Project Assistant - Education - 3 Positions
Core
Coordinate and implement education projects focusing on strengthening transferable skills, resilience, and inclusive development in TVET and schools across multiple districts in Uganda.
Role type
Project Assistant (Education)
Builds
Education programs, teacher capacity building, community volunteer networks, and child development initiatives.
Domain
International Development / Education in Emergencies / TVET
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Project planning and implementation, budget tracking, stakeholder liaison, capacity building and training facilitation, community mapping, documentation and reporting, advocacy, mentoring and coaching, school management support, networking and collaboration, child protection, pedagogical knowledge.
Preferred skills
Experience with UN agencies, experience with sponsorship agencies, ability to work independently, networking and influencing skills, partnership and collaboration skills.
Technologies
None specified
Responsibilities
Plan and coordinate sub-county and district-based project activities; organize meetings and workshops for teachers and field facilitators; conduct capacity needs assessments and develop training plans for teachers and volunteers; mobilize and conduct trainings on enrolment, retention, and completion; provide mentoring and coaching to teachers through supervision visits; build local peer mentoring mechanisms; identify technical experts for training; build linkages with partners and stakeholders; support development and monitoring of school improvement plans; participate in coordination meetings to influence education decisions; conduct support supervision sessions; facilitate formation of children peer networks; document community and peer group mapping; document individual children's vulnerabilities and success stories; conduct advocacy campaigns for education; support formation and mentoring of Community Volunteer Associations.
Seniority
Junior, hands-on IC