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• Actively
  facilitate planning, review and feedback sessions with management
  structures and other stakeholders, including caregivers, community health
  worker, volunteers, etc.
• The
  incumbent will organize and actively participate in ECCD program /project
  research, assessments or evaluations undertaken in the operation areas as
  may be deemed necessary.
• Regularly
  collect and analyze data to identify, document and disseminate key
  learning /best practices through photos, video clips, interviews, and most
  significant change stories from parenting program and ECCD Centers
• Routinely
  share project information to contribute to quality sponsorship
  communications, such as the Program Area Updates (PAU), Development
  Education & Communication (DEC) among others.
• Ensure
  the project interventions and activities are closely aligned and
  contributing to the Plan Uganda country programs, including promoting and
  supporting integration with Plan’s sponsorship commitments and Child
  Centered Community Development Standards, child protection, gender among
  others
• Identify
  and establish a supportive relationship with community volunteers,
  champions or leaders from within target communities to foster the
  awareness and sensitization on the importance of ECCD.
• Build
  community capacity through empowerment Village Savings and Loan activities
  for household Village Savings & Loan Association (VSLA).
• Proactively
  encourage and facilitate the inclusion of the most marginalized households
  and children within the GS CLAC project and maintain information on
  sponsored families/children participating in the project
• Organize
  and provide supportive supervision and mentorship, and on-the-job training
  to trained CHWs/positive deviant volunteers and ECCD caregivers during
  home visits and PD hearth sessions.
• Actively
  participate in community and district level forums to ensure visibility of
  ECCD and its integration into meeting agendas. Use these forums to
  sensitize key community and district stakeholders on ECCD.
• Engage
  the community in mobilizing and leveraging resources to enhance desirable
  ECCD outcomes specifically through support and facilitation of community
  contributions to create a conducive environment to positive ECCD outcomes.
• Organize
  and directly facilitate trainings, on job mentoring sessions and other
  capacity building initiatives for ECCD caregivers, PD volunteers and other
  Stakeholders targeted in the program;
• Ensure
  Plan’s Child Protection Policy and Guidelines are adhered to in project
  implementation

• The
  ideal candidate for the Plan International Project Coordinator vacancy
  should hold a degree in Project management, Social Sciences, Social Work,
  Education, Nutrition, Public Health or any Health-related discipline.
  Possession of a Post-graduate training in Public Health or Project
  Management or certificate / diploma in ECCD is an added advantage
• At
  least three years’ experience with ability to work in rural community set
  up in Kamuli District—including community mobilization, demand creation
  for services, and direct engagement with community members.
• General
  technical knowledge of issues related to maternal and child health and
  nutrition and ECCD is highly desired.
• Proven
  ability to facilitate trainings and other events.
• Working
  knowledge of Child centred pedagogy and child friendly school environment.
• Awareness
  of current issues in the field of development, Education for All (EFA),
  Nutrition and ECCD.
• Use
  of participatory approaches and rights based programming.
• Possess
  the ability to work independently with minimum supervision
• Ability
  to ride a motorcycle with valid riding permit.
• Excellent
  oral, written, and presentation skills in English.
• Ability
  to travel to the field up to 60 percent of the time.
• Good
  knowledge and understanding of the Ministry of Health’s community health
  service provision in maternal and child health and nutrition, nutritional
  counselling and health talks, child immunizations, treatment of childhood
  illnesses, etc
• Excellent
  budget management and documentation skills (e.g. photography, case
  studies, reporting writing, filming maintaining database).

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