SRGBV Technical Advisor (Education, Community and Social Mobilization) USAID Project Careers – RTI International

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Organization: RTI International
Project Name: USAID Literacy Achievement and Retention Activity
Program (LARA)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Senior Program Specialist (School Related Gender
Based Violence)
About RTI:
RTI
International is one of the world’s leading research institutes, dedicated to
improving the human condition by turning knowledge into practice. Our staff of
more than 3,700 provides research and technical services to governments and
businesses in more than 75 countries in the areas of health and
pharmaceuticals, education and training, surveys and statistics, advanced
technology, international development, economic and social policy, energy and
the environment, and laboratory testing and chemical analysis.
About USAID LARA Program:
The
Literacy Achievement and Retention Activity is a five-year USAID activity that
supports the Ministry of Education Science Technology and Sports (MoESTS),
Government of Uganda’s aim of improving early grade reading outcomes and
enhancing safe school environments for children in primary grades utilizing EGR
curriculum and methodologies. LARA is expanding the curriculum and
methodologies developed and rolled out in SHRP districts to an additional 28
districts and will work with partners to improve reading skills in three local
languages (Luganda, Runyoro/ Rutoro, Runyankole/ Rukiga) and English for early
primary grades.
Job Summary: The SRGBV Technical Advisor will work with the
districts in the designated areas to engage with Project activities, mobilize,
motivate and encourage community leaders to influence their communities and
help raise public awareness on the importance of positive and supportive school
climates. The incumbent will work with the community based organizations (CBOs)
to identify and strengthen referral webs and social behavior change communication
processes in the communities. This position works closely with the Senior
Program Specialist for
School
Related Gender Based Violence and the Grants Manager. The CBOs will be implementing
programming that creates positive and supportive school climates as part of an
early grade reading and school improvement program. The incumbent will be
responsible for negotiating and monitoring community mobilization initiatives. The
SRGBV Technical Advisor will be responsible for transferring initiatives within
the community in order to secure and monitor opportunities for community
development.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • The jobholder will raise public awareness on
    the importance of positive and supportive school climate amongst the
    target population in the relevant districts.
  • Support schools and CBOs to plan and
    implement meetings and other activities to create positive and supportive
    school climates.
  • Explain the concept of positive and
    supportive school climates to the school community in detail and motivate
    the school community to use services provided in the area.
  • Work closely with CBOs supported by the
    Project grants to implement activities related to positive and supportive
    school climates.
  • Work with the Senior Program Specialist for
    School Related Gender Based Violence to assist school community members to
    analyze their problems related to positive and supportive school climates and
    to then identify needs, prioritize issues, and generate solutions.
  • Encourage and stimulate full participation by
    all community members; with special attention to those who are
    marginalized or excluded in community decision making processes.
  • Effectively plan and implement mobilization
    and other Project activities in line with the Annual Work Plan
  • Field-test various social mobilization
    materials as they are developed and provide feedback.
  • Assist in articulating the goals of the
    teacher training in positive and supportive school climates.
  • Actively facilitate Project implementation
    through monitoring visits to project schools and classrooms to assess the reach
    of the intervention, determine successes and challenges and document best
    practices.
  • Ensure efficient management of project
    administrative processes.
  • Working with schools and communities to put
    in place mechanisms for RTRR cases of SRGBV.
  • Facilitate Program Coordinators, Field
    Assistants, and CBOs to work with schools and communities to develop
    functional strategies and mechanisms for addressing SRGBV issues including
    RTRR of cases.     
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The ideal candidate for the USAID LARA
    Project Program Coordinator job opportunity should hold a Master’s degree
    with three years’ experience or a Bachelor’s Degree with six years of
    experience or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • A minimum of ten years of relevant work
    experience in community mobilization, grants management, education, gender
    based violence, or child protection programming.
  • Excellent organizational and interpersonal
    skills, ability to work under difficult circumstances with limited
    resources, and ability to form productive relationships with host country
    counterparts and training institutions.
  • Computer literacy i.e. working knowledge of
    MS Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel
  • Ability to multi-task
  • Ability to work well with others
  • Ability to listen and communicate well both
    verbally and in writing
  • Ability to work independently
  • Keen attention to detail and accuracy
  • Ability to obtain proper security clearances
    as noted by contracts
How to Apply: 
All
suitably qualified and interested candidates should send updated CVs including
three work related referees and cover letters to the Human Resource Manager by
e-mail to recruitment@lara.rti.org. Emails should not exceed 2MB.
Deadline: 20th April, 2016
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