Safe Schools
and Student Retention, Uganda

Save the Children is the leading
independent organization for children in need, with programs in 120 countries,
including the United States. We aim to inspire breakthroughs in the way the
world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their
lives by improving t
heir health, education and economic opportunities. In times
of acute crisis, we mobilize rapid assistance to help children recover from the
effects of war, conflict and natural disasters.

We are currently recruiting for a
Senior Specialist – Safe Schools and Student Retention who will be responsible
for the provision of expert advice, analysis and technical support to the
USAID/Uganda literacy education project on key student retention, school safety
and child protection interventions, and ensure the integration of project
interventions within national and local level child protection systems. S/he
will provide technical leadership and ensure effective coordination with
strategic partners on Child Protection and Safe Schools, including UNICEF and
other relevant USAID/Uganda implementing partners.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Provide technical expertise, quality assurance and
  support for the student retention and child protection aspects of the
  project (implemented directly or by partners), ensuring they are of high
  quality with reliable data and oucomes
• Lead the design, conduct, and use of the project’s rapid
  assessment research on key student retention barriers and critical child
  safety/child protection vulnerabilities
• Work closely with government and non-government partners
  to identify priorities and opportunities to strengthen child protection
  knowledge and capacities
• Lead completion of program design through assessments,
  surveys, baselines, etc.
• Supervise project planning, implementation, monitoring
  and evaluation in a manner consistent with Save the Children’s working
  principles;
• Lead the preparation of annual work plans and oversee
  the production of reports and other deliverables,
• Lead/supervise development or identification of
  capacity-building content related to child protection
• Assess/support technical work of staff and partners and
  support their professional development
• Ensure representatives and leaders at the national,
  district, and community levels are informed of program progress and best
  practices.
• Contribute to the development of monitoring, information
  management, and reporting systems that provide information for reporting
  and program improvement
• Track/document implementation of child protection
  aspects of the program strategy
• Visit project activities and partners and coordinate
  with grants management staff to ensure implementation and spending are on
  track, good practices identified and shared, and problems identified and
  resolved
• Support efficient, accurate, and clear reporting on the
  program
• Support field teams to identify innovative interventions
  and implement and document them

Qualified candidates must
possess:

• Demonstrated experience of the child protection and
  education sector within the Uganda context, particularly issues related to
  Safe Schools, Teacher Code of Conduct, gender-based violence in schools
• Bachelor’s degree in social work with a minimum of 5
  years’ experience on technical and managerial positions; Master’s degree
  in social sciences or public health preferred;
• Experience with child protection programming, basic
  education, and social mobilization/social communications;
• Technical knowledge of Safe School programming,
  gender-based violence prevention/ reporting/response, and dropout
  prevention/student retention is highly desirable;
• Proven experience in networking with local NGOs, strong
  communication skills and good interpersonal relations;
• Proven leadership and inter-personal skills for
  effective team work; as well as the ability to work independently on a
  frequent basis, taking initiative, managing multiple priorities
• Excellent communication skills, training capacity and
  report writing skills;
• Fluency in English required; knowledge of at least two
  of the target LARA local languages (Luganda, Runyankole, and Runyoro) is
  preferred;
• Able to promote Save the Children´s Child Safeguarding
  Policy to ensure maximum protection for children;
• Able to work in a constructive way in straight
  collaboration with different thematic program areas
• Ugandan nationals are encouraged to apply.

Candidates should submit their CV
directly to: Ronnie Sue Stanford, Senior Specialist – Recruitment at: rstanford@savechildren.org
for consideration. EOE