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Educate! NGO Careers – Program Design and Training Officer
Job Title: Program Design and Training Officer
Organisation: Educate!
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Uganda
Reports to: Design and
Training Manager
Training Manager
About US:
About Educate!:
Educate! works to transform the
education system in Uganda to prepare youth to be leaders and entrepreneurs who
take leadership initiative, create small businesses, and improve livelihoods
for themselves and their communities. Educate! currently directly impacts 8,000
youth, has seen 56% of its graduates start businesses and make up to $40 a
month, has backing from Ashoka and Echoing Green, and our curriculum has been
incorporated into Uganda’s national entrepreneurship curriculum, reaching over
25,000 students annually.
education system in Uganda to prepare youth to be leaders and entrepreneurs who
take leadership initiative, create small businesses, and improve livelihoods
for themselves and their communities. Educate! currently directly impacts 8,000
youth, has seen 56% of its graduates start businesses and make up to $40 a
month, has backing from Ashoka and Echoing Green, and our curriculum has been
incorporated into Uganda’s national entrepreneurship curriculum, reaching over
25,000 students annually.
Job Summary: The Educate!
Program Design Officer is responsible for YBE content design, Program
Monitoring and learning from program implementation, Trainings and Design
production.
Program Design Officer is responsible for YBE content design, Program
Monitoring and learning from program implementation, Trainings and Design
production.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Content Design (40%)
- Design
year 1 and 2 curriculum for the Youth Business Experience (YBE) based on
skills map, best practices and continuous learning loops. - Design
competence based assessment procedures for Youth Business Experience
mentors. - Design
a termly Business Development Book that includes a business directory, a
cash book and saving and investment goal. Under each category, outline
termly activities that are aligned to the termly YBE content. - Update
Mentor Induction content and schedule and align it to the Leadership and
Entrepreneurship course and 2015 needs assessment. Keep in mind School
Business Clubs, mentoring, passbook, certification, competitions and
effective Trainer of Trainers Strategies. - Design
Financial Management tools for mentors to help them manage their business
better. - Design
mentor pre-term trainings - Design
Youth Entrepreneurship Training based on needs assessment and continuous
learning loops.
2. Program Design Mentoring
(30%)
(30%)
- Steer
the design of learning loops including quantitative & Qualitative
tools for scholar graduation, club guidance and school dropout. - Administer
and monitor learning loops including data collection, analysis and
reporting. - Work
closely with M&E on data entry of all learning loops and analysis of
data. - Support
design and implementation of field staff focus groups and mentor &
scholar focus groups. - Conduct
field observation visits once a month to monitor curriculum implementation - Disseminate
lessons learnt to relevant departments and staff. - Ensure
integration of lessons learnt in design and implementation.
3. Design Production (20%)
- Pre-test
all program content in a real classroom setting and share feedback with
Design team. - Support
in editing curricula and ensuring Educate! Materials are in context and
age appropriate. - Make
bi-termly procurement orders and specifications for D&T printing and
material supplies. - Conduct
a quality check on all D&T procured materials every time an order is
delivered. - Conduct
a feasibility check to confirm everything is budgeted for, that materials
are easy to access and that we have all needed materials for program
implementation - Ensure
that all materials are formatted and ready for printing. - Review
and update the programs team on any new design changes - Plan
and coordinate timely D&T printing of designed materials with Admin to
ensure timely delivery to schools. - Proactively
coordinate implementation implications of design with other departments. - Support
in departmental budgeting, planning and goal setting.
4. Training (10%)
- Conduct
introductory and refresher trainings of regional officers on facilitation
of designed materials. - Take
lead in the annual YET training - Actively
support in updating program officer induction and youth leader induction
based on learning loops.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The
ideal candidate should hold an Undergraduate degree in Education or its
equivalent - At
least two to four years program management, experience in program design
and training - Detail
oriented - Highly
proactive - Creative
- Strong
writing and communication skills - Excellent
interpersonal and leadership skills - Program
design skills - Skills
in Staff development - Vocational
skills - Highly
flexible and open to other ideas - Exceed
expectations and does more than what is asked - Always
learning and growing expertise - Only
solves a problem once.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified
candidates should visit the web link below and create a profile on the NFT
Consult website by entering their e-mail addresses. Please visit web link below
and click Apply now if convinced you have the job requirements. The
applications/CVs should be prepared in English and submitted in either MS Word
or PDF format will be considered.
candidates should visit the web link below and create a profile on the NFT
Consult website by entering their e-mail addresses. Please visit web link below
and click Apply now if convinced you have the job requirements. The
applications/CVs should be prepared in English and submitted in either MS Word
or PDF format will be considered.
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