Generic responsibilities
- Ensure compliance with NRC policies, guidelines and standards
- Ensure compliance with CC strategy, tools, handbooks, guidelines and standards
- Education specific technical responsibility for implementation of technical activities of Education project(s)
- Education specific technical responsibility for tracking of financial expenditures for technical activities of Education project(s)
- Education specific technical responsibility for the quality control and monitoring of project activities
- Education specific technical responsibility for project documentation of technical activities of Education project(s)
- Provide specific technical support and capacity building towards project staff
- Provide specific technical analysis and feedback to NRC representatives in coordination forums
- Assess, promote and document ideas for technical improvement and further program development options
- Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need, and explore and asses new and better ways to assist
- Promote the rights of refugees in line with the advocacy strategy
- Development of holistic and needs based programmes, including cash-based interventions and marked based programmes
Specific responsibilities
- Lead the implementation, monitoring and reporting of education activities in accordance with the organization and donor requirements.
- Provide technical guidance on Life Skills, Digital Skills, and i-UPSHIFT implementation and guide development, adaptation, and dissemination of training packages, implementation guidelines, monitoring tools, and quality assurance frameworks.
- Ensure consistency of project implementation and quality across primary, secondary, and TVET interventions.
- Coordinate beneficiary identification, enrolment, retention, certification and transition pathways for youth participating in TVET programmes.
- Coordinate life skills activities in primary, secondary schools and TVET institutions
- Supervise and support vocational training centres, instructors and apprenticeship partners to ensure quality training delivery.
- Conduct regular supervision and quality assurance visits to Vocational Skills Training Centres to ensure compliance with agreed training standards and curricula
- Monitor learner attendance, retention, completion rates and certification processes, and implement measures to address drop-out risks.
- Coordinate the distribution and accountability of vocational training materials, toolkits, equipment and learning resources.
- Facilitate capacity building, mentorship and performance improvement for trainers, instructors and community-based structures.
- Promote inclusion, safeguarding, gender equality, disability inclusion and protection principles across all TVET interventions.
- Represent NRC in relevant coordination forums and contribute to programme development, innovation and continuous improvement of education and life skills activities.
- Any other task as assigned by the supervisor
Competencies
- University degree (preferably Education or similar)
- 4 years’ experience working within technical expertise area in a humanitarian/ recovery context
- Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
- Education Core competency expertise
- Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
Context/specific skills, knowledge and experience:
- Knowledge of Uganda’s TVET policy framework and UVTAB certification processes and Skills Development Facility approaches.
- Experience in labour market assessments, employer engagement and private sector partnerships.
- Strong facilitation, mentoring and capacity-building skills.
- Experience managing apprenticeship, internship and job placement initiatives.
- Knowledge of entrepreneurship, financial literacy and youth employability programming.
- Fluency in English, both written and verbal .
What we offer
- Duty station: Oruchinga, Isingiro (All Southwest locations)
- Contract: national contract, 12 months (extension possible, dependent on funding)
- Travel: Frequent travel to the project sites
- Salary/benefits: grade 5 on NRC’s national salary scale.
- NRC is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to diversity without distinction to age, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality, and physical ability.
- We think outside the box, encourage ideas, and give responsibility to all employees at all levels. You will have many opportunities to be heard and take the initiative.