Closing date7 Mar 2023
Position: Project Officer-Education/Phonics (National Position)
Reporting to: Project Coordinator

The Project Officer (PO) Education/Phonics, with support from the Project Coordinator, is responsible for the day-to-day implementation of activities under the FOCO/Driestar funded Quality Education/Phonics project in schools in Rhino and Imvepi Settlements, West Nile. The project runs from January 2022 to December 2023.

The PO carries out day to day implementation of the project, in coordination with other project team members, and staff of other Education projects, including:

Implementation of activities in schools and communities, according to the agreed activity plans.
Delivery of community engagement and mobilization strategies aimed at increasing community understanding/buy in, participation and contribution to ensure project sustainability and ownership.
Supporting Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEAL) activities, including gathering and recording feedback from project beneficiaries and other stakeholders
Place in Organisation

The PO Education/Phonics is supervised by the PC, and closely coordinates with the PO MEAL, as well as ZOA staff working on other Education projects in West Nile. The PO may be responsible for coordinating and supervising volunteers at field level.

Responsibilities and main activities

General

Implements project activities in line with the project proposal and agreed activity plans
Supports possible community volunteers in day to day implementation;
Accounts in a timely way for executed project activities in line with and according to relevant ZOA policies and guidelines;
Ensures project outputs are consistent with project proposals, log frames and in line with quality standards and country policies;
Oversees and ensures implementation is in line with standards and policies of both ZOA and government of Uganda;
Any other duty as assigned by the supervisor in line with the project.
Reporting

Provide inputs to implementation plans and activity/monthly reports;
Identify, document lessons learned and best practices;
Prepare and submit well written success stories;
Contribute to project reports or implementation plans as required by supervisor;
Collect monitoring data according to ZOA’s systems and activities in the project;
Actively participate in (technical) working groups and coordination meetings
Characteristics of Role

The PO Education will be based at Rhino Camp in West Nile region. Regular field visits to the project locations/schools supported will take place. Regular visits to the ZOA office in Arua are anticipated, which may necessitate overnight stays in Arua. Visits to other locations may also be requested for coordination, training and learning.

The role is 1.0 FTE (40 hrs/ week). Working hours are outlined in the ZOA Uganda Conditions of Service. Some flexibility on working hours may be required, e.g. for travel at weekends, or during reporting times.

The role is recruited at Grade 3.1in the ZOA Uganda 2023 salary scale

Contacts

Eternal contacts:

Project participants; teachers, headteachers, children in schools, parents and other community members;
Local government actors and relevant district offices, such as the District Education Office, Community Development Office, Sub County offices and others when deemed necessary;
Other (I)NGO’s, CBOs and other civil society actors implementing education projects in the project area
Internal contacts:

ZOA Management;
Members of the project team (Coordinator, Project Officers);
Other project teams;