Country: Uganda
Closing date: 23 Apr 2018
Program Officer Accelerated Learning Programme (YEB project) About us
For over 90 years, Save the Children has been making a difference in children's lives in more than 120 countries. We are the world's largest independent child rights organisation, underpinned by a vision of a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation.We are an equal opportunity organisation dedicated to our core values of Accountability, Ambition, Collaboration, Creativity and Integrity. Our culture is embedded in these values, along with a strong commitment to our Child Safeguarding Protocol, ensuring that all representatives of Save the Children demonstrate the highest standards of behaviour towards children both in their private and professional lives.In Uganda, we implement programmes in five thematic programme areas of Child Protection, Child Rights Governance, Education, Child Poverty, Health and Nutrition in Development and Emergency contexts. Save the Children delivers programs in over 36 districts in the North, Rwenzori, North-Eastern, West Nile and Central regions of Uganda. We save children's lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential.
Role Purpose:
The Senior Officer - ALP will ensure youth with low literacy, numeracy and life skills enrol for and complete literacy, numeracy and life skills classes offered to youth in VSLAs and those undertaking vocational skills training in the 6 underserved sub-counties in Amuru, Nwoya and Gulu Districts. S/he will be responsible for training literacy and numeracy instructors, establishing literacy and numeracy centres and establish linkages with District Education/community development offices for technical support, monitoring and supervision of the literacy and numeracy interventions in the project area as well as technically backstopping the literacy and numeracy component of the project. S/he will promote access to youth centred Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health (ASRH) to deprived youth.
Contract Duration: Open ended
Contractual Status: National
Location: Gulu
Qualification and Experience; Essential
Minimum of a bachelor's degree or higher in either Education, Social Work or Development studies. A Postgraduate training/Advanced degree in the related field, Social sciences/social works, or Management is an added advantage.
Experience in Basic Education, community literacy and youth programming is preferred.
Minimum of 3 years relevant working experience in a similar position in an NGO.
Strong documentation, advocacy, facilitation and presentation skills and ability to speak local language (Luo) and directly interact with target group
Desirable
Computer literacy and excellent documentation skills are a must.
Excellent time management and planning capacity.
How to apply:
Please follow this link to apply: http://www.aplitrak.com/?adid=dGltb3RoeS4yOTU3Ny4zODMwQHNhdmV0aGVjaGlsZHJlbmFvLmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ