2 Programme Officer, Education and Child Protection – Work: No Child’s Business NGO Jobs – Save the Children International
Organisation: Save the Children International
Duty Station: Uganda
About US:
Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organization for children and has program presence in over 120 countries in the world and has been implementing programs for over 90 years. 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.
Job Summary: The Programme Officer, Education and Child Protection – Work: No Child’s Business will take responsibility for planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting on the interventions under the Work; No Child’s Business Project in Karamoja Sub-region. . The Work; No Child’s Business Project is aimed at eliminating child labour as well as protecting and fulfilling children rights in Karamoja Sub-region. In close collaboration and partnership with communities and CBOs, schools and local government authorities, the project will promote children’s rights and business principles through a comprehensive child-rights-based and gender sensitive gender to bring change in sectors with a high incidence of child labour in the intervention areas especially mining and informal and/ or domestic work. The project will use four integrated pathways:- 1) Children are empowered and have improved access to quality formal education, bridge or transitional schooling and youth employment within a supportive family and community environment.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The candidate for the Save the Children International Programme Officer, Education and Child Protection – Work: No Child’s Business job placement must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in an appropriate social and development field such as Social Science, Sociology, Gender/ women Studies, Development Studies, Community Development or Rural Development, Public Health, International Development.
- Two to three years of experience working on gender development programming, preferably in development contexts.
- Familiarity with key international standards for development work and the feminist principle, gender transformation.
- Experience in training and community engagement on gender transformation with demonstrated evidence
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply online by clicking on the title link below.
Deadline: 28th July 2019
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