NGO Jobs – BTVET Coordinator at Living Earth Uganda (LEU)

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Job Title:   BTVET Coordinator
Organisation: Living Earth
Uganda (LEU)
Project: Jobs and Oil:
Improving Access to youth employment in Western Uganda
Funding Source: Department for
International Development (DFID)
Reports to:  Executive
Director
Duty Station: Hoima. Uganda
About LEU:
Living
Earth Uganda (LEU) a natural resources and environmental management NGO based
in Uganda
in partnership with Living Earth Foundation, UK, have secured funding from
European Union
and DFID to deliver a project titled Jobs and Oil: Improving Access to youth
employment in Western Uganda. The project is designed to support communities
affected by the incoming oil and gas industry in Hoima and Buliisa Districts,
Western Uganda and at national policy level. The
specific objective of the project is to support the access to employment of
disadvantaged groups, particularly youths and women, in Hoima and Buliisa
Districts, through targeted vocational and technical training and the promotion
of local enterprise to supply the workforce and service needs of the burgeoning
oil sector.
Job Summary: The BTVET
Coordinator will be
responsible for a vocational training programme focused on the demands of the
oil and gas industry supply chain, established and operational through local
training institutions – the Business, Technical & Vocational Education
& Training institutions and pilot schools, rendering 3,500 youths employable
within the oil sector.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
  • Work with the Project Manager to
    agree on the BTVET programme implementation strategies, monthly and annual
    work plans and budgets;
  • Assist in the design and delivery of
    a training programme to build the capacity of vocational college tutors.
  • Facilitate the design and delivery
    of vocational training modules for youth in Hoima and Buliisa.
  • Steer the selection processes of the
    BTVET institutions to work with the project, and coordinate their ongoing
    engagement.
  • Establish quarterly round table
    meetings on vocational education consisting of relevant ministries and oil
    sector
  • Ensure development of supplementary
    modules on health and safety at work, employment rights, to compliment
    ongoing vocational and skills training courses and delivery to 2,880 youths.
  • Ensure engagement with oil sector on
    global best practice models for industry support to vocational training
    provision.
  • Monitor and supervise the project
    officer(s) implementing BTVET programme
  • Provide narrative and financial
    reports concerning the BTVET programme to the Project Manager
  • Conduct any
    other duties related to
    the position of BTVET Coordinator as requested by the Project Manager     
Qualifications, Skills
and Experience:
  • The
    applicant should hold a Bachelor’s     Degree
    in Education, Adult education, Development studies or other relevant
    field.
  • A minimum of at least 3 years
    successful experience in a similar position
  • Extensive knowledge and experience
    in working in the vocational training sector and familiar with BTVET
    polices
  • Competence in working with youth.
  • Good understanding and commitment to
    gender equality approaches in project delivery.
  • Good communication, writing and
    facilitation skills in English and preferably a local language of the
    sub-region(Runyakitara)
  • Highly inventive, creative and
    enthusiastic person (able to develop the best approach)
  • Good working knowledge of computer
    programmes including MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint
  • Self motivator, having the ability
    to work with limited supervision
  • Ability to work in an innovative environment
    where plans are developed fast and open change
How to Apply:
All
suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their applications and
resumes to: The Executive Director, Living Earth Uganda, Plot 409, Canon Njuba
Road, Nakulabye, P.O. Box 28694, Kampala, Uganda or livingearthuganda@yahoo.com
copied to
Deadline: Friday, 27th
December 2013 by 5:00p.m
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