Senior Officer Basic Education NGO Placements – Save the Children International

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Organisation: Save the Children International
Duty Station: Uganda
About US:
Save
the Children is the world’s leading independent organization for children and
has program presence in over 120 countries in the world and has been
implementing programs for over 90 years. Save the Children envisions a Uganda
in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and
participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world
treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. We
strive to create impact for children by delivering our Programmes through
partnerships, by being innovative, by acting as the voice for and of children,
and by achieving results at scale.  In
Uganda, we implement programmes in six thematic programme areas of Child Protection,
Child Rights Governance, Education, Livelihoods & Food Security, Health,
Nutrition and HIV/AIDS in development and emergency contexts. Save the Children
delivers programs in over 36 districts in the North, Rwenzori, North-Eastern
and Central regions of Uganda, Currently, Save the Children has a staff
complement of over 200 persons. We save children’s lives. We fight for their
rights. We help them fulfil their potential. In 2014, we reached over 143
million children through our work around 52m directly and 91 million indirectly
around the world.
Job Summary: The Senior Officer Basic Education will mainly be responsible
for the planning and ensuring quality and timely implementation of Basic
Education (BE) core program within the designated district/ sub-counties.  The incumbent will support the Education
Manager in managing the basic education intervention within the sponsorship
programme. The jobholder will also be expected to implement the BE program in a
manner that promotes integrated programming with other core programs of the
Sponsorship Programme and cross cutting themes such as gender, disability,
child Protection and rights programming. The incumbent is also expected to
liaise with implementing partners, provide input into basic education programme
design, monitoring implementation progress; write reports, facilitate project
implementation meetings and workshops and maintain relationships with key
education stakeholders in the district. He/she should implement the BE program
in a manner that fosters networking and collaboration with local government
education officials, Sub-county stakeholders (i.e. Community Development
Officer, Centre Coordinating Tutors), local capacity strengthening (i.e. Head
Teachers, School Management Committees, Parent Teacher Association), meaningful
active participation of children, accountability (internal and external to Save
the Children).
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The ideal candidate for the Save the Children
    Senior Officer Basic Education job should hold a Bachelor’s degree or
    higher in Education preferably in Teacher education. Additional
    qualifications in Teacher Education is an added advantage.
  • A minimum of three years of progressive
    working experience in planning and implementing Education programmes with
    INGOs with at least two years of teaching experience in primary schools or
    as a Tutor in Primary Teachers’ College.
  • Previous experience of working with the Local
    Government and local partners with focus on improving the learning
    environments is an added advantage.
  • Excellent analytical skills and strategic
    planning abilities.
  • Ability to establish and maintain conducive
    collegial relations and perform effectively as a member of a team.
  • Computer literacy and excellent documentation
    skills are a must.
  • Willingness to travel and work in hard-to-reach
    areas, occasionally under strenuous conditions.
  • Availability and willingness to work extra
    hours during times of humanitarian responses.
  • Highly developed cultural awareness and
    ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse
    backgrounds and cultures.
  • Ability to intervene with crisis management
    or troubleshooting as necessary.
  • Exceptional interpersonal and communication
    skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching.
  • Excellent time management and planning
    capacity.
  • Availability and willingness to work extra
    hours during times of humanitarian responses.
  • Willingness to be based in the field and to
    travel and work in hard-to-reach areas, occasionally under strenuous
    conditions.
  • Demonstrated ability to speak the local language
    and directly interact with target group will be an added advantage
How to Apply:
All
suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to send their application letters
with detailed CVs indicating three referees, two of whom should have been
direct supervisors submitted to: uganda.recruitment@savethechildren.org
addressed to:
The
Director of Human Resources & Administration,
Save
the Children,
Plot
68/70, Kira Road,
Kampala.
Uganda.
NB:
  • Testimonials/certificates should not be
    attached to applications.
  • Hand delivered applications will not be
    accepted and are therefore not considered during the shortlisting process.
Deadline: 24th March 2016 by 5:00PM

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