Education Specialist job at Peace Corps: career opportunity in Uganda

Job Title: Education Specialist
Organisation:   Peace Corps (PC)
Location: Kampala, Uganda

About Peace Corps:
Peace Corps (PC) is an agency of the United States Government, which brings American volunteer development workers to assist Uganda in capacity building and technical assistance activities in Health, Education and Community Economic Development. There are about 160 Volunteers assigned to non-government organizations, government entities, clinics, colleges and schools. Peace Corps also aims to build cultural understanding between Americans and Ugandans.  All positions require excellent command of English, both spoken and written; native ability in spoken and written in at least one widely spoken Ugandan language.  The positions require extensive travel. 

See http://www.uganda.peacecorps.gov/ for more details.

The Education Volunteers are assigned to government and non-government colleges and schools who partner to enable Volunteers to provide capacity building in Education.

Brief summary of the job
 The Education Specialist will be at providing assistance and support to an education programming and training team to support primary school pre-service and in-service teacher training and other related education efforts as part of a national-level technical effort by  Peace Corps. 

 Duties and Responsibilities:

    Coordinates with Education team regarding development and  management of Peace Corps’s education activities.
    Compile program reports for PC/Uganda, USAID/Uganda and PC/HQ to demonstrate the use and impact of PC/Uganda’s contributions to education in Uganda.
    Assist to develop over 40 Volunteer work sites with colleges and schools throughout Uganda and provide technical resource information and technical training and coaching to Volunteers and their counterparts, including monitoring their work.
    Supports Volunteers to be prepared through training activities before and during service.
    Co-develops an Education Project Advisory Committee.

Qualifications and Skills :

    The applicant should hold a Bachelor of Science in Education;
    Experience of at least three years teaching experience at the primary school level and three years as a Registered Tutor of the Ugandan MOES.  
    One year experience in a relevant non-profit organizations or private businesses.


Personal Competencies: Ability to work independently with little supervision; good organization and time management skills; Willingness to take the initiative; Teamwork skills, strong service attitude; personal integrity; strong cross-cultural skills; strong interpersonal skills

Application procedure
All applications should be sent electronically.
Please attach a Word formatted letter of interest and resume and names and contact information for three references to: applications@ug.peacecorps.gov. Also, please clearly indicate the position applied for on the subject line of the cover email: “Feed The Future Coordinator”– and specify the preferred location: “Kampala”, or “Mbarara” or “Gulu.”  All submitted documents become the property of the Peace Corps and will not be returned.  You will be contacted ONLY if you are deemed qualified and invited for an interview. If called for an interview, you will be expected to bring a reference letter from your area Local Council (LC1).

Closing date:   21st August, 2013