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Job
Title:  Education Specialist
Organisation: Save the Children
Duty
Station: Kampala, Uganda
 
About
Save the Children:
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.



Job
Summary: The Education
Specialist offer technical support to the education and livelihood component for
a proposed US Department of Labor (USDOL) program to help Ugandan youth develop
the skills to secure decent work and to serve as civic leaders in their
communities. The Education Specialist will be responsible for developing
education and livelihood interventions and the technical aspects related to the
strategy, including student assessment, teacher training, educational
materials/curriculum development, educational management, and educational
monitoring and information systems, as applicable.



Qualifications,
Skills and Experience:
  • At
    least three years experience in a leadership position responsible for
    developing education interventions and the technical aspects related to
    the Applicant’s proposed strategy, including student assessment, teacher
    training, educational materials/curriculum development, educational
    management, and educational monitoring and information systems, as applicable.
  • Experience
    in managing projects to address issues related to primary and secondary
    education.
  • Good
    understanding of special educational needs of children removed from child
    labor when they enter/return to school or are provided with alternative
    education services.
  • Experience
    working with vulnerable children and their households, preferably in
    Uganda.
  • Experience
    working successfully with Ministries of Education and other government
    agencies, networks of educators, employers’ organizations, and trade
    unions or comparable entities.



How
to Apply:
All suitable candidates
should send their application letters with a detailed CV indicating three 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, Kiira Road
P.O. Box 12018, Kampala, Uganda
Or on email: uganda.recruitment@savethechildren.org



NB:
 Testimonials/certificates should not be
attached to applications that are submitted online. 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.



Deadline:
9th August 2013.



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