Project Coordinator-Uganda job at VVOB - Education tor Development

Who are we?

VVOB – education for development is an international non-profit organisation with over 40 years’ experience in strengthening the quality of education systems in Africa, Asia and South America in close partnership with ministries of education and their institutions. Our head office is based in Brussels, Belgium.

We implement our programmes and projects with one shared passion: to ensure the improvement of quality education. In striving for that ambition, we place our values ‘commitment’, ‘integrity’, ‘respect’, ‘quality’ and ‘innovation’ central.

Do you share our ambition to ensure that learners around the world can enjoy their fundamental human right to quality education, without exception? Are you convinced as well that quality education guarantees equal opportunities for everyone and is the key to a better world?

We are looking for a Project Coordinator who will operate from our Uganda Country Office in Kampala. Do you want to take on this challenge? Then continue reading!

Position in the organisation:

As the Project Coordinator, you contribute to this ambition by coordinating a specific project and ensuring the impact, sustainability, relevance, efficiency, and effectiveness of a certain project.

The project coordinator reports to the Education Manager, the head of the education department. and is part of the education department. Within a specific project you are coordinating (no direct management), all the needed resources for this project (technical and operational). Through the respective line managers, the project coordinator works closely with all the other functional departments in the country.

Result areas of this position:

• You ensure good project management, including, amongst others, planning, budgeting, monitoring, … and a timely realisation of key milestones and final project outcomes.
• You advise, guide, motivate and support colleagues of the project team in their work to contribute to project results.
• You identify and communicate needed project-related info towards a wide range of stakeholders (partners, donors, internally)
• You offer technical advice, guidance, and support to favour capacity development and project results.

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• You ensure good project management, including, amongst others, planning, budgeting, monitoring, … and a timely realisation of key milestones and final project outcomes.
• You advise, guide, motivate and support colleagues of the project team in their work to contribute to project results.
• You identify and communicate needed project-related info towards a wide range of stakeholders (partners, donors, internally)
• You offer technical advice, guidance, and support to favour capacity development and project results.