Fresher Education Assistant NGO Job Opportunities – InterAid Uganda Limited (IAU)
Job Title: Education Assistant
Organization: InterAid Uganda Limited (IAU)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Education Officer
About US:
InterAid Uganda Limited (IAU) is a non-governmental humanitarian national organization established in 1988, and duly registered with the NGO Board and NGO Forum. IAU is actively involved in programs geared towards the protection and improvement of lives of disadvantaged people living in urban and rural areas in Uganda and in the Great Lakes Region. InterAid Uganda is focused on its thematic areas of Rights Protection, Education, Livelihood & Food Security, Health (HIV&AIDS; Malaria; Maternal and Reproductive Health), Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH), Environment and Disaster Management and good Management and Governance systems.
Job Summary: The Education Assistant will provide support to the Education Officer in planning, coordination and promotion of easy access of Education for Refugee children in schools.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Stakeholder Management: Supporting the Education Officer in strengthening partnerships with stakeholders; KCCA education departments, refugee parents, teachers, learners, communities
Process Management
- Supporting the Education Officer in mobilizing and sensitizing refugee parents in refugee community to support refugee children access primary education in UPE and USE schools
- Supporting the Education Officer in raising awareness among refugee communities on the right to education for refugee children.
- Organizing and conducting individual and group counseling sessions to children in UPE and USE schools within in Kampala.
- Providing support in assessing and identifying support for UPE schools.
- Identifying and assessing vulnerable children for support of UPE and USE school fees.
- Identifying and assessing children with disability for support to enroll in special education schools.
- Organizing and conducting holiday programmes for children in and out of school from communities.
- Supporting the Education officer in monitoring and evaluating the NIE programme implementation with School Head Teachers.
- Supporting the Education Officer in organizing training of teachers and PTA members on the good school programme.
- Coordinating and support the language trainer and the community language services to refugees.
- Compiling input for the weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual and specific activity reports and ensure timely submission to the Education Officer
- Implementing the good school programme across all UPE schools.
- Any other duties that may be assigned from time to time by the Education Officer
Support to Sections: Liaising with Legal, Child protection and SGBV sectors to promote identification and support to vulnerable children
Compliance: Complying with policies and procedures during designing, execution of the program activities.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the InterAid Uganda Limited (IAU) Education Assistant job opportunity should preferably hold a Bachelor’s degree in Education or any other related discipline
- At least two years relevant work experience in implementing Education programs in an NGO environment is preferred
- Good understanding of the Ugandan Education system
- Ability to understand and interpret the current education policy of Uganda and properly align it to the refugee communities
- Computer literate like in MS word, power point and excel.
- Good team player.
- Good planning and organizational skills
- Good communication skills both oral and written.
- Ability to work under multicultural environment and setting.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their cover letters, updated CVs and photo copies of their professional qualifications including three referees via E-mail to both recruitment@interaiduganda.org and iaurecruitment@interaiduganda.org addressed to:
The Executive Director,
InterAid Uganda,
Plot 1102 Block 8, Kabala Anjagala Road,
P.O. Box 737 Kampala, Uganda.
Deadline: 25th June 2018 by 5:00 PM
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