UGA.2309 - Junior Expert in Digitization in Agriculture Education (VVOB) (21108)
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Enabel, the Belgian development agency , has been implementing Belgium's international development policy for almost twenty-five years. Our mission is to contribute to the achievement of sustainable development goals. Every day, our teams strive to build a sustainable and equitable world.
The agency manages more than 170 projects in 21 countries. One of these projects is the Junior Programme, a real professional springboard and a promoter of global awareness. It has been running since 2006.
Its aim is twofold: to promote sustainable international solidarity by recruiting young European talent and enabling them to develop their skills abroad. With this vision in mind, the Junior Programme defines itself as a "talent spotter" and a "career booster".
Through their experience talents develop the competences to actively and sustainably engage in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The Junior Programme aims to make them active and critical global citizens who are committed to the SDGs.
The Junior Experts work at least 1 and at most 2 years in a project of Enabel or of one of the Non-governmental organisations (NGO) that are affiliated with the Junior Programme.
The Programme Junior only accepts young people aged 30 at most.
Reference code: UGA.2309
Work location: Uganda, Kampala
Organisation: Vlaamse Vereniging voor Ontwikkelingssamenwerking en Technische Bijstand
Project: Learning Entrepreneurship and Agriculture Practically (LEAP)
Contract type: CDI with terme clause
Contract duration: 1 year extendable
Maximum contract extension: 11 months
Expected contract start date: between 1/02 and 15/04/2024.
Monthly gross salary package: 1 762,77 € + reimbursement of accommodation costs and various benefits. Please consult our website for more information.
In Uganda, agriculture is the backbone of the economy employing 70% of the population. Uganda is also among the youngest nations in the world with a median age of 17 years.Quality delivery of agriculture education promises solutions to the agriculture sector which has often not been seen as attractive to the young people. VVOB - education for development, believes that by transforming how we educate Ugandan youth, their skills, social networks, and hence aspirations/motivation, could be enhanced in order to prepare them for entrepreneurial opportunities in the agriculture world of work. The pedagogical approaches employed by VVOB are gender-responsive while the technical skills targeted are anchored on sustainable agricultural practices
The Programme Learning Entrepreneurship and Agriculture Practically (LEAP) aims to support the Ministry of Education and Sports to improve the quality of agriculture and entrepreneurship teaching – and, hence, learning – in Uganda’s secondary and technical and vocational education and training (TVET) schools. To do so, the programme aims at equipping teachers and school leaders to adopt a combination of three pedagogical practices - study and career guidance (SCG), project-based learning (PBL) and work-based learning (WBL).
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The Junior Expert will be instrumental in digitizing and communicating the pedagogical interventions being promoted by the Learning Entrepreneurship and Agriculture Practically Programme (LEAP), a five-year programme that aims to equip secondary and TVET learners with skills, contacts and motivations to pursue meaningful career and work opportunities in the agriculture sector. The Junior Expert is someone with digital and communication skills that can develop teaching and learning videos, visuals/infographics based on research evidence, write external facing content for the LEAP programme and support students currently using some our technology enabled learning platforms.
Required
training/degree (eliminatory on CV):
Master or Professional
Bachelor’s Degree
Communication/PR/Journalism
Educational Sciences
Development Studies
Sociology/Anthropology/Social Work
- Professional experience in education, training or capacity building (min. 3 months)
- Professional experience in communication (min. 3 months)
- Professional experience in
development or implementation of digital tools (min. 3 months)
Preferred assets (not eliminatory on CV):
- Creativity
- Problem analysis & Judgement
- Development oriented
- 360° Empathy
- Professional experience and/or willingness to grow in a
multidisciplinary/sectoral career pathway preferred e.g. digitization,
agribusiness, skilling, etc
Language skills:
English (working language)
Dutch: basic knowledge (level A2)
French: basic knowledge (level A2)
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Only candidates who meet the following prerequisite admission criteria by 1st october 2023 can apply:
1. Hold Belgian nationality or be a citizen of a member state of the European Economic Union or the Swiss Confederation.
2. Born after 1st October 1992.
3. Able to deliver an extract from their criminal record to prove their behaviour in accordance with the requirements of the job and enjoying full civil and political rights.
4. Specific criteria (see job profile).
You'll be asked to provide documents that prove you meet these criteria in case of an actual recruitment for a Junior Expert position.
- Please complete all blocks of information directly in your online candidate profile in one of these languages: EN, FR or Dutch.
- Applications that are not written in the language of the position will not be accepted.
- Be as complete as possible in the information you share about your education, your current and previous work experience. We cannot accept incomplete applications.
- We do not accept incomplete applications.
- Attach at the end your motivation letter and CV in pdf in the language of the job offer.
Interested?
Please apply between 19th September and 1st October 2023 – 23:59 pm - Brussel Local Time . Past the cut-off the date it will be impossible to submit your application for this job.
Only applications that are registered here via our on-line portal will be considered.
Questions?
For any question regarding the selection procedure, you can send e-mail to
- For any question regarding this position, you can contact the Junior Programme Project Officer Maureen Debruyne – - +32 477 97 47 84
We thank you in advance for your interest in our Junior Programme! We look forward to meeting you soon!