building of SMCs and SMCAs to participate in education district advocacy initiatives
- Collaborate with Safe Learning team to build capacity of CBO grantees.
Monitoring & Evaluation
- Support the execution of a rapid assessment to identify the most important causes of primary students dropping out, focusing on critical vulnerabilities for children at schools.
- Support processes of establishing project baselines and evaluation of the LARA project
- Responsible for capturing project indicators related to community engagement in literacy and safe schools
- Effectively report and document all information related to project progress and disseminate through regular reporting.
Project Implementation
- Ensure quality in the rollout of classroom management practices that will create a safer learning environment and improve retention in assigned districts of implementation.
- Support implementation of innovative and culturally appropriate approaches to equip students with skills to protect themselves from abuse and violence.
- Track financial management and budgets allocated for the project.
- Produce timely, accurate, compliant and quality reports to direct supervisor.
- Responsible for project assets at local office level.
Partnership and Networking
- Identify and build strategic linkages, relations, collaborations and networks with partners and other stakeholders in implementation at the district level.
- Participate and represent WVU in key donor or partner engagements and technical working forums at district and regional levels
Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and
Experience
- Bachelor Degree in Education, Social Sciences or other degree with a diploma in Education. Post graduate education training is an added advantage
- Relevant experience of at least 5 years in primary education programming with a reputable institution, national or international NGO
- Good understanding of education concepts and issues in development contexts, especially Uganda
- Demonstrated experience in the logical framework approach to project design, monitoring and evaluation/ project cycle management
- Good understanding of data analysis software such as SPSS, Ms Excel, and Stata
- Demonstrated experience and skill in research, analysis and report writing
- Strong facilitation and presentation skills with a passion for sharing knowledge
- Ability to work independently and as part of a diverse team
Other Competencies/Attributes:
- A committed Christian, able to stand above denominational diversities
- Highly motivated to achieve quality results and service
- Demonstrate accountability and integrity
- Ability to communicate effectively
- A good team player
- Ability to work with communities
- Knowledge of the local language of the area of interest is desirable
Only Ugandan Nationals are encouraged to apply
Job Description
Position:Education Project Coordinator-Safe Learning
Report to: Program Manager
Location: Rakai, Mpigi and Mukono
Purpose of the Position:
The
Education Project Coordinator will be primarily responsible for
Monitoring & Evaluation, partnership/networking, and capacity
building of school and community-based activities to increase student
retention for improved reading outcomes of the USAID funded Literacy
Achievement and Retention Activity (LARA) project. S/he will support
safe school methodologies to prevent and reduce school-related
gender-based violence to improve child protection. The individual will
support the Safe Learning Specialist in collaborating with strategic
partners on child protection, including UNICEF and other relevant
USAID/Uganda implementing partners. The Education Project Coordinator
will be based in a project implementation district and will report to
the projects Safe Learning Specialist.
Description of main Duties and responsibilities:
Capacity Building and Training
- Under the leadership of the Safe Learning Advisor, mentors and trains on School Management Committees, School Management Committee Associations, teachers, parents, youth, other community members, and students for the purpose of increasing retention and child protection against violence in and around schools.
- Delivers training, TOT, support supervision, role modeling, and mentoring to teachers and youth regarding retention, child protection, and violence.
- Implement community based approaches in collaboration with local authorities to promote accountability for student safety and to improve retention.
- Support capacity building of SMCs and SMCAs to participate in education district advocacy initiatives
- Collaborate with Safe Learning team to build capacity of CBO grantees.
Monitoring & Evaluation
- Support the execution of a rapid assessment to identify the most important causes of primary students dropping out, focusing on critical vulnerabilities for children at schools.
- Support processes of establishing project baselines and evaluation of the LARA project
- Responsible for capturing project indicators related to community engagement in literacy and safe schools
- Effectively report and document all information related to project progress and disseminate through regular reporting.
Project Implementation
- Ensure quality in the rollout of classroom management practices that will create a safer learning environment and improve retention in assigned districts of implementation.
- Support implementation of innovative and culturally appropriate approaches to equip students with skills to protect themselves from abuse and violence.
- Track financial management and budgets allocated for the project.
- Produce timely, accurate, compliant and quality reports to direct supervisor.
- Responsible for project assets at local office level.
Partnership and Networking
- Identify and build strategic linkages, relations, collaborations and networks with partners and other stakeholders in implementation at the district level.
- Participate and represent WVU in key donor or partner engagements and technical working forums at district and regional levels
Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience
- Bachelor Degree in Education, Social Sciences or other degree with a diploma in Education. Post graduate education training is an added advantage
- Relevant experience of at least 5 years in primary education programming with a reputable institution, national or international NGO
- Good understanding of education concepts and issues in development contexts, especially Uganda
- Demonstrated experience in the logical framework approach to project design, monitoring and evaluation/ project cycle management
- Good understanding of data analysis software such as SPSS, Ms Excel, and Stata
- Demonstrated experience and skill in research, analysis and report writing
- Strong facilitation and presentation skills with a passion for sharing knowledge
- Ability to work independently and as part of a diverse team
Other Competencies/Attributes:
- A committed Christian, able to stand above denominational diversities
- Highly motivated to achieve quality results and service
- Demonstrate accountability and integrity
- Ability to communicate effectively
- A good team player
- Ability to work with communities
- Knowledge of the local language of the area of interest is desirable
Only Ugandan Nationals are encouraged to apply
Job Description
Position:Education Project Coordinator-Safe Learning
Report to: Program Manager
Location: Rakai, Mpigi and Mukono
Purpose of the Position:
The
Education Project Coordinator will be primarily responsible for
Monitoring & Evaluation, partnership/networking, and capacity
building of school and community-based activities to increase student
retention for improved reading outcomes of the USAID funded Literacy
Achievement and Retention Activity (LARA) project. S/he will support
safe school methodologies to prevent and reduce school-related
gender-based violence to improve child protection. The individual will
support the Safe Learning Specialist in collaborating with strategic
partners on child protection, including UNICEF and other relevant
USAID/Uganda implementing partners. The Education Project Coordinator
will be based in a project implementation district and will report to
the projects Safe Learning Specialist.
Description of main Duties and responsibilities:
Capacity Building and Training
- Under the leadership of the Safe Learning Advisor, mentors and trains on School Management Committees, School Management Committee Associations, teachers, parents, youth, other community members, and students for the purpose of increasing retention and child protection against violence in and around schools.
- Delivers training, TOT, support supervision, role modeling, and mentoring to teachers and youth regarding retention, child protection, and violence.
- Implement community based approaches in collaboration with local authorities to promote accountability for student safety and to improve retention.
- Support capacity building of SMCs and SMCAs to participate in education district advocacy initiatives
- Collaborate with Safe Learning team to build capacity of CBO grantees.
Monitoring & Evaluation
- Support the execution of a rapid assessment to identify the most important causes of primary students dropping out, focusing on critical vulnerabilities for children at schools.
- Support processes of establishing project baselines and evaluation of the LARA project
- Responsible for capturing project indicators related to community engagement in literacy and safe schools
- Effectively report and document all information related to project progress and disseminate through regular reporting.
Project Implementation
- Ensure quality in the rollout of classroom management practices that will create a safer learning environment and improve retention in assigned districts of implementation.
- Support implementation of innovative and culturally appropriate approaches to equip students with skills to protect themselves from abuse and violence.
- Track financial management and budgets allocated for the project.
- Produce timely, accurate, compliant and quality reports to direct supervisor.
- Responsible for project assets at local office level.
Partnership and Networking
- Identify and build strategic linkages, relations, collaborations and networks with partners and other stakeholders in implementation at the district level.
- Participate and represent WVU in key donor or partner engagements and technical working forums at district and regional levels
Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience
- Bachelor Degree in Education, Social Sciences or other degree with a diploma in Education. Post graduate education training is an added advantage
- Relevant experience of at least 5 years in primary education programming with a reputable institution, national or international NGO
- Good understanding of education concepts and issues in development contexts, especially Uganda
- Demonstrated experience in the logical framework approach to project design, monitoring and evaluation/ project cycle management
- Good understanding of data analysis software such as SPSS, Ms Excel, and Stata
- Demonstrated experience and skill in research, analysis and report writing
- Strong facilitation and presentation skills with a passion for sharing knowledge
- Ability to work independently and as part of a diverse team
Other Competencies/Attributes:
- A committed Christian, able to stand above denominational diversities
- Highly motivated to achieve quality results and service
- Demonstrate accountability and integrity
- Ability to communicate effectively
- A good team player
- Ability to work with communities
- Knowledge of the local language of the area of interest is desirable
Only Ugandan Nationals are encouraged to apply
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