Not-for-profit Careers – Strengthening Civil Society Programme Officer at Aga Khan Foundation (AKF)

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Organisation: Aga Khan
Foundation (AKF)
Duty Station: Arua,
Uganda
Reports to: Strengthening
Civil Society Programme Coordinator
About AKF:
Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) is a private, not-for-profit, non- denominational
international development agency of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN).
AKF works in collaboration with partners to develop and promote innovative
solutions that help improve the quality of life of communities in areas we
work. This is achieved through a Multi-Input Area Development programming
approach that responds to the opportunities and priorities of a given area with
long-term and synergised interventions. Specifically in Uganda, AKF currently
supports programming in education, early childhood development (ECD) and
strengthening civil society.
About Project:
AKF will commence a two-and-a-half year civil society strengthening
project in West Nile, Uganda, in April 2014. The project aims to improve the
status of girls’ education in the West Nile sub-region, through strengthened
capacities of education-centric CSOs to mainstream gender in internal
operations and education interventions. The project will be implemented in
Arua, Koboko and Yumbe districts. These districts have been chosen in order to
enhance the outcomes of AKF’s existing education and ECD programmes in West
Nile, which aim to strengthen teacher education and support systems to improve
and sustain learning outcomes in literacy and numeracy for boys and girls in
primary and pre-primary school levels. To complement these education outcomes,
advanced and intensive support will he provided via the strengthening civil
society project to a broad range of education-centric CSOs to generate a
critical mass of support for addressing the gender issues that impact girls’
education in West Nile.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities: 
  • Work with other
    programme staff and external consultants to develop programme and capacity
    building tools for schools and develop the capacity of CSOs to utilise and
    disseminate the respective tools.
  • Work with AKF’s
    programme teams and partners to support CSOs to conduct gender
    equality-related trainings, undertake gender equality assessments and
    develop gender responsive plans and tools.
  • Technically support
    CSOs to improve interfacing and cross-learning between CSOs, government            and school authorities.
  • Assist the SCS
    Programme Coordinator to develop and design plans to meet programming
    needs.
  • Support the completion
    of proposals, budgets and high quality analytical reports.
  • Support monitoring and
    evaluation of the project.
  • Lend a hand in the
    coordination and integration with other AKF programmes.
  • Work closely with SCS
    Programme Coordinator to ensure programme quality, the documentation and
    dissemination of lessons learned, and responsive programme design.
  • Assist the SCS
    Programme Coordinator to broker and manage partnerships with project
    stakeholders.
  • Support AKF in
    external communications, policy engagement and resource mobilization
  • Perform any other
    duties as assigned by the Strengthening Civil Society Programme
    Coordinator.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience: 
  • The ideal candidate
    must hold a bachelor’s degree in social sciences, gender, international
    development or a similar field.
  • At least two years’
    relevant experience of strengthening the capacity of organisations on
    gender mainstreaming, gender analysis and planning, and gender centric
    mobilisation essential; with a particular focus on girls’ education
    preferred.
  • Two or more years’
    relevant experience in delivering civil society capacity development
    programmes, with specific experience working with education-centric CSOs
    preferred.
  • Past experience
    developing the capacity of organisation staff/members through a TOT model
    and providing support to deliver cascaded capacity building.
  • Significant exposure
    and experience developing tailored gender analysis tools and training
    stakeholders on their implementation preferred.
  • Experience managing
    sub-grantee relationships.
  • Experience mobilising
    stakeholders to conduct analysis, plan, disseminate documented findings
    and engage in policy dialogue.
  • Prior experience and
    expertise of working with stakeholders (government, civil society,
    communities) at multiple levels and leading participatory development (at
    grass-root and institutional levels) is essential.
  • Experience and
    knowledge of working in West Nile Uganda, with familiarity of at least one
    language and cultures (Lugbara.Kakwa or Aringa) preferred.
  • Past exposure and
    experience of working in multi-cultural and diverse teams.
How to Apply: 
Is you so desire to work with the Aga Khan Foundation in the
aforementioned portfolio, please send a cover letter, updated CV and the names
and contact information of three professional referees to: the Country
Director, Aga Khan Foundation (Uganda) via e-mail to: beatrice.aciru@akdn.org
Ref: Application – SCS Programme Officer.
NB: Only
shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Deadline:  21st February
2014 by 5.00pm;

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