About US:
Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) is a private, non-denominational, international development agency developing and promoting innovative solutions that improve the quality of life. AKF seeks sustainable solutions to long term problems of poverty, hunger, literacy and health, with a special emphasis on the needs of rural communities in coastal and other resource-poor areas,

Job Summary: The Project Officer – Education Community of Practice (ECoP) will play a technical role in training, mentoring and monitoring project stakeholders (i.e. district education officials, head teachers and teachers) on the project’s Education Community of Practice interventions.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Actively coordinate the training of education officials, primary school head teachers and teachers on ECoP courses and applications.
Provide cluster and school-level mentorship in partnership with district education officials.
Technically support district education officials to implement ECoP School mentoring and monitoring using ICT
Design schedule for periodic reflective meetings at school and cluster level.
Actively facilitate the collection and documentation of project results, including the effective documentation of lessons leant and participate in project evaluations, reporting to stakeholders
Technically support coordination and integration with other AKF projects in West Nile

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
The ideal candidates for the 2 Project Officer vacancies should hold degrees in Education or Social Sciences
A minimum of three to five years of relevant education sector experience with a similar organization, familiarity with Education Communication of Practice is desirable.
Proven experience in training, facilitation and mentorship skills.
Proven ICT proficiency.
Proven competency in data collection and analysis.
Good report writing skills
Possess the ability to adhere to strict deadlines and results-oriented
Fluency in both written and spoken English.
Knowledge of Aringa for Yumbe District / Kakwa for Koboko district is desirable

How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested applicants are encouraged to send their updated CVs (not exceeding 3 pages), including contact details of three professional references, and a covering letter explaining why they are best suited for the position to the Country Director (AKF Uganda) via E-mail to akf.uganda@akdn.org with “the title of the position applied for” in the subject line.

Deadline: 13th March, 2015