2 Program Support Officer – Can’t Wait To Learn (CWTL) NGO Jobs – War Child Holland (WCH)
Job Title: Program Support Officer – Can’t Wait To Learn (CWTL) – 2 Job Vacancies
Organisation: War Child Holland (WCH)
Duty Station: Uganda
Reports to: Team Leader
Salary range UGX 1,541,054 to 2,391,453 /=
About US:
War Child Holland (WCH) is an International non-profit organization that has been working in Uganda since 2004, mainly in the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) affected areas. As the situation in Uganda has stabilized, WCH has closed its programs related to the LRA conflict and started a refugee response program in early 2016 in the West Nile region, offering psychosocial support to children, young people and families in the refugee and host communities. In addition to psychosocial support, the country office is in the process of establishing education projects with partners.
Job Summary: The Program Support Officer – Can’t Wait To Learn (CWTL) Officer is responsible for all logistics and implementation support to general IT and Can’t Wait to Learn programme in Uganda. The role includes assisting in the procurement of CWTL Materials such as; tablets and their accessories. The Officer is responsible for the preparation and distribution of tablets and related equipment to the field, replacement of the tablets, and follow up on fetching data from the tablets with the partners. The position also involves supporting on all IT requirements of WCH office.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Supporting the procurement and preparation of tablets, accessories and related equipment for the CWTL programme in Uganda.
- Collaborate with the Logistics team and the PDA-EDU on the needs assessment for procurement of tablets, accessories and related equipment needed for the CWTL programme.
- Responsible, in collaboration with the logistics team and HO, for the organisation and technical preparation of tablets, installation of the games on the tablets, and engraving of tablets before they are distributed to the field.
- Ensure an updated log of where the tablets are at all times.
Responsible for the planning and implementation of distribution/hand-over of tablets, accessories and related equipment to the different partners/learning centres.
- Plan and organise, in collaboration with the PM and logistics team, the distribution of tablets and accessories to the partners/education centres
- Ensure all items are registered in the equipment list according to WCH guidelines and criteria, keep equipment list up to date
- Prepare all transfer papers and assure proper hand over documentation is signed by all parties
- Prepare, assure signing, and filing of loan agreements with all partners/learning centres.
Support use of the tablets in the field
- Supporting the partners/learning centres on the technical use of the tablets
- Assess, report and solve technical/logistical problems occurred while implementing CWTL in the learning centres.
- Ensure tablets in the field are updated and in good working order, including organisation of replacing faulty equipment
- Report regularly to the line manager on status/location/use of all tablets
- Implement regular stock-taking of tablets and accessories in all learning centres in collaboration with the logistics team
Support in Data milking
- Coordinate with the partners M&E team for the timely data milking (twice a week)
- Follow up on the sharing of collected data to the teachers
- Report technical issues in Jira
Support WCH IT requirements.
- Responsible in diagnosing and resolving minor network, software and hardware related problems.
- Responsible for setting up computers of new staff.
- Creates and plans IT maintenance schedules and frame works for WCH.
- Responsible for evaluating and suggesting new technology and ideas on IT to line manager for consideration.
- Provide on the job training and coaching for staff on computer/IT use.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The War Child Holland (WCH) Program Support Officer – Can’t Wait To Learn (CWTL) job should hold a Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or Telecom Management
- A minimum of three years of working experience.
- Fluent in English (spoken and written word)
- Experience with iNGO and working with institutional donors is preferred.
- Strong understanding of Education programs, experience of working in refugee settlements is an added value
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills;
- Good computer skills
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively as a member if a team
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates are invited to apply by uploading an English CV consisting of maximum two pages, and answer our questionnaire (please note that a cover letter is not requested) through the following hyperlink:
Deadline: 2nd August 2019
: List of Current Job Vacancies / Opportunities in Uganda