Education Officer
Lively Minds - a very small but growing NGO - is looking for a passionate, creative and hard-working person to fill the following position. Lively Minds aims to improve the lives of children in deprived rural communities through creative, low-cost early childhood development programmes that are run by communities themselves. We run two projects which share a common philosophy and similar methodologies. We train and support illiterate mothers from deprived communities to run educational Play Centres for pre-school children. We also train mothers to run Reading Schemes for lower primary children. Both projects focus on empowering communities so that they can provide participatory, discovery-led and creative learning opportunities using their own resources.Employment type: Full time
Country: Uganda
Location: Jinja
Job category: Education
Min. years of experience: 3 years
Required IT skills: MS Office (in general)
Minimum degree: Diploma
Closing date: March 16, 2013 - 7pm
Major Responsibilities:
• To plan, implement and evaluate all activities effectively and efficiently
• To develop and deliver high quality training and activities for beneficiaries – who are illiterate women in deprived rural communities
• To monitor, evaluate and support project activities. You must be able to identify successes, risks and problems and where necessary suggest creative improvements
• To keep your line manager consistently up to date with events and activities by providing and maintaining field reports following each field visit and to provide evaluation reports as required.
• To ensure absolute accountability and value for money at all times.
• To act as an effective team member and promote mutual respect amongst colleagues
• To perform any other tasks reasonably required of you from time to time
• To ensure that all work is carried out professionally and diligently in line with Lively Minds policies and procedures and promote the good name and reputation of Lively Minds
Skills:
• Excellent interpersonal skills- can work effectively with and motivate vulnerable women and children in communities, as well as with colleagues
• Planning and co-ordination skills – can plan and organize time and limited resources effectively, working to strict deadlines
• Excellent communication skills - can keep to clear, consistent messaging and is able to coach others to do the same
• Critical reasoning and problem-solving - can analyse risks and find creative solutions to issues as they arise
• Excellent skills in speaking, reading and writing English and Lusoga/Luganda
• Proficiency in Microsoft word and Excel.
• Driving licence (must be able to ride a motorbike)
Contact/How to apply:
Interested applicants who meet the above criteria should send their CV and 2 references, together with a cover note answering the following questions to
jobs@livelyminds.org
Questions for cover letter:
1. Why is early childhood development important?
2. What are the barriers to early childhood development in rural communities?
3. Give an example of a time when you have found a way to solve a problem using only small amounts of money.
4. Why do you want to work for Lively Minds Uganda?
