Country Education Monitor: Girls Education Challenge (GEC) Job Placement – FHI 360

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Organisation: FHI 360
Funding Source: UK Department for International Development (DFID)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About FHI 360:
FHI
360 is a leading global development organization dedicated to improving lives
around the world. Our professional staff includes experts in education, health,
nutrition, economic development, civil society and environment as well as
cross-cutting experts in gender issues, research, applied science, behavior
change and Technology giving us the unique mix of capabilities to address today’s
diverse and interrelated development challenges. FHI 360 operates from 60
offices with 4,400 staff in the U.S. and around the world.
About DFID GEC Project:
The
GEC is a £300 million program funded by the UK Department for International
Development (DFID). Its aim is to enable up to a million marginalized girls to
re-enroll or remain in school and increase their learning. The program operates
in 18 countries, supporting 37 initiatives across Africa and Asia. FHI 360 is a
GEC alliance partner that works with the Fund Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers
(PwC).
Job Summary: The Country Education Monitor: Girls Education
Challenge (GEC) will regularly monitor and manage specific Girls’ Education
Challenge (GEC) projects in Uganda and report directly to the FHI 360 Country
Coordinator (CC).
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
1. Monitoring and
Reporting:
  • Undertake quarterly monitoring visits to
    projects to review progress against their log frame and work plans and to
    make recommendations for improvements
  • Regularly inform and liaise with Country Finance
    Monitors on projects’ progress
  • The incumbent will identify any potential
    risks and problem areas and report these to the PwC Portfolio Manager with
    proposals for possible solutions and mitigating measures
  • Report back on a regular basis through the Country
    Coordinator in Kampala on projects’ educational outcomes and impacts, and
    that the program is being delivered effectively, efficiently and
    sustainably within the agreed timeframes as specified
2. Knowledge management
and lessons learning:
  • Support the Country Coordinator to develop
    and implement a knowledge management and lessons learned work plan for the
    relevant country.
  • Actively participate actively in a Country
    Coordination / CEM community of practice
  • Assist the Country Coordinator on stakeholder
    engagement, as agreed.     
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The applicant should hold a Bachelor’s
    degree. Possession of a Master’s degree is highly preferred
  • At least five years’ experience working in
    international educational development is required, with preferred
    experience working with international/local NGOs and DFID
  • Project management experience is highly
    desirable
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and the
    ability to disseminate lessons learned effectively, and to identify
    risks/issues and escalate as appropriate
  • Fluency in English, both written and verbal,
    is required.
  • The applicant must be based in Uganda.
NB: The position is a part-time consultancy of
approximately 60 days from May-December 2016, requiring in-country travel to
project sites on a quarterly basis.
How to Apply: 
All
suitably qualified and interested candidates should send a detailed CV to Emily
Brown at genderdepartment@fhi360.org
and the FHI 360 Uganda HR Manager at uganda-info@fhi360.org
Deadline: Friday, 8th April 2016
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