Summary
Date Posted: Monday, December 26, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

Duties and Responsibilities
Technical support
• Lead and ensure high quality processes for content development, adaptation, and integration of Inclusive Learning through Play in education activities in accordance with consortium level and country strategy and plans
• Manage and respond timely to all technical aspects, needs and actions of regarding the integration of inclusive LTP in teaching and learning in schools and community
• Coordinate the design and delivery of quality professional development initiatives for teachers, communities, parent, and other personnel to implement inclusive LtP in their settings and for all children.
• Ensure project staff, partners and clients access and use high quality content, materials, tools, and resources to implement inclusive LtP and align with relevant curricula
• Coordinate and/or contribute to professional exchanges, collaborations and learning engagements to foster competencies for using inclusive LtP approaches
• Contribute and/or participate in relevant advocacy and communication initiatives to create a shared vision, mass awareness and demand for inclusive LtP
• Support dialogue, technical exchange, and coordination with other consortium work streams, partner organizations and sectors for integration of inclusive LTP in other project activities and sectors
• Contribute to project research, assessments, surveys, evaluations, accountability, client feedback and periodical project reports
• Lead/and or contribute directly or indirectly to recruitment, on boarding, training, professional learning, supportive supervision, and mentorship of project education officers, partners, and consultants
• Represent Play Matters at internal and external technical meetings, forums, networks, and other events
• Collaborate with cross -sector teams and other relevant stakeholders within and outside Uganda PlayMatters consortium to support harmonization, capacity sharing and project measurement and results

Collaborative Partnership Management
• Co-lead the Partner's Project Capacity Review (PPCR) of potential partners, in coordination with other relevant departments, and participate in collaboratively identifying appropriate risk management strategies
• Co-lead Partnership Project Opening, Review and Closing Meetings, together with the Partnership Lead. Promote and actively practice full partner participation in project decision making, including any project adaption based on data.
• Lead timely and effective partnership project review and reflection (monitoring), identifying appropriate follow up actions, and provide completed reports to Partnership Lead.
• Review partnership project narrative reports and provide feedback as appropriate (and support partners in the development of reports as necessary). Conduct summary review of partnership project finance reports to ensure expenses match activities and provide feedback as appropriate.
• Support partners whenever possible in coordination with other entities such as government, UN, other humanitarian actors and coordination mechanisms.

Capacity sharing with partners
• Coordinate the design of partner project support plans to address potential program issues identified in the due diligence process. Direct responsibility for effective, timely technical support to partners.
• Contribute relevant proposal content, and ensure appropriate budget resourcing for partner project delivery, including project support and capacity sharing activities.
• Explore with partners potential capacity strengthening support, including system strengthening for government partners, and organizational development for civil society partners, and identify needed resources (in collaboration with the Partnership Lead).
Integrate technical capacity sharing approaches, including how IRC can learn from local partners.

Qualifications
• A University degree from an accredited University in a relevant field or subject area (including Pre-Primary and Primary Education, Teacher education, Curriculum Studies)
• A Minimum 5 years of working experience in the education sector or educational programming
• Demonstrable understanding of how the sectors of teacher education, pre-primary and primary education work in Uganda
• Experiences working with , through and or managing partners highly desirable
• Demonstrated experience in developing educational content /curriculum for a project is highly desired.
• Work experience in humanitarian context/refugee settlements and with an International NGO highly desirable
• Demonstrated analytical, systematic-thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability to transfer knowledge to diverse audiences through training, mentoring, and other formal and non-formal methods together with presentation and reporting skills are a strong asset.
• Confirmed ability to lead, mentor and empower professional teams.
• Self-motivated with good organization, planning skills, including prioritizing work and multi-tasking.
• Proven abilities and experience in teamwork, capacity strengthening and effective use of participatory techniques
• Willingness to work and travel frequently in the field sites.


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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