IRC Policy & Advocacy Advisor - PlayMatters Jobs in Uganda
IRC Policy & Advocacy Advisor - PlayMatters Jobs in Uganda
Job DescriptionIRC is leading a the PlayMatters consortium in partnership with War Child, Plan International, Behavioral Insights Team and Innovations for Poverty Action to implement the PlayMatters project.
The 5-year initiative funded by LEGO Foundation aims to increase play-based learning opportunities for nearly 1 million pre-primary and primary school aged refugee and host community children impacted by the humanitarian crises in East Africa and living in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda.
The Ministry of Education and Sports (MOES) in Uganda supports the project in accordance with the Education Response Plan for refugees and host communities in Uganda (ERP) -2007-2021 which sets out a realistic and implementable plan to ensure improved learning outcomes for increasing numbers of refugee and host-community children and adolescents across Uganda.
Job Overview
IRC in partnership with the Education Response Plan (ERP) secretariat is seeking a Policy and Advocacy Advisor to provide technical and strategic support to engage , influence, coordinate and support integration Early Childhood Development (ECD) and PlayMatters Learning through Play core agenda within in the ERP and other education sector plans and priorities for both pre-primary and primary .
The role will also support the monitoring function of the ERP Secretariat for the LEGO Funding
Duties and Responsibilities
Ensure inclusion of ECD/ PlayMatters initiatives into existing government-led coordination mechanisms and relevant education sector departments
Identify entry points and support IRC Consortium Partner engagement within the ERP and other subsectors in the Ministry of Education and conduct up to date mapping of the strategic partners
Representation of the mandate of the ERP/PlayMatters in key strategic platforms to ensure accurate information dissemination and learning exchange.
Support advocacy for ECD and Learning through Play in Refugees and host communities in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) and other relevant sector policy implementation and prioritization
Develop a clear ECCE strategy for ECCE in the ERP II, maintaining the guidance provided in the ESSP and ECCE strategy
Support mobilization of resources for ECCE in the ERP and track utilization of resources invested, documenting key outcomes and gaps
Develop a TOR for advocacy interventions to mitigate challenges and risk factors affecting ERP implementation especially the need for increased burden
responsibility sharing
Prioritize and facilitate Policy dialogues regarding key issues relating to ECCE and Learning through Play(LtP) in pre-primary and primary school education
Support the development of policy briefs, advocacy papers for ECCE and Learning through Play in Refugees and ensure their dissemination in strategic forums and processes
Attend meetings and dialogues on behalf of PlayMatters/ERP/MoES and ensure follow up on key emerging issues
Monitor and support inputs of ECD and PlayMatters data periodically into the ERP and other relevant databases for PlayMatters and the collaborating sector departments.
Reports to: Dual reporting to ERP Coordinator and Uganda PlayMatters Senior Project Coordinator
Qualifications
A Master’s Degree in Education, Economics, Social Sciences, or any relevant field of studies.
A post graduate training in policy analysis, international relations etc is an added advantage.
A minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience supporting planning, strategy design development of policies in education sector.
Relevant work done in ECD will be an advantage.
Previous experience relevant to development of ECCE strategy in the humanitarian sector
Experience working with multiple stakeholders in humanitarian and development context
Experience working in the Uganda development and humanitarian sectors.
Good Team spirit and leadership skills
Excellent understanding of government Uganda government systems, policies, and procedure especially in the education sector
Excellent working knowledge of written and spoken English.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including cultural sensitivity.
Working Environment: The Policy and Advocacy Advisor will work in the ERP Secretariat but shall be provided regular administrative and logistics support by IRC Uganda office to perform his/her responsibilities.
Please note
This position is open only to Ugandan nationals.
Deadline for receiving applications is December 25th 2020.
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; IRC Policy & Advocacy Advisor - PlayMatters Jobs in Uganda
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