2 World Vision Careers Jobs – Field Partnerships Coordinator

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Organisation: World Vision Uganda
Reports to:  Regional
Operations Manager
Duty Station: Gulu,
Hoima, Uganda
About
WVU:
World
Vision Uganda is a Christian Relief, Development and Advocacy Non-Government
Organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities to
overcome poverty and injustice. We currently work in over 40 districts in
Uganda. World Vision is committed to the protection of children and we will not
employ people whose background is not suitable for working with children. All
employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of all applicable
background checks, including criminal record checks where possible. “Our Vision
for every child, Life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every Heart, the will
to make it so.”
Job
Summary: The Field Partnerships Coordinator will offer  strategic guidance on local level partner
engagements focusing on civil society organisations, district and sub county
local government and the private organisations. In addition, the position is
required to provide high level guidance on aspects of partner capacity building.
Key
Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Provide technical backstopping and
    guidance to regional and field staff on several partnership issues
    including: organisational assessments, partners’ capacity building, sub
    granting, networking, partners’ capacity building, sub granting,
    networking, partner reflections and reviews and mapping of partners.
  • Mentor Regional staff with skills
    and knowledge to facilitate the growth and development of strong
    partnerships within the Region.
  • Follow up and report on compliance
    and effective utilisation of the tools, models, guidelines developed to
    facilitate effective relationship enhancement and management.
  • In consultation with the Staff
    Training and Development Coordinator, facilitate staff capacity
    enhancement to improve on the knowledge and skill levels of staff in
    initiating and managing partnerships.
  • Organize and facilitate forums to
    enhance the sharing and learning of best practices within World Vision
    Uganda (WVU) and amongst partners through forums like partner review
    meetings.
  • Develop monthly, quarterly and
    annual work plans, budgets and reports and share them with the Regional
    Operations Managers to reflect Area Development Programme priorities for
    review, agreement and approval.
  • Support the development of knowledge
    products for the strengthening of World Vision institutional memory as a
    basis for learning, documentation, monitoring and evaluation of promising
    practices, collaboration and partnering.
  • Perform
    any other responsibilities.
Qualifications,
Skills and Experience:
  • The applicant should possess a
    Bachelors Degree in Development studies, social sciences, NGO management
    or any other related field
  • Relevant Post Graduate training in
    capacity building, net working and monitoring & evaluation will be an
    added advantage.
  • At least three years working
    experience in an NGO sector (Directly facilitating capacity building and
    partnerships at a field level).
  • The candidates must be mature and
    committed Christians, able to demonstrate an active involvement with their
    faith and also able to appreciate and stand above denominational
    diversities.
How to
Apply: 
All
suitably qualified candidates must send their applications with complete
Curriculum Vitae, via email to: wvujobs@wvi.org.  Please address the
application to the People and Culture Specialist (Recruitment) and do indicate
the post title in the email subject line.
NB: Qualified female candidates are
particularly encouraged to apply.
Deadline:
27th December, 2013.  

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