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Lead, Education and Skills Job Placement – Q-Sourcing Servtec
Job Title: Lead, Education and Skills
Organization: Q-Sourcing Servtec
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
REF: QSSU-MCF-LES Lead, Education and Skills
About US:
Q-Sourcing Limited, trading as Q-Sourcing Servtec, is a manpower management solutions firm operating in the East African Region in the countries of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and South Sudan. On behalf of one of our Kampala based clients, Mastercard Foundation, we are looking for a competent and experienced Lead, Education and Skills.
About The Client:
Mastercard Foundation seeks a world where everyone has the opportunity to learn and prosper. Through its Young Africa Works strategy and Canadian EleV program, the Foundation works with partners to ensure that millions of young people, especially young women, access quality education, financial services and dignified work. Mastercard Foundation was established in 2006 through the generosity of Mastercard when it became a public company. The Foundation is independent with its own Board of Directors and CEO.
The Work At The Foundation
They have entered a very exciting time at the Foundation as they scale up their operations across Africa to realize their Young Africa Works strategy. Your role at the Mastercard Foundation is to be a catalyst. Our Young Africa Works strategy focuses on working with others to spur systemic change so young people have the opportunity to find work that is dignified and fulfilling. The Foundation has opened offices in Rwanda, Kenya, Ghana, Senegal, Ethiopia, Nigeria and Uganda, building a broader leadership presence in Africa to develop specific strategies that support youth employment. Within a country, they work with governments, the private sector, educators and other funders to improve the quality of education and vocational training, prepare young people for the work force, expand access to financial services for entrepreneurs and small businesses, and connect job seekers to dignified and fulfilling work. They are ambitious and driven. Their values transcend and rise above everything else as our guide. They encourage you to bring your bold ideas, curiosity, and expertise to your work. Your journey together makes their impact even more meaningful. If you are ready to build something new and increase your impact, read on!
The Opportunity: Reporting to the Country Head – Uganda, the Lead, Education and Skills will work collaboratively with other Foundation staff such as country team members and other colleagues at the Foundation with focus on agriculture; gender; youth engagement; digital economies, MSME growth, Scholars Program, etc. in the design and implementation of programs that contribute to deliver Young Africa Works strategy. The candidate will initiate and manage assessments to identify evolving needs and priorities in the education sector; through development of new project ideas, proposal and budgets. She/he will provide expertise to help identify constraints that prevent education and workforce systems from functioning effectively at the country level. She/he will support the development and design of coherent education and skill development programs aligned with nationally identified priorities and Foundation strategies that respond to the needs of young people and the private sector. She/he will ensure cross cutting themes of Child Safeguarding and Gender are fully incorporated into all education programme development and implementation. In addition, the h she/he will assist in the design and implementation of a portfolio of Education focused partnerships and draw insights on key questions in the Foundation’s learning agenda.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
· Identify issues and trends that affect the quality of secondary Education and TVET, as part of the Foundation’s country strategy and program development processes.
· Assist in identifying skill and workforce development gaps, issues and trends that affect education and economic development during the Foundation’s country strategy and program development processes.
· Provide skills and workforce development expertise to support Foundation colleagues’ design and management of programs in Uganda and other priority countries as required.
· Support and/or Manage current or future programs as appropriate, distilling learnings for the country which may include facilitating implementing partner coordination, reviewing narrative and financial reporting, undertaking regular partner/site visits and distilling learnings for the country teams as well as wider Foundation staff.
· Lead the adaptation of the Foundation’s programming and learning related to secondary education and to specific country contexts, leveraging country diagnostics and learning from our portfolio of partners.
· Identify and engage with potential implementing partners for country-based.
· Secondary Education/TVET programming and support the development of program proposals.
· Participate in Secondary Education/TVET partner coordination working groups, task forces and other meetings where relevant.
· Build and maintain relationships with partner organizations, government representatives and other key stakeholders at the country-level, communities of practice and global stakeholders.
· Support the design and delivery of appropriate mechanisms to monitor effectiveness and impact of skills development interventions.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
· Graduate degree in education, economics or a youth development-related field.
· Minimum 7-10 years of relevant experience leading program interventions in Uganda (at a national level) with partner organizations/grantees; education sector experience is desirable.
· Strong understanding of key issues, challenges and trends in TVET in Sub-Saharan Africa.
· Program development and execution in the non-profit or public sectors with a focus on Secondary Education/TVET and workforce development training;
· Skills or workforce development program development and execution, focused on low-income youth, and incorporating one or more of: work-based and experiential earning approaches (e.g. apprenticeships, internships, etc.); upskilling or reskilling; assessment and credentialing; digitally-enabled delivery; career counselling; soft skills training; entrepreneurship skills training; labour market and skill gap assessments.
· Knowledge of, and experience designing and implementing, best practices in TVET.
· Command of quantitative and qualitative education and labour market analysis techniques.
· Solid familiarity with the key organizations, development partners, donors, international organizations and other actors relevant to TVET in Africa is an asset.
· Demonstrated ability to lead diagnostic and analytic work as well as project design, partner identification and implementation.
· Excellent project management skills, including multi-stakeholder projects with senior levels of government and the private sector.
· Experience working with or in partnership with non-profit, private or public sectors, particularly in a role relating to skills development in Africa.
· Knowledge of skills and workforce development aligned with one or more growth sectors (e.g. agri-food systems, hospitality, manufacturing, construction, creative industries) would be an asset.
· Knowledge in skills and workforce development financing approaches would be an asset.
· Solid experience and knowledge in skills development issues surrounding vulnerable groups (e.g. rural young women, refugee or displaced youth, youth with disabilities etc.)
· Demonstrated written, presentation and spoken communication skills in English.
· Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to be flexible and adaptable and comfortable with ambiguity.
· Proactive, engaged and a self-starter.
· Excellent prioritization and time management skills.
· Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
· Good organizational skills and demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks.
· Flexible, adaptable, and able to execute a range of job duties and changing priorities.
· Possess excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills with the ability to articulate information to a variety of constituents across cultures.
· Possess professional maturity, sensitivity with different cultures, and impeccable integrity that exemplify the Foundation’s values.
· Is willing to travel up to 30 -40%
How to Apply:
All candidates who meet the criteria outlined as above are encouraged apply under the job vacancy “QSSU-MCF-LES: Lead, Education and Skills”
Deadline: Tuesday 08th June 2020 by 3:00 pm
NB: Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Q-Sourcing Servtec is an equal opportunity employer. Any solicitation will lead to disqualification.
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