Education Project Officers job at Youth Social Advocacy Team (YSAT)

About the Role

YSAT is recruiting two Education Project Officers responsible for frontline delivery and monitoring of the Learning through Play (LtP) curriculum across selected pre-primary and primary schools in Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement.

Key Responsibilities

• Organise and facilitate professional development workshops, peer-learning circles, and mentorship sessions for teachers on LtP methodologies and LEGO Six Bricks concepts
• Conduct regular support-supervision visits to classrooms and guide teachers in developing playful teaching-learning materials from low-cost local resources
• Facilitate community sensitisation meetings, PTAs, and home-based play sessions to build parental understanding of playful learning
• Oversee the safe, tracked, and equitable distribution of Play Kits, teacher guides, and educational materials
• Partner with the MEAL Officer to routinely collect, clean, and verify school-level data tracking teacher adoption rates and student attendance

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or Diploma in Primary Education, Early Childhood Development (ECD), or Teacher Education
• Minimum 3 years of field-level experience teaching or supporting primary education and teacher-training initiatives, ideally in refugee settlements
• Strong understanding of active learning methodologies
• Fluency in local languages spoken in Kiryandongo (Acholi, Langi, Arabic, or Kiswahili) is a strong competitive advantage
• Valid motorcycle riding licence is required

• Organise and facilitate professional development workshops, peer-learning circles, and mentorship sessions for teachers on LtP methodologies and LEGO Six Bricks concepts
• Conduct regular support-supervision visits to classrooms and guide teachers in developing playful teaching-learning materials from low-cost local resources
• Facilitate community sensitisation meetings, PTAs, and home-based play sessions to build parental understanding of playful learning
• Oversee the safe, tracked, and equitable distribution of Play Kits, teacher guides, and educational materials
• Partner with the MEAL Officer to routinely collect, clean, and verify school-level data tracking teacher adoption rates and student attendance

• Active learning methodologies
• Local language fluency (Acholi, Langi, Arabic, or Kiswahili)
• Motorcycle riding

• Bachelor's Degree or Diploma in Primary Education, Early Childhood Development (ECD), or Teacher Education
• Minimum 3 years of field-level experience teaching or supporting primary education and teacher-training initiatives, ideally in refugee settlements
• Valid motorcycle riding licence