Job Title: Village Director
Organization: SOS Children’s
Villages
Villages
Duty Station: Fort Portal, Uganda
Reports to: Programme Director Fort Portal
Job Ref: SOS708
About Us:
Our
Client, SOS Children’s Villages Uganda is a member of SOS Kinderdorf
International, a worldwide, independent, non-governmental social development
organization that has been working to meet the needs and protect the interests
and rights of children since 1949.
Client, SOS Children’s Villages Uganda is a member of SOS Kinderdorf
International, a worldwide, independent, non-governmental social development
organization that has been working to meet the needs and protect the interests
and rights of children since 1949.
SOS
Children’s Villages Uganda is a locally registered Trust with a local governing
body: the Board of Trustees. It has been operating since 1989 and currently has
projects caring for more than 2,500 children in four locations at Kakiri,
Entebbe, Gulu and Fort Portal. The various projects include SOS Children’s
Villages, Community outreach programmes, Kindergartens, schools, medical
centres and social centres.
Children’s Villages Uganda is a locally registered Trust with a local governing
body: the Board of Trustees. It has been operating since 1989 and currently has
projects caring for more than 2,500 children in four locations at Kakiri,
Entebbe, Gulu and Fort Portal. The various projects include SOS Children’s
Villages, Community outreach programmes, Kindergartens, schools, medical
centres and social centres.
Key Duties &
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
- Provide leadership for the Family Based Care (FBC) programme at
location. - Lead the planning, budgeting and implementation of the FBC
programme’s action plan. - Lead the regular monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of
the FBC programme’s action plan. - Ensure the quality of child care at location is within the framework
of the SOS child care model. - Be a guardian and take an active role in the growth, development and
education of each SOS child/youth at location. - Support the SOS families and mothers in working towards the best
interest of the children and youth at location. - Lead and build a motivated performance driven FBC programme staff
team at location. - Participate in developing and maintaining relations with local and
international sponsors of the FBC programme at location.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The candidate should hold a university degree from a reputable
institution. - Minimum of 5 years post work related experience with child/youth
care programmes, with 2 years at a supervisory level. - Experience in planning, budgeting, implementing, monitoring and
evaluating programmes. - Experience in developing and maintaining donor relations.
- Planning and organisation skills.
- Representing and networking skills.
- People management skills such as training, coaching and mentoring.
- Written communication skills
- Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
Personal Competencies: Strategic thinking, Conceptual thinking, Leadership
orientation, Results orientation, Personal integrity, Understanding others, Team
management orientation, Concern for
standards, Pro-active work ethics, Efficiency orientation, Development
orientation, and Flexibility towards circumstances.
orientation, Results orientation, Personal integrity, Understanding others, Team
management orientation, Concern for
standards, Pro-active work ethics, Efficiency orientation, Development
orientation, and Flexibility towards circumstances.
How to Apply:
Please send the
following documents by email to [email protected] and quote the job title and
reference number:
following documents by email to [email protected] and quote the job title and
reference number:
- Updated CV which demonstrates that you are suitable for the job role
including your contact information and three work related references in
either Microsoft Word or PDF format. - A one page statement describing your suitability for the particular
job role, in either Microsoft - Word or PDF format.
- Please do not attach any academic certificates.
Deadline: 15th November, 2013 by 5 pm
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