Program Officer - Terego 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 the Terego 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 in Kampala.

Key responsibilities

• Provide training and technical assistance to link-school leadership and agents linked to Core Primary Teacher Colleges and UNITE in implementing 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.
• Give ongoing training and support to link-school leadership in supervising facilitators and parent groups, including reflection sessions and joint monitoring visits.
• 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 classes, students and mothers' groups, and support data collection and submission.
• 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 and attendance, and on communities of practice for facilitators.
• Prepare monthly planning and budget requests and technical activity reports for the Program Director, take part in annual reporting and planning, and support external visits by funders and the Ministry of Education and Sports.

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 livelihoods programming.
• Experience working in refugee and host community contexts.
• Additional training or certification in education, teacher development, community engagement, psychosocial support, safeguarding, monitoring and evaluation or project management.

The role requires diligence, attention to detail, good communication in English and local languages, professional conduct with partners and clients, independent and team work, and good judgment and ethics.