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Senior Specialist, Safe Schools & Student Retention - (1)
Position Title:Senior Specialist, Safe Schools & Student Retention
Number of Positions :1 position
Duty Station: Kampala
Organization: Save the Children
Employment Type:Full Time Permanent
Application Deadline:20th January 2015.
Theme:
Coordination
Education
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 200 persons. We save children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We
help them fulfil their potential. In 2013, we reached over 143 million children
through our work around 52m directly and 91 million indirectly around the
world.
Save the Children seeks to fill the following positions for a USAID-funded
program focused on improving the reading skills of primary-grade learners in
government schools in Uganda through the scale-up of the EGR methodology
approved by the MoES. The goal of the $36m, five-year project is to improve
literacy by supporting interventions that
(1) improve key aspects of reading skills in both English and 3 of the 12
selected local languages in the early primary grades, and
(2) improve the year-to-year
retention of learners in the primary grades through safe school environments
within Uganda.
Job Purpose:
The Senior Specialist – Safe Schools and Student Retention is responsible
for provision of expert advice, analysis and technical support to the
USAID/Uganda LARA project on key student retention, school safety and child
protection interventions, and ensure the integration of project interventions
within national and local level child protection systems. S/he will provide
technical leadership and ensure effective coordination with strategic partners
on Child Protection and Safe Schools, including UNICEF and other relevant
USAID/Uganda implementing partners.
Academic back ground and Experience;
·
Demonstrated experience of the
child protection and education sector within the Uganda context, particularly
issues related to Safe Schools, Teacher Code of Conduct, gender-based violence
in schools
·
Bachelor’s degree in social work
with a minimum of 5 years’ experience on technical and managerial positions;
Master’s degree in social sciences or public health preferred;
·
Experience with child protection
programming, basic education, and social mobilization/social communications;
·
Technical knowledge of Safe
School programming, gender-based violence prevention/ reporting/response, and
dropout prevention/student retention is highly desirable;
·
Proven experience in networking
with local NGOs, strong communication skills and good interpersonal relations;
·
Proven leadership and
inter-personal skills for effective team work; as well as the ability to work
independently on a frequent basis, taking initiative, managing multiple
priorities
·
Excellent communication skills,
training capacity and report writing skills;
·
Fluency in English required;
knowledge of at least two of the target LARA local languages (Luganda,
Runyankole, and Runyoro) is preferred;
·
Able to promote Save the
Children´s Child Safeguarding Policy to ensure maximum protection for children;
·
Able to work in a constructive
way in straight collaboration with different thematic program areas
General specifications applicable to all positions;
·
Experience of working with local
partners and District Local Government in Child Rights Governance, Health,
Nutrition, Education, HIV/AIDS or Child Protection is an added advantage.
·
Strong analytical skills and
strategic planning abilities.
·
Ability to establish and maintain
conducive collegial relations and perform effectively as a member of a team.
·
Willingness to travel and work in
hard-to-reach areas, occasionally under strenuous conditions.
·
Computer literacy and excellent
documentation skills are a must.
·
Availability and willingness to
work extra hours during times of humanitarian responses.
·
Highly developed cultural
awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people
from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
·
Ability to intervene with crisis
management or troubleshooting as necessary.
·
Highly developed interpersonal
and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching.
·
Excellent time management and
planning capacity.
·
Availability and willingness to
work extra hours during times of humanitarian responses.
Mode of application:
Application letters with detailed CVs indicating 3 referees, two of whom
should have been direct supervisors should be submitted to:
Email: uganda.recruitment@savethechildren.org
Important to note:
Only online applications shall be considered.
Testimonials/certificates should not be attached to applications.
The closing date for receiving applications is 20th January 2015.
Candidates are therefore encouraged to apply at the earliest opportunity.
Job ID: #793861
Training categories: Management
