DFID FHI 360 Project Careers - Country Coordinator
Project Name: DFID Girls’ Education Challenge (GEC)Duty Station: Kampala, UgandaFHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. Our professional staff includes experts in education, health, nutrition, economic development, civil society and environment as well as cross-cutting experts in gender issues, research, applied science, behavior change and technology giving us the unique mix of capabilities to address today’s diverse and interrelated development challenges. FHI 360 operates from 60 offices with 4,400 staff in the U.S. and around the world.The Girls’ Education Challenge (GEC) is a £300 million DFID programme with the aim of enabling up to a million marginalized girls to re-enroll or remain in school and increase their learning. The programme operates in 18 countries, supporting 37 initiatives across Africa and Asia with a wide range of non-state organisations.Job Summary: The FHI Country Coordinator will be responsible for the co-ordination, monitoring and oversight of GEC projects in-country. He/she will be the main interlocutor for the projects, the Fund Manager in London and the DFID adviser in country, with regard to overall progress, monitoring visits’ findings and day-to-day issues arising. This job role will include a requirement to represent the GEC at meetings, in particular as a source of first-hand information about projects.Qualifications, Skills and Experience: The applicant should hold a relevant Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree preferred; Proven knowledge and practical experience of the education context in Uganda, gained through at least five years project management or technical advisory roles in education and at least two years’ experience in the country; substantial experience implementing or monitoring education projects, ideally those which have supported/ targeted girls;Prior DFID project experience preferred, including working with log frames; Past exposure and experience assessing progress against educational target outcomes, including school-based observation; familiarity with approaches to literacy and numeracy teaching;Good familiarity with tools to measure learning; excellent interpersonal skills and ability to establish effective working relations with different stakeholders; Possess the ability to disseminate lessons learned effectively;Possess excellent English writing and communications skills; Possess the ability to work unsupervised and to manage own logistical arrangements (e.g. travel, hotel, visa); Excellent ability to identify risks and issues and to escalate as appropriate; Ability to work in the relevant languages for the country as well as in English; Excellent organisational skills.All qualified candidates are encouraged to send their updated detailed CVs / resumes to genderdepartment@fhi360.orgDeadline: Friday, June 6, 2014For More Ugandan Jobs, Please Visit http://www.theugandanjobline.com or find us on our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/UgandanJobline
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