Program Officer - Isingiro District

About the role

Geneva Global Uganda, an international nonprofit improving educational outcomes for children and youth through community-driven programs, is hiring a Program Officer for Isingiro District. The role accompanies the management and implementation of the Speed School program by district and municipal offices in the catchment area, reports to the Uganda Program Manager Education in Kampala, and is on-site with a negotiable salary.

Key responsibilities

• Train and give technical assistance to link-school leadership and agents linked to Core Primary Teacher Colleges and UNITE in running the Speed School program
• Support the GGU Program Managers for Education, Community Engagement and Monitoring and Evaluation in delivering three Training of Trainers and Speed School facilitator trainings each year
• Provide ongoing training and support to link-school leadership, including reflection sessions and joint monitoring visits to schools
• Help link-school leadership adopt Speed School teaching methods and the Community Engagement model, and report regularly on their performance
• Coordinate with government units to mobilize non-education support for Speed School classes, students and mothers' groups
• Ensure routine collection and submission of data on Speed School classes as directed by the M&E Program Manager
• Strengthen the design, delivery, monitoring and evaluation of program elements, and hold weekly or bi-weekly meetings with link-school leadership
• Work with education officials on training workshops, school monitoring, statistics, attendance and communities of practice for facilitators
• Prepare monthly planning and budget requests, activity and expenditure reports, and take part in annual reporting and planning
• Support external visits by funders, Geneva Global and the Ministry of Education and Sports, and provide other reasonable support to the Program Director

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Education, Development Studies, Social Work, Community Development, Community Education or a related field
• At least 5 years of experience supporting or implementing education programming
• At least 2 years of experience supporting community engagement, community development or livelihood programs
• Experience working in refugee and host community contexts

Required skills

• Additional training or certification in education, teacher development, community engagement, psychosocial support, safeguarding, monitoring and evaluation or project management
• Good communication skills in English and local languages