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Position Title: SENIOR OFFICER - YOUTH SKILLS ENHANCEMENT PROJECT
(YSEP)
Organisation: Save
the Children
Duty Station:
Gulu
Number: (1) position)
Background Information
Save the Children is the world’s leading independent
organization for children and has program presence in over 120 countries in the
world.
Save the Children envisions a Uganda in which every child
attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation.
Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world
treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.
We strive to create impact for children by delivering our
Programmes through partnerships, by being innovative, by acting as the voice
for and of children, and by achieving results at scale. In Uganda, we
implement programmes in six thematic programme areas of
Child Protection, Child Rights Governance, Education, Livelihoods & Food
Security, Health, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS in development and emergency contexts.
Save the Children delivers programs in over 36 districts in
the North, Rwenzori, North-Eastern and Central regions of Uganda, Currently,
Save the Children has a staff complement of over 170 persons. We save
children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfill their
potential. In 2012, we reached more than 100 million children around the world.
Save the Children seeks to fill the following vacant
positions and applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced
Persons.
Job Purpose:
The Senior Officer is responsible for operationalising the
Youth Skills Enhancement Project (YSEP). He/she will be involved in the project
planning, implementation, capacity enhancement, monitoring and evaluation as
well as reporting both internally (within SCI) and externally (for/with
partners).
The Project officer is responsible for execution of the
project interventions both directly and working closely with implementing
partners.
The Senior Officer may be called upon as and when necessary
to support the emergency team in cases of humanitarian crisis.
Academic back ground
and Experience;
• A minimum of a Bachelors’ Degree in Social Work, Social Sciences,
Development Studies, Education particularly Non Formal education and/or any
related field. Post-graduate training in project planning & management,
monitoring and evaluation, or related field is an added advantage
• At least 3 years of accrued working experience with an international
NGO dealing with child and/or youth-focused interventions.
Application
information;
Application letters with detailed CVs indicating 3 referees,
two of whom should have been direct supervisors should be submitted to:
The Director of Human Resources & Administration
Save the Children
Plot 68/70, Kira Road
P O Box 12018
Kampala
Or on email: uganda.recruitment@savethechildren.org
Important to note:
• Testimonials/certificates should not be attached to
applications that are submitted online.
• The closing date for receiving applications is 21 June
2013. Candidates are therefore encouraged to apply at the earliest opportunity.
Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer, persons
with disabilities and female candidates are encouraged to apply
