Vacancy title:
Education Specialist (CPD)

Jobs at:
PEAS

Deadline of this Job:
Tuesday 31th January, 2017. 5pm

Duty Station:
Uganda

Job details:
PEAS (Promoting equality in African Schools) is a UK based charity / social enterprise with a mission to expand access to sustainably delivered quality Secondary education across Africa’. PEAS establishes and operates low cost secondary schools in Uganda and Zambia in areas where access to quality secondary education is limited duo to cost and geographical barriers. PEAS‘ Interventions are built upon 3 pillars of education impact Access, Duality and Sustainability. Since opening its first schools In 2008, the PEAS network has grown to 30 schools and we are currently educating over 14.889 students. PEAS has a small warn of about 10 people In London who provide fundraising, programme and management support to the country teams‘ PEAS Uganda has about 50 staff at the Country Office team and over 800 staff working In the network schools‘

1. JOB TITLE: Education Specialist (CPD)
Role Summary: Design and deliver teacher training and development programmes aimed at improving the quality of education in PEAS schools and overall students’ education outcomes

Reporting to the Education Quality Manager

Key responsibilities of the role

• Analysis and identification of training and development needs of teachers
  
• Design and expand training and development programmes based on the needs of PEAS and the individual teachers
  
• Devise a training strategy for PEAS Uganda Provide on-going school based support for teachers and school leaders to ensure that learning from training sessions is implemented.

Person Specification:
Essential

• Degree in Education with bias to management.
  
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in capacity building and teacher training
  
• Up to date with recent development in Education sector.
  
• Track record of improving student learning outcomes through teacher training. Desirable
  
• Postgraduate qualification in relevant field is an added advantage.
  
• Experience in working with dispersed and diverse team
  
• Excellent English language oral and written communication skills
  
• Training of trainers experience

Job application procedure
Please submit a cover letter (paying particular attention to the person specifications) and curriculum vitae to

email: info-peasuganda@peaslorg.uk.
include all portions of your application in one attached document as a PDF document, and use Education Officer, Constructions Officer/Engineer, or Finance Officer as the subject of your email or Apply to ;

The Human Resource Manager.
PEAS Uganda
P. 0. Box 23308, Kampala
Plot 2881, Block 216, Ntinda Kisaasi, Mumbejja
Reed, opposite Ndere Centre.

Only complete applications shall be reviewed and only qualified candidates will be shortlisted and contacted. PEAS is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate in its recruitment practices and, in order to build the strongest possible workforce, actively seeks a diverse applicant pool. PEAS has a strict Child Protection Policy and all staff are expected to abide by It.

Closing date for applications: Tuesday 31th January, 2017. 5pm. Interview date will be communicated only to shortlisted candidates a week after closing date. Full job descriptions can be obtained from PEAS www.peas.org.uk