Job Title: Team Leader
Organisation: Finnish Refugee Council (FRC)
Duty Station: Isingiro, Uganda
Reports to: Project Manager
About US:
Finnish Refugee Council (FRC) is an NGO providing adult education and community development among refugees in Uganda since 1997 as an operational partner to OPM and UNHCR.
Job Summary: The Adult Education Team Leader provides technical support for quality project implementation, reporting, monitoring & evaluation. Position has 3 to 5 Adult Education Officers to supervise in two locations: Nakivale and Kyaka II Refugee Settlements. Position holder also coordinates field level office administration, HR and logistics issues and support staff.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Project and Program Development
- Advise and work with Project Manager to develop project implementation and M&E plans.
- Ensure collaboration with other FRC projects at settlement level.
- Include environment and resilience approaches, gender, disability, HIV, community and beneficiary involvement into adult education courses, in project implementation and monitoring.
Technical Advice and Support on Project Implementation
- Provide technical support and advice to the field teams on planning, activity budgeting, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of adult education project activities.
- Provide technical knowhow and expertise on remedial education, transfer of literacy skills and developmental literacy as pre-requisite for adult education among field teams and volunteer business skill facilitators and literacy and language instructors.
- Explore techniques and approaches for adult learner support such as digital learning.
- Keep up to date on developments in adult education sector and ensure that learning is incorporated into field activities and shared with other staff.
- Review and contribute to development of training materials and topics.
- Conduct regular field visits to review and report on training progress and impact, especially in relation to efficiency and effectiveness and to determine future development.
- Provide feedback to field staff and management on key recommendations.
Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting
- Ensure in cooperation with MEAL Specialist, that mechanisms are in place to measure and improve quality of the project, sharing best practises and transfer of technical skills to field staff.
- Ensure the documentation and dissemination of lessons learned from the project.
- Coordinate with MEAL Specialist the planning of and assist in needs and capacity assessments, baselines and impact / end line studies when necessary and relevant.
- Support active monitoring & evaluation amongst field staff, collect and analyse data gathered.
- Write, review and provide input on internal and external reports and other documents as needed.
Other duties
- Assess field staff performance, plan and implement in house training as necessary.
- Develop and implement other trainings as needed with staff and beneficiaries.
- Actively represent the FRC on agreed forums and networks at settlement and district level.
- Coordinate and provide guidance in procurement and support staff HR at field level.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Adult Education with strong experience in participatory methods.
- At least three years of experience at team leader level.
- Willingness to travel and live in rural project locations.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision and achieve results.
- Ability to use standard computing packages and basic M&E data tools.
How to Apply:
All interested and qualified should Email Application to frcugandaadmin@refugeecouncil.fi
Application and CVs should be ONE PDF document and a maximum of 5 pages
Include in your application letter:
- Gross salary request,
- Contact details (email and telephone) of 3 professional reference persons.
Note:
- Please quote the position you apply for in the subject line.
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
- Do not email copies of certificates.
- Please note that FRC does not charge a fee at any stage of its recruitment process.
Deadline: 14th May 2023