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Job Title:  District Support Coordinator (4 Jobs) 

Organisation: VVOB International

Duty Station:  Arua, Kitgum, Kasese or Loro, Uganda

About the Company:

VVOB is an international NGO with Programmes and projects in 10 countries worldwide. Our head office is based in Brussels, Belgium. When you join VVOB, you become a key player in VVOB’s mission to ensure quality education as a key enabler for achieving the sustainable development goals. We implement our programmes and projects with one shared passion: to ensure the improvement of quality education. Our teams of national and international experts achieve this by providing technical assistance to governmental and other education actors. In doing so, worldwide we ensure capacity building of governmental and other education actors.

Job Summary:  We are looking for a District Support Coordinator who will operate from our offices in Arua, Kitgum, Kasese or Loro Uganda, with occasional travel to Kampala Office whenever required. The District Support Coordinator (DSC) will facilitate and support, organisation of the training of the master trainers and ensure high quality training of mentors and teachers.

• You collaborate closely with the Primary Teachers’ College (PTC) and District Education Office (DEO) to support institutionalising UCatchUp by building the capacity of PTC and district stakeholders on UCatchUp coordination and management.
• You support district stakeholders in monitoring UCatchUp implementation and learner progress, among others through regular coordination meetings.
• You ensure appropriate planning at PTC and district level and share these plans to inform the national planning processes.
• The District Support Coordinator reports to the Education Manager. You are part of and work closely with your direct colleagues of the Programme Team and with the Project Coordinators when relevant. Furthermore, you work closely with all other departments in your country.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Offer technical advice, guidance and support to partners and align and collaborate with internal VVOB colleagues to achieve project results and realize the educational change processes supported by the project.
• Contribute to the identification, formulation, budgeting, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the project in order to realize educational change processes supported by the project.
• Take up a variety of roles in the capacity development process of the partners according to the needs of the partner and particular situations and phases of the programme.
• Keep abreast with policy trends, new developments and latest research and thinking in education and international development by external and internal networking and share new insights with partners and VVOB colleagues.
• Provide detailed reports for all activities implemented at District and School level.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Master’s degree in education, human sciences, or other relevant field or equivalent experience
• Knowledge of and experience with programme management, preferably project cycle management.
• Experience with change management and capacity development processes in the context of educational institutions.
• An in-depth understanding of national education systems and the latest developments in the education sector
• Fluent in English both verbal and written
• Prior experience with Teaching at the Right Level is an advantage

Matching competences

VVOB core competences:

• Results and goal oriented
• Lifelong learning and improvement
• Cooperation within a team and with other stakeholders
• Function specific competencies:
• Creativity
• Development oriented
• 360 Empathy
• Communication Skills
• Problem Analysis & Judgement

How to Apply:

All candidates should upload their motivation letters detailing your match with the profile as well as your motivation behind applying for the vacancy and a detailed CV. Please use the webform to apply for this vacancy at the link below.

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Deadline: 22nd September 2024

NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be invited for a written test (home assignment), and selected candidates will be invited for a face-to-face interview. Reference checks will be conducted before a final offer of employment.

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