Summary
Date Posted: 22nd March 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full_Time , Currency: UGX , Value: 1000000 , Minimum: 700000 , Maximum: 3000000 , Period: MONTH

JOB DETAILS:
VVOB - Education tor Development, is a Belgian non-profit organization that focuses on improving the quality of education. VVOB has its head- quarters in Brussels (Belgium) and is currently implementing education programmers in 8 countries in the global South. More information about the work of VVOB can be found on www.VVOB.org 
As from May onwards VVOB will start implementing a new programme that focuses on improving the quality of the business, technical and vocational education and training (BTVET) sector in Uganda through strengthening the professional development of Uganda’s Agricultural TVET instructors via pre-service. This programme will be implemented in partnership with the Department of Teacher and instructor Education and Training (TIET); the Business, Technical, Vocational Education and Training (BT\/ET) Department of the Ministry of Education and Sports(MoES); and the National Instructors’ College Abilonino (NICA) in Lira.VVOB will establish an office in Kampala and a branch office in Lira.
Both offices will have technical and administrative staff, but all staff is expected to regularly travel between these offices, and between the offices and NICA.
VVOB is currently hiring for the following position (national staff):
Education Advisor
Duty station: 1 position at the VVOB office in Kampala, 1 Position at the VVOB Office in Lira
Start date: as soon as possible
Contract duration: until 31/12/2021, with possible extension
The Education Advisors are responsible for detecting professional development needs of the target groups of the programme and initiate capacity development processes and trajectories in cooperation with the strategic and operational partners. They will provide technical advice, guidance and support to partners and will be actively involved in planning, budgeting, implementing, monitoring and evaluating the programme.
The Education Advisor based in Kampala will support a multi-stakeholder curriculum reform and development process for the Diploma of instructor in Technical Teacher Education (DITTE) in Agricultural Production for NlCA. S/he is furthermore responsible for establishing and maintaining strong relations with TIET and the BT\/ET Department.
The Education Advisor based in Lira will work closely with NlCA to further optimize the delivery of the current DITTE in Agricultural Production, with a specific focus on agricultural entrepreneurship education. S/he will also have specific responsibilities regarding the strengthening of NlCA’s network of practice schools and partners from the agri-entrepreneurship ecosystem. .

Required Education
• Masters’ Degree in Education, Development Studies or related field

Required Experience
• At least six years’ working experience with the Ugandan BT\/ET education sector, preferably in agricultural BT\/ET / agricultural education;
• An in-depth understanding of:-Systems and practices directed to the professional development of instructors and instructors’ educators;-Systems and practices for aligning BT\/ET with the world of work-Latest developments and research in the education sector in general and the BT\/ET sector in particular;
• Demonstrable experience with capacity development processes in the context of educational institutions;
• Knowledge of and / or experience with equity and gender in education;
• Knowledge of and / or experience with all phases of Project Cycle Management (PCM) and the standard instruments used for PCM in the development sector;
• For the position in Kampala: At least 6 years demonstrable experience with curriculum development and facilitating curriculum development processes;
• For the position in Lira: Demonstrable experience with education innovation at the level of curriculum delivery.

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Job application procedure
Please send your application by email to Toon.DeBruyn@vvob.be.
Your application should include: .
• In the subject line: Application: name
• Position for which you apply Motivation letter’s CV Salary expectations; 3 reference persons and telephone and email contacts (former and current employers only);
• For the position of Education Advisor, please indicate for which duty station you are applying Deadline for applications is Sunday March 31st 2019 Shortlisted candidates are invited for a written test (home assignment)on April 3-4, and will be interviewed in Kampala in the week of April 8.Reference checks will be made before a final offer.
Please note, applications submitted without motivation letter or CV attached will not be reviewed.
Due to the volume of applications submitted, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.