Summary
Date Posted: Friday, June 19, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Institute for Social Transformation (IST) is a Non-Governmental Organization that promotes justice and inclusive approaches to development in Eastern Africa. IST’s thematic focus: Transformational Leadership and Learning, Equitable gender relations, and Gender Based Violence Prevention and Economic Empowerment. The Institute does training of individuals, institutions, and communities to enable them to initiate, and sustain change processes. Local knowledge and experience on the root causes of poverty, gender inequality and poor leadership play a key role in providing information on actions to be undertaken. Our work is based on the philosophy of Paulo Freire. The essence of the approach centres on the ability of groups and individuals to read their reality from the perspective of the root causes of their problems and then to take action and control to change their lives for the better.
VISION: A world where women and men value and enjoy socio-economic and gender justice.
MISSION:
IST strives to develop capacity of women and youth to champion gender justice and equality, transformational leadership and learning through capacity building, innovation and advocacy.
To this effect IST seeks to recruit a Program Officer to support implementation of program towards promoting women’s rights in respect of the thematic areas of focus.
Position Title: Program Officer
Duty Station: Kampala with frequent travels to other Districts of operation
Report to: Executive Director
Status: Full Time (Six months contract with possibility of extension and ready to start work immediately)
The Program Officer will be part of a highly efficient and motivated team. By virtue of this position the officer will be involved in program development, co-ordination of capacity and movement building initiatives, strategic workshops and consultations; resource development, maintaining and building partnerships with all stakeholders .

The staff member will perform the following duties:
• Conduct capacity building trainings for market women and other stakeholders, community sensitization outreaches, and media engagements
• Research and contribute to the quarterly e-newsletter publication
• Contribute to documentation
• Strengthen and support community structures of rights champions to mobilize the community to prevent VAW, and support survivors
• Initiate and provide support to economic, social enterprises
• Produce regular progress reports and analysis of activities as required
• Strengthen networking with key local government, CSOs, Media, Police, women groups, religious and cultural institutions and other relevant stakeholders
• Contribute to resource mobilization efforts
• Provide accountability for funds disbursed for program activities at all times
• Contribute to the overall health and growth of the organization
• Other tasks as assigned by the Executive Director

Job Skills: Not Specified

Qualifications and experience required
• Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Development studies, Gender Studies, Development Economics
• Three to five years’ experience is required in development training with content expertise in women’s rights, leadership development and economic empowerment.
• Knowledge and experience of Training for transformation, and GALS methodology is added advantage
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills; proven ability to be flexible in a team-oriented approach with diverse groups of people
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Strong analytic and problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of program evaluation and communicating impact
• Excellent planning, organizational, multitask and time management skills
• Ability to contribute to resource mobilization efforts

Job Education: Not Specified

Job Experience: Not Specified

Work Hours: 8

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Job application procedure
Interested participants, send your application addressed to the Executive Director with a clear reference to Job Application for Program Officer to the email: isocialtransformation32@gmail.com , Cc: atukwasarita@gmail.com 
Deadline for application is Monday June 22nd 2020 at 5:00pm. Only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted.

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