Overview
Develop context-specific financial literacy training modules and deliver financial literacy trainings to Uganda Prisons Service staff and prisoners. The assignment will contribute to enhancing the rehabilitation and reintegration framework.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct a rapid assessment to determine financial literacy gaps among UPS staff and inmates.
- Develop tailored financial literacy modules suitable for prison staff and inmates.
- Pre-test and validate the developed modules.
- Conduct financial literacy TOT in at least two prison facilities for inmates and one central TOT for UPS staff.
- Develop training manuals, facilitator guides, and participant workbooks.
- Prepare and submit a final report with lessons learned, challenges, risks, and recommendations for scale-up.
Required Experience
- At least 5 years of progressive professional experience in criminal justice, corrections, rehabilitation, or reintegration programming, particularly within prison administration is required.
- Prior experience in curriculum development and instructional design, including development of training materials in areas such as financial literacy, vocational skills, adult learning, or correctional training is required.
- Demonstrated experience in the design and implementation of financial education or livelihood support programmes, especially in institutional or low-resource environments, is desirable.
- Familiarity with international norms and standards related to the treatment of prisoners, particularly the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (Nelson Mandela Rules) is desirable.
- Strong research, analytical, and coordination skills with a proven ability to synthesize technical content into user-friendly training tools and manuals is desirable.
- Practical experience in conducting needs assessments, gap analyses, and stakeholder consultations in criminal justice or adult education contexts is desirable.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in criminology, law, social sciences, business administration, Education, Finance/Economics, Development Studies, or related discipline is required. A first level university degree in similar fields in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
