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Uganda

Full Time

Deadline: 

17 Jan 2025

About the Organisation

Different types of play give children the opportunity to learn different things. Inside the classroom, games help children to actively engage in their lessons, enhancing their learning. Outside of the classroom, they play through performance, music or dance to gain critical life skills.

Right To Play (RTP) is a global organisation that protects, educates and empowers children to rise above adversity using play. By harnessing play, one of the most powerful and fundamental forces in a child’s life, we help 2.3 million children to stay in school and out of work, to prevent life-threatening diseases like HIV and malaria and to stay safe from exploitation and abuse.

Job Title

2 Project Coordinator job at Right To Play

Right To Play

Job Description

Job Title:  Project Coordinator

Organisation: Right To Play (RTP)

Duty Station: Buyende and Adjumani, Uganda

Salary: UGX. 3,119,871 per month (before taxes)


The Project Coordinator (PC) reports directly to the Project Officer (PO) and is responsible for the implementation of Right To Play project activities and providing support and guidance to the community team in using RTP tools in the project location. The incumbent is also responsible for monitoring the project for quality of delivery and effectiveness.

Duties, Roles and Responsibilities

#1: Activity planning and implementation (45% of Time):

  • Ensures participation of partners, children/young people and stakeholders in the process of project planning and implementation of the proposed activities.

  • Supports Teachers and teachers Trainers and teachers’ networks in developing their activity plans and schedules, encourages their initiatives while ensuring alignment with project proposal, facilitates their activities and reports to the PO.

  • Support schools and partners to organizes and conduct special events activities, play days and sports tournaments.

  • In coordination with partners, Teachers, Coaches and Coach Trainers, evaluates events, provides updates of lessons learned and best practices and reports on progress and challenges as they arise.

  • Manages the logistical arrangements for training workshops and events.

  • Assesses training needs of Teachers, Teacher trainers and Coaches, Junior Leaders, and partners, recommends the suitable intervention and works with them to develop training schedules.

  • Organizes and facilitates training workshops conducted by other program staff and participates in the training as required.

  • Facilitates the training sessions conducted by District  Education Officials, School quality assurers and other stakeholders Trainers, evaluates them and reports to the PO.

  • Handles equipment management and distribution in the assigned schools and community.

  • Handles advance payments and manages cash money used for the activity implementation.

  • Follows up on how partners are spending budget received for project implementation in the location and verifies the accuracy of their financial reports and receipts and reports to the PO.

  • Assesses needs for facility repairs and upgrades in the community, facilitates the authorized work and ensures that overall work has been completed in accordance with the approved standards.

#2: Monitoring and reporting (30% of Time):

  • Conducts regular field visits with education officials, schools’ quality assurers, partners, Teachers Trainers and Coaches to follow up and provide support as needed.

  • Participates in workshops/training to partners, Teachers, Coaches and Trainers in the quantitative data collection tools and qualitative monitoring tools and ensures accurate and timely submission of quantitative and qualitative data to RTP team.

  • Provides narrative, qualitative and quantitative monitoring information/data to support monthly, quarterly and annual reports to update Country and Regional Office on project progress.

  • Submits financial reports related to activity implementation.

#3: Establish and maintain partnerships (20% of Time):

  • Identifies schools and community needs, participates in the selection of partner schools, communities and partners to be included in RTP program in the respective Field.

  • Represents RTP in the project location and relevant forums and have regular consultations with local partners, stakeholders and key beneficiaries in the assigned community.

#4: Other tasks as assigned (5% of Time)

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Qualifications, Education and Competencies

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Education or any related discipline.


Experience:

  • 3 years’ experience in developing and implementing training sessions some of which should have been in senior level working with NGOs.


Competencies/personal attributes:

  • Ability to confidently represent oneself and Right To Play

  • Ability to work appropriately with a variety of populations and stakeholders, including children, youth, parents, teachers and school administrators, government, and other partners.


Knowledge/skills:

  • Effective planning and organizing skills

  • Coaching and mentoring skills

  • Excellent communication skills both verbal and written

  • Strong development and team building skills

  • Computer literacy in MS Word, Excel and Internet


Languages:

  • Fluency in spoken and written English

  • The knowledge of the local language will be an added advantage


Bonus if you’ll bring (not essential):

  • Experience implementing a development program with local populations in both rural and urban settings.

  • You are highly driven, results-oriented, collaborative and well-rounded leader with a passion for working with children and youth. You are an exceptional communicator with excellent networking skills.

How to Apply

All candidates should apply online at the Apply Button below.


Deadline: 17th January 2025

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