4 Entry Level Project Officer: Dreams – SAGE Project Charity Jobs – World Vision International

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Organisation: World Vision
International
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Reports to: Education
Specialist
About US:
World Vision Uganda is a Christian Relief, Development and Advocacy
Non-Government Organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice. We currently work in over 41
districts in Uganda. World Vision is committed to the protection of children
and we will not employ people whose background is not suitable for working with
children. All employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of all
applicable background checks, including criminal record checks where possible.
“Our Vision for every child, Life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every
Heart, the will to make it so.”
About DREAMS-SAGE Project:
The World Vision Strengthening School Community Accountability for
Girls Education (SAGE) project is funded by DREAMS Innovation Challenge and
works in 10 districts in North and Central Uganda. The project aims to
contribute towards reduction in new HIV infections among adolescent girls by
increasing girls’ access and retention in positive secondary school
environments in the selected districts.
Job Summary: The Project
Officer for Dreams – SAGE Project will actively contribute to achieving
retention of adolescent girls in schools through planning, monitoring and implementing
the an early warning system for drop out of school and supporting the roll out
of best practices and models in a manner that promotes ownership and
sustainability.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  
Project Planning and Implementation:
  • Plan and coordinate all district based
    project activities in consultant with the Education Specialist
  • Supervise and monitor ongoing school based
    project activities.
  • Ensure quality in rolling out of education
    project models ensuring sufficient funds allocated to particular
    activities in annual plans
  • Ensure that teachers and adolescent girls
    are supported in breaking down models into simpler work breakdown
    structures for easy implementation
  • Keenly track and manage activity budgets
    and ensure timely and cost effective project implementation.
  • Prepare and submit timely, accurate,
    compliant and quality reports
  • Participant in project management meetings
    and reflection forums
  • Support and participate in district
    education Advocacy initiatives
  • Ensure cross cutting themes are
    mainstreamed in education project.
Technical support and training:
  • Prepare a district capacity building plan
    and mobilize participants for capacity building
  • Mobilization of and conducting trainings
    to build capacities on early Warning Systems
  • Provide mentoring and coaching to teachers
    and district staff to build local capacity for understanding and
    connecting with community linkages.
  • Identify technical experts to train
    district and community groups
  • Work closely with the Program manager for
    technical support on capacity building in Early Warning systems for
    drop-out
Partnership and Networking:
  • Identify and build strategic linkages,
    relations, collaborations and networks with partners and other
    stakeholders in implementation at the District level.
  • Mobilization of teachers and parents for
    project activities
  • Participate and represent WVU in key
    technical working forums at district,
  • Serve as the point of contact for
    consultation on issues to do with project education programming.
  • Carry out advocacy campaigns for education
    in general and girl child education in particular
Documentation and Reporting:
  • Conduct school mapping and peer group
    mapping in preparation for project activities
  • Effectively document all information
    related to girl child enrolment trends in targeted school
  • Responsible for capturing individual
    children attendance, performance and behavior indicators related to drop
    out of children
  • Document good practices and project
    success stories and share them     
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
  • The ideal candidate for the World Vision
    Project Officer: Dreams – SAGE Project career opportunity must hold a
    Bachelor’s Degree in Education, social science or any related field
  • At least two years of hands-on experience
    in education programming , experience in secondary education is desirable
    and practical experience in HIV/AIDS programming will be an added
    advantage
  • Previous experience at working with youth
    and adolescents (including at risk youth) in schools
  • Good training facilitation and
    coordination skills
  • Excellent monitoring documentation and
    evaluation skills
  • Experience in conducting school mapping
    and report writing
  • Previous experience in working with youths
    and adolescents
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply online by
visiting World Vision International’s e-recruitment jobs portal at the web link
below.
Please follow instructions on How to Create Account and Profile at
World Vision’s e-recruitment portal. 
Qualified female candidates are particularly encouraged to apply.
Deadline: 4th July 2017
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