Uganda: Skills Specialist | Uganda Jobs Vacancies, Employment, Career Opportunities in Uganda. - 2015

Organization: Interchurch Organisation for Development Co-operation

Country: Uganda

Closing date: 18 May 2015

Vacancy Announcement

(Deadline Monday May 18, 2015 17:00 hours)

ICCO was established in 1964 and became a cooperation in 2012. The founding members of the ICCO Cooperation are Edukans, the Protestant Church of the Netherlands (Kerk in Actie) and the association Prisma. Within a coherent programmatic framework, the ICCO Cooperation offers worldwide financial support, brokerage and capacity building to local non-governmental organizations, the private sector, churches and networks that work on sustainable economic development, democracy and peace, access to basic services (health and education), food security and climate mitigation.

ICCO Cooperation member Edukans is a dynamic NGO based in The Netherlands, which supports educational projects and programmes for underprivileged children and youth in developing countries and mobilizes over 350.000 Dutch students and teachers each year to participate in development activities.

For our joint ICCO Cooperation Regional Office in Kampala Edukans seeks an experienced and result oriented

Skills Expert (full-time)

Skills development is a strategic pillar of Edukans, the other pillar being quality education. Edukans is expert on relevant and quality skills training and brings this expertise in in the overall work of ICCO Cooperation. The specialist is responsible for lobby and advocacy related to transferable and technical skills development in the CEA region. In addition, he or she takes care of linking & learning, and offering Edukans advisory services to third parties and acquiring project financing. The Skills Expert is part of the Kampala team, but relates in functional terms to the Edukans office in the Netherlands and will be reporting to Edukans in the NL

Essential duties and responsibilities

• Develops and implements lobby and advocacy plans and campaigns related to transferable and technical skills development in cooperation with partner organizations;


• Develops and implements strategies and projects for transferable and technical skills development and skills training in close cooperation with partner organizations;


• Advises on the implementation of these strategies, lobby plans, campaigns and projects;


• Develops good practices based on evidence;


• Set-up fruitful partnerships with the private sector;


• Guarantees that the learning process leads to improvements of the Edukans skills model;


• Supports the acquisition of project and program funding and is responsible for developing and managing successful relationships with existing and potential donors in this field;


• Maintains close functional relations with Edukans and reports to the Edukans office in the Netherlands.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or equivalent in Education Development or any related area;


• A minimum of 6 years of experience in the field of technical & vocational education and particularly skills development, preferably in Central- and Eastern Africa;


• Excellent and proven abilities to successfully develop and implement advocacy plans and campaigns;


• Knowledge of and a keen interest in all aspects of education and its opportunities and challenges in developing countries, specifically on skills development;


• Share knowledge and experience about skills development with colleagues in the ICCO Cooperation;


• Must have excellent interpersonal skills, fluent in English (and preferably French), both written and orally;


• Willing to travel frequently**;**


• Ability to successfully manage and cooperate with all relevant parties;


• Strong motivation to succeed.

What we offer

ICCO Cooperation Central and Eastern Africa RO offers an exciting and challenging professional environment in which the vision and goals are achieved by a team of dedicated professionals. Commitment, growth, cooperation and development are key elements.

We offer a local contract, which has a fair and comprehensive pay and benefits package in line with the position.

How to apply:

How to apply:

Please send your CV (not exceeding 3 pages), a cover letter and three professional references Ms. Froukje Zwaga, Regional Manager of the ICCO Cooperation Regional Office Central and Eastern Africa in Kampala via central-and-eastern-africa@icco-cooperation.org. Mention in the subject line: Application Skills Expert ROCEA ICCO Cooperation.

For further inquiries please contact Liana Hoornweg (Program Officer Education) via the following email address: liana.hoornweg@icco-cooperation.org. Do not send applications to this email address, please as they will not be considered.

We thank all applicants for their interest but please note that only those selected will be contacted and any form of lobbying will lead to automatic disqualification.

The first round of interviews will be held at the ICCO Cooperation Regional Office on plot 1608 Kironde Road Muyenga Kampala in the week of 25^th May 2015.

ICCO Cooperation is an equal opportunity employer.