Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Program Careers – Deputy Project Coordinator

Organisation: The Global
Partnership for Education (GPE) Program
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Reports To: Project
Coordinator- Global Partnership for Education Project (PC/GPE)
About GPE:
The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Program is a programme where
various donors pool funds together to support low income countries towards the
achieving the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of Universal Education For All
(EFA) and gender parity in education.
In July 2011. Uganda became eligible for a grant from the Global
Partnership for Education (GPE) Fund (GPEF) as support towards the
implementation of the Education Sector Strategic Plan (ESSP). In November 2013,
Uganda’s Application for the grant worth USD $100M was approved by the GPE
Board. The development partners, in consultations with the Government of Uganda
endorsed the nomination of World Bank to act as the Supervising Entity for the
grant.
The Project Development Objective is to support the Government of
Uganda in improving teacher and school effectiveness in the public primary
education system. The project is centered on improving education service
delivery at teacher, school and system level to realize meaningful gains in
pupil achievement in primary grades.
Job Summary: The Deputy
Project Coordinator will work closely with the Project Coordinator, GPE and
primarily serve as the daily responsible officer for project coordination.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
 
  • Routinely interact with the relevant
    project implementing units in the execution of project activities;
  • Act as the key focal point for all the
    project-related activities and interface with World Bank office and other key
    implementing development partners;
  • Proactively coordinate the implementation
    of the project activities supported by the relevant departments of the
    MoES;
  • Seek necessary Bank clearances for all
    project activities that require clearances prior to execution of the
    project activities;
  • Monitor the implementation of all project activities
    and prepare periodic reports;
  • Coordinate meetings with the Local
    Education Group;
  • Assisting the preparations of the annual
    budget and progress reports;
  • Coordinate the submission of the progress
    reports to the World Bank;
  • Coordinate, facilitate and convene
    evaluation committee meetings apd site visits of supervision teams;
  • Oversee the achievement of results in line
    with the project results framework;
  • Oversee all recurrent operating activities
    that are required to effectively implement the project;
  • Work in liaison with all relevant
    stakeholders and other members of the project implementation including
    Procurement, M&E, Finance.
  • Perform any other duties or protect
    management assignments that the Project Coordinator may assign.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:  
  • The ideal candidate must possess a good bachelor’s
    degree in Basic Education and Education Management from a recognized
    university.
  • Post graduate qualifications in Project
    Management.
  • A minimum of five years’ experience and
    familiarity with Government of Uganda
  • procedures;
  • Possession of prior project management experience
    and / or academic position with experience in project appraisal,
    management of project budgets and excellent report writing skills;
  • Extensive knowledge in the fields of
    financial management, procurement management, and monitoring and
    evaluation;
  • Good familiarity with the education
    environment and pre-primary and primary education regional and
    sub-regional bodies;
  • Possess the ability to prepare and have
    demonstrable experience in the implementation of projects; and,
  • Past working experience working for an International
    donor.
How to Apply:  
All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to send their applications
to the: Assistant Commissioner, Human Resource Management, 4th Floor, Embassy
House, Ministry of Education and Sports (MOES), Kampala, Uganda.
Deadline:  30th April, 2014

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