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Job Title ⇒ Community Mobilization Assistants 25 Fresher No Experience
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Organisation ⇒ Education Development Center EDC
Duty Station ⇒ Kampala and Wakiso, Uganda
About US ⇒
Education Development Center EDC is a global nonprofit that advances lasting
solutions to improve education, promote health, and expand economic
opportunity, with a focus on vulnerable and under-served populations. Since
1958, we have been a leader in designing, implementing, and evaluating
powerful and innovative programs in more than 80 countries around the world.
About USAID Project ⇒
The goal of the five-year, USAID-funded Integrated Child and Youth Development
ICYD Activity is for Ugandan children and youth, especially the most
vulnerable, to receive the support and services necessary to lead resilient,
healthy, and productive lives.
Job Summary ⇒ A total of 135 Community Mobilization Assistants CMA will
work with School Management Committees SMCs, Foundation Bodies, and Parent-
Teachers Associations PTAs, as well as Community Development Officers and
Assistants, to initiate Local Reading Support Plans LRSPs, school-based
Early Warning Systems, and the community component of the MOES Journeys
curriculum in school communities. The CMAs will manage a team of community-
based literacy volunteers. The CMAs will be responsible for working with and
through community structures to implement project interventions to support
quality implementation of these components of the ICYD Activity. Community
support activities for reading will dovetail with efforts to improve retention
and school safety. CMAs will work out of the following ICYD Zonal office-
Wakiso/Kampala 25. CMAs will be managed by District Community Engagement
Supervisors.
Key Duties and Responsibilities ⇒
⇗ Support School Management Committees SMCs, Foundation Bodies, Parent-
Teachers Associations PTAs and other community organizations to develop
plans and strategies to address barriers to enrollment and retention; identify
and recruit age-appropriate children; monitor attendance; and address school-
related gender-based violence SRGBV at the school level;
⇗ Work with the community to facilitate the activities in the Local Reading
Support Plans LRSPs;
⇗ Recruit and train youth and older individuals who have successfully
completed primary school on the tutoring package by ICYD early grade reading
officers;
⇗ Provide support to teachers, school staff, and community focal points for
implementation of an Early Warning System EWS to prevent drop-out and
address child protection concerns;
⇗ Work closely with the Para–Social Workers PSWs and Social Workers SWs
who organize Village Child Case Management Committees VCCMCs at community
level to provide a venue for reporting, tracking and managing child protection
issues, and facilitate linkages between the EWS and VCCMCs;
⇗ Contribute to addressing child protection and violence issues at family and
community levels;
⇗ Contribute community mobilization plans and strategies to an integrated
zonal level project work plan;
⇗ Prepare written reports on project activities and results on a monthly and
quarterly basis;
⇗ Actively participates in Collaborative, Learning and Adapting CLA
processes in place within the project; and
⇗ Conduct these and other tasks as required in support of project goals.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience ⇒
⇗ The ideal candidate must hold a Grade III Teaching Certificate; Diploma in
a related field will be preferred
⇗ One to two years of proven experience in implementing community awareness-
raising/sensitization and advocacy activities;
⇗ Experience conducting training for communities;
⇗ Experience conducting community asset mapping and/or stakeholder analysis;
⇗ Understanding of the Ugandan education context;
⇗ Understanding of common violence and trauma issues facing children/youth
and communities, including HIV and GBV;
⇗ Knowledgeable about local government community structures and strategies
for working with same;
⇗ Ability to verbally communicate in an engaging manner with a variety of
stakeholders, and write clearly and concisely;
⇗ Ability to build effective relationships with all clients, peers, and
stakeholders;
⇗ Ability to work within a cross-cultural setting with tolerance and respect
and negotiate diplomatically.
⇗ Language Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of at
least one Ugandan Local Language is required.
NB ⇒ This is a Zonal position. Applicants should be residents of Wakiso or
neighboring districts. EDC doesn’t solicit for money from applicants at any
level of the recruitment & selection process.
How to Apply ⇒
All candidates should apply online at the link below.
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Deadline 12 th February 2021
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