Program Officer - Education

Program Officer Education (2)    

Country/Region: Uganda

Location: Adjumani (1) and Kiryandongo (1)

Organization: Save the Children International 

Join us to lead sustainable change for children:

• Be part of a GLOBAL and DIVERSE technical community
• Get EXPOSURE in many different contexts
• Test and scale up INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS
• Influence policies that affect MILLIONS OF CHILDREN

OVERVIEW 

Are you passionate about being an advocate for children? Do you want to use your expertise to bring about lasting change for children and be a part of an inspiring, dynamic global movement?

ROLE PURPOSE: 

The job holder is primarily responsible for planning and ensuring quality and timely implementation of ECHO RISE core program within the designated district/ Sub-Counties/Settlement. He/she will assist the Project Manager/Project Coordinator in managing the ECHO RISE interventions. He or she is expected to implement the ECHO RISE program in a manner that promotes integrated programming with other projects and cross cutting themes such as gender, inclusion, child protection and rights programming The Job Holder is also expected to liaise with implementing partners, provide input into basic ECHO RISE programme design, monitoring implementation progress; write reports, facilitate project implementation meetings and workshops and maintain relationships with key education and program stakeholders in the district/settlement. He/she should implement the ECHO RISE project in a manner that fosters networking and collaboration with local government education officials, Sub County stakeholders (i.e Community Development Officer, Centre Coordinating Tutors, DEO, DIS), local capacity strengthening (i.e Head Teachers, School Management Committees, Parent Teacher Association), meaningful active participation of children, accountability (internal and external to Save the Children). The post holder may be called upon as and when necessary to support the emergency team in cases of humanitarian crisis.

Sounds interesting? Read more below

THE ROLE 

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Planning and Implementation of Education Programmes:

• Ensure that all planned interventions are implemented on time, within budget and meet the set Quality benchmarks. 
• Support orientation of Teachers and Head teachers, CCTs, SMCs, PTAs and children on the Save the children Quality Learning Environment (QLE) framework and Common Approaches.
• Liaise with the Office of the DEO, CCT and the other stakeholders to develop an annual plan for BE interventions in the Save the Children – supported schools.
• Support the implementation of the Save the Children Common Approaches of Teaching at the Right Level (TarL) among other approaches for SCI Programs in the supported primary schools and communities. 
• Ensuring that Teachers’ salaries are paid every month.
• Ensuring that Teachers are appraised at the end of the project.

Technical Assistance and Capacity building.

• Provide technical advice and expertise to teachers and Community Volunteers to effectively deliver key project outcomes.
• Play an active role in identifying, documenting and disseminating best practices.
• Monitor the performance of the education interventions and participate in monitoring and review activities.
• Maintain accurate and up to-date activity data.
• Report on activity progress and project outcomes.

Partnerships (Networking and collaboration).

• Represent Save the Children in various interagency and stakeholder forums with knowledge and expertise of Save the children’s thematic areas of works.
• Facilitate or participate in dialogue meetings, workshops and seminars focused on ECHO RISE. 
• Build and maintain linkages with other agencies undertaking education interventions in the impact area or Save the children supported schools. 
• Create and sustain positive working relationships internally with other technical staff; externally with the District Local Government, CSO partners and other stakeholders, and also maintain an up to date understanding of key development trends in the Programme area. 
• Ensure coordination with the government activities and structures in the implementation of the ECHO RISE project.

Community Capacity Strengthening: 

• Mobilize the local community to participate in the ECHO RISE core project and other SCI Program activities. 
• Support the formation, functionality and capacity building of the Core groups including PTAs, SMCs in all the Primary Schools.
• Support the participation of the children, community and partners in the process of planning, monitoring and implementation of basic education core Programme. 

Monitoring, Reporting and Documentation: 

• Monthly reports are prepared and submitted by every 27th day of the month. 
• Participate in preparation of Semi - annual and annual and other project progress reports. 
• Ensure that activity reports are prepared and filed for every completed activity.
• Undertake documentation of best practices and a synthesis of lessons learned from ECHO RISE interventions. 
• Undertake regular monitoring visits to the Schools supported by the Programme to understand the ground situation and take necessary actions for improvement in quality of programmes for the children. 
• Contribute to data collection, analysis and reporting on key programme indicators. 
• Ensure that the funds requested for the programme activities are spent and accounted for, in line with the SCI financial management procedures and policies.

 Child Safeguarding and Child Participation:

• Take responsibility to review, understand and declare commitment to observe and implement child safeguarding policy. 
• Closely work with supervisors and or, Child Safeguarding Focal persons to ensure all child abuse or potential risks to children are recorded, reported and filed.
• Observe confidentiality of all child information that may come to your possession either by virtue of your position as a SCI Representative or unintentionally.
• Support meaningful and age-appropriate participation of the children in the Basic Education activities, including planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the programmes. 
• Work with the Sponsor servicing department to ensure that enrolled children are targeted and benefit from the programme intervention among other children.
• Implement the complaints response mechanism in line with the SC accountability framework to ensure that the voices of the children are captured.

To be a strong supporter and advocate for children in this role you will need to have:

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Essential

• At least a bachelor’s in education preferably in Teacher education is essential. An additional qualification such as a Diploma in Teacher Education is an added advantage. 
•  At least 3 years of progressive working experience in planning and implementing Education programmes with INGOs. 
•  Having at least two years of teaching experience in primary schools or as a Tutor in Primary Teachers’ College. 
•  Must be willing to be based in the field; with a direct field time presence of 80% of working time.
• Experience of working with the Local Government, and local partners with focus on improving the learning environments is an added advantage. 
• Strong analytical skills and strategic planning abilities.
• Ability to establish and maintain conducive collegial relations and perform effectively as a member of a team.
• Willingness to travel and work in hard-to-reach areas, occasionally under strenuous conditions. 
• Computer literacy and excellent documentation skills are a must.
• Ability to ride Honda XL-125 Motorcycles and in possession of a valid Class A riding license.
• Availability and willingness to work extra hours during times of humanitarian responses.
• Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
• Ability to intervene with crisis management or troubleshooting as necessary.
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching.
• Excellent time management and planning capacity.
• Availability and willingness to work extra hours during times of humanitarian responses. 
• S/he should be able to ride a motorcycle.

Application Information:

Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date CV as a single document. Please also include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at https://hcri.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse. 

Application closes on May 22, 2026, midnight Uganda time.

Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best qualified talent, persons with disabilities and female candidates are encouraged to apply. 

Disclaimer: Save the Children International does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment process and does not act through recruitment agents. 

OUR DIVERSITY BELIEF 

Save the Children International is committed to create a truly inclusive, effective and representative organisational culture, encouraging equity and diversity among its employees and eliminating unlawful discrimination. We want our people to be truly representative of all sections of society. Having a diverse profile of employees, different age groups, backgrounds, cultures, & disabilities etc. We are guided by our values in everything we do and recognise that being a diverse and inclusive employer helps us fulfil our responsibility to make a difference for children around the world.