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Consultant at United Nations Population Fund - Uganda
Position Title:National consultant
Duty Station: Uganda
Organization:United Nations Population Fund - Uganda
Employment Type:Full Time Permanent
Application Deadline:Tuesday, 7th April 2015
Organizational Profile:
Consultant to support integration of sexuality education into lower
secondary school curriculum at the National Curriculum Development Centre
As part of the education reform process, the Ministry of Education and
Sports (MoES) of the Government of Uganda (GoU) has taken a decision to
undertake a through reform of the lower secondary education curriculum under
the implementation of the Universal Post-Primary Education and Training Project
(UPPET).
The Government of Uganda has therefore secured financing from the World
Bank towards support of this reform process and wishes to apply some of the
proceeds to financing the lower secondary education curriculum, examination and
assessment reform, including associated teachers education and reorienting the
content to improve the development of important pre-vocational knowledge and
skills.
The assignment of the National consultant(s) will be to provide technical
assistance to National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) and Ministry of
Education and Sports (MoES) to assess whether the extracts developed have
integrated the relevant strand; assess the sustainability and appropriateness
of the draft assessment items to the purpose of having sexuality education on
the curriculum into the curriculum.
In general the national consultant will support the NCDC/MoES and various
stakeholders to integrate principles and intent of effective sexuality
education into the reformed curriculum.
The TORs of the consultancy can be accessed on the website http://uganda.unfpa.org.
Mode of application:
Email applications: Should be sent
to vacancyug@unfpa.org
Applications should be less than 10MB. (This includes the Cover letter and
the P11 Form). All applicants must fill the P11 Form.
The subject of the email should
clearly reflect the position you are applying for and include your full names.
Only online applications will be accepted.
Only the successful applicants will be contacted.
Deadline for applications: Tuesday, 7th April 2015.
UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender
equality, teamwork, respect for diversity, integrity, and a healthy work life
balance.
NOTE: There is no application processing or other fee at any stage of the
application process.
UNFPA does not solicit or screen for information in respect of HIV or AIDS
and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.
