Adult Education Specialist NGO Careers – Finnish Refugee Council (FRC)

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Job Title:  Adult Education Specialist

Organisation: Finnish Refugee Council (FRC)

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

 

About US:

Finnish Refugee Council (FRC) is an NGO providing adult education and community development among refugees in Uganda since 1997 as an operational partner to OPM and UNHCR.

 

Job Summary:  The Adult Education Specialist provides technical leadership and guidance in strengthening adult education expertise in the FRC Uganda country program, acts as adult education advocate and supports partnership building, networking and fundraising efforts. In addition, the position holder leads Access to Adult Education -project.

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Technical support to strengthen adult education expertise in country program (50%)

  • Contribute to organisation’s strategic objective of being an expert adult education operator and provide vision on how to achieve this.
  • Introduce appropriate adult education and learning approaches for all projects in the country program.
  • Strengthen the development, creation and use of teaching and training aids, including digital.

Advocacy, partnership development and networking in formal and informal education (25%)

  • Keep updated on current trends and developments in formal and informal education in relation to refugee context to ensure program objectives and project implementation stays relevant.
  • Liaise and establish connections with formal education and adult education actors at national and international level to learn, form networks and strengthen co-operation.
  • Advocate for FRC’s adult education work within country and internationally.
  • Support project concept note and proposal development.

Project management and monitoring (25%)

  • Lead and coordinate Access to Adult Education -project implementation to ensure targets and objectives are achieved.
  • Provide support to team in planning, monitoring, analysis of progress and identify corrective actions.
  • Support M & E to arrange surveys and evaluations, and lead in data interpretation to improve projects’ quality and effectiveness, and data utilisation for program development and fundraising.





Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

  • University degree in adult and community education / adult learning / education and teaching.
  • Five years of relevant, progressive experience in adult education, training material design and development, or in formal education combined with strong emphasis on adults.
  • Knowledge and experience on project management, monitoring and evaluation.
  • Proven experience in networking and advocacy work.

 

How to Apply:

All candidates should Email their applications and updated CVs as ONE PDF document (a maximum of 5 pages) to recruitment.uganda@refugeecouncil.fi

 

Include in your application letter:

  • Mention in the subject line the position you are applying for.
  • Include your gross salary request.
  • Contact details (email and telephone) of 3 professional reference persons.
  • DO NOT include copies of any certificates.

 

Deadline: 15th April 2024

 

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Date Posted 2024-03-12
Valid Through 2024-04-15
Employment Type FULL_TIME
Hiring Organization Finnish Refugee Council (FRC)
Job Location Kampala, Kampala, Kampala , 0256, Uganda

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