USAID Project Jobs – Education Specialist at Winrock International

Organisation:
Winrock International
Project: African Youth Empowerment and
Development Initiative in Uganda (AYEDI)
Duty
Station
: Kampala, Uganda
About
Winrock International:
Winrock International is a
nonprofit organization that works with people in the United States and around
the world to empower the disadvantaged, increase economic opportunity, and
sustain natural resources.
Job
Summary: 
The
Education Specialist will provide leadership in developing the technical
aspects of formal and non-formal education interventions for youth withdrawn
from or at risk of participating in exploitative child labor in Uganda. The
Education Specialist will oversee the implementation of the program’s education
activities and coordinate reporting requirements
Key
Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • Conduct
    evaluation of existing education system for gaps.
  • Managing
    and leading student assessments.    
  • In
    collaboration with government officials, adaptation and development of
    curriculum for formal education, non-formal basic education, and/or
    vocational/pre-vocational education.
  • Developing
    community-driven systems for identifying and enrolling into school youth
    child laborers or those at risk of child labor.
  • Designing
    and delivering teacher training on curricula as well as child labor
    awareness and unique education needs of withdrawn and at-risk child
    laborers.
  • Creating
    and managing partnerships with academic institutions (technical colleges,
    training institutions, etc.) that provide training opportunities for
    youth.
  • Designing
    and delivering a community child labor awareness and prevention campaign.
  • Designing
    interventions for increasing government action to prevent child labor and
    improve education alternatives and decent work for youth.
  • Managing
    staff in the field and overseeing education activities such as scholarship
    distribution and school improvement initiatives.
  • Collaborating
    and maintaining working relationships with national and local government
    agencies (Ministry of Education and others), networks of educators,
    employers’ organizations, trade unions, and other relevant organizations.
Qualifications,
Skills and Experience:
  • The
    applicant should possess a Bachelor’s level degree or higher in education
    or other social science.
  • At
    least three years of professional experience in a technical role in
    implementation of child labor and/or complex basic education programs in
    developing countries such as: educational assessment of disadvantaged
    students; teacher training; educational materials development; educational
    management; monitoring and evaluation of basic education projects;
    education policy; educational quality and access improvement; and
    development of community participation in the improvement of basic
    education for disadvantaged children.
  • Experience
    working with vulnerable children and their households in Uganda is
    required.
  • Knowledge
    of exploitative child labor issues and experience in the development of
    formal, non-formal and vocational education programs for children removed
    from or at risk of exploitative child labor.
  • Extensive
    experience in working successfully with ministries of education, networks
    of educators, employers’ organizations, and trade union representatives or
    comparable entities.
  • Additional
    experience with education policy and monitoring and evaluation is an
    asset.
  • Programmatic
    experience highly desired in gender, human trafficking, child labor, youth
    civic engagement and empowerment, and occupational safety and health (OSH)
    /decent work issues.
  • Experience
    with donor-funded programs (preferably US government-funded) to reduce
    child labor desirable.
  • Basic
    knowledge of child labor issues in the agriculture, fishing, forestry, and
    other relevant sectors in Uganda.
  • Excellent
    written and oral communication skills in English required.
  • Language
    Proficiency in Swahili and local languages an asset.
How
to Apply:
All suitably qualified
candidates should send their applications with an updated resume and cover
letter referencing Uganda Youth Education Specialist. All qualified
Ugandan nationals, and other nationalities, especially those residing in Uganda
are strongly encouraged to appy. All applications should be via our website
Deadline:
5th August, 2013
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