Save the Children NGO Adolescent Advisor Jobs in Uganda

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Role Purpose:

The Adolescent Advisor provides strategic direction and technical management for the planning and implementation of the multi-sectoral adolescent activities and ensure the project meets stated goals, expected result and reporting requirements.

This staff will take technical and management leadership role in coordination with local government, local community organizations, and other partners and will oversee and manage the adolescent-focused work of the project across four eastern districts of the Karamoja sub-region (Kaabong, Kotido, Moroto and Amudat).

The Adolescent Advisor will be the primary driver of the adolescent safe space model under the project, which will use a small group approach to reach adolescents age 10-19 with age-segmented content (with a primary focus on 10-14 year olds).

Through this approach, the project will give at least 22,400 young people civic and transferable, sexual and reproductive health, nutrition, WASH, and foundational numeracy and literacy skills.

The Adolescent Advisor will take a leading role in the development of materials and work plans for the adolescent component, and will be responsible for ensuring high quality implementation, including overseeing the training of mentors.

The Adolescent Advisor will directly manage the AD component of the Apolou Project budget. The role will also oversee and manage the work of four Adolescent Coordinators across four districts of Karamoja to ensure successful implementation of the adolescent component.

The staff will also ensure the adolescent component has strong alignment and linkages with the project SBC framework, and is well aligned with the other project components to support achievement of the health and nutrition goal.