Uganda: Senior Specialist, Safe Schools & Student Retention - (1)

EXCITING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organization for children and has program presence in over 120 countries in the world. 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. In Uganda, we implement programmes in six thematic programme areas of Child Protection, Child Rights Governance, Education, Livelihoods & Food Security, Health, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS in development and emergency contexts. Save the Children delivers programs in over 36 districts in the North, Rwenzori, North-Eastern and Central regions of Uganda, Currently, Save the Children has a staff complement of over 200 persons. We save children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. In 2013, we reached over 143 million children through our work around 52m directly and 91 million indirectly around the world.

Save the Children seeks to fill the following positions for a USAID-funded program focused on improving the reading skills of primary-grade learners in government schools in Uganda through the scale-up of the EGR methodology approved by the MoES. The goal of the $36m, five-year project is to improve literacy by supporting interventions that (1) improve key aspects of reading skills in both English and 3 of the 12 selected local languages in the early primary grades, and (2) improve the year-to-year retention of learners in the primary grades through safe school environments within Uganda.

Senior Specialist, Safe Schools & Student Retention - (1) position) - Kampala

Job Purpose:

The Senior Specialist – Safe Schools and Student Retention is responsible for provision of expert advice, analysis and technical support to the USAID/Uganda LARA project on key student retention, school safety and child protection interventions, and ensure the integration of project interventions within national and local level child protection systems. S/he will provide technical leadership and ensure effective coordination with strategic partners on Child Protection and Safe Schools, including UNICEF and other relevant USAID/Uganda implementing partners.

Academic back ground and Experience;

General specifications applicable to all positions;

Application information;

Application letters with detailed CVs indicating 3 referees, two of whom should have been direct supervisors should be submitted to:

Email: uganda.recruitment@savethechildren.org

Important to note:

Only online applications shall be considered.

Testimonials/certificates should not be attached to applications.

The closing date for receiving applications is 20th January 2015. Candidates are therefore encouraged to apply at the earliest opportunity.

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