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• Participate in planning and budgeting, preparation of work plans, implementation of planned activities and monitoring/ reporting of progress.
• Actively facilitate and monitor the implementation of planned activities and community level engagements.
• Mobilize and facilitate the engagements of stakeholders during planning and development meetings, workshops and other fora.
• Identify local level partners and support and facilitate the partners in the implementation of planned activities.
• Facilitate stakeholders and partners in supervision and monitoring of programmatic activities.
• Support the collection and documentation of impact and success stories.

• Innovatively support communities including RC households to participate and benefit from the programme development.
• Sensitize community on sponsorship (RC guardians, community leaders and other community members) and facilitate participation in the sponsorship management project.
• Mentor and train the children committees in the respective parishes in advocating for their wellbeing.
• Support and facilitate the children committees to plan for and hold meetings at all levels (School, parish and sub county) on a regular basis and document findings
• Support the children committees to conduct outreaches within their villages/parishes and sub counties
• Keenly mobilize and facilitate active participation of children and their communities in planning, monitoring and implementation of community development initiatives.
• Build the capacity of children, families and community to collectively engage local leaders on identified issues.
• Follow-up on commitments by leaders on improvement of the wellbeing of children.
• Mobilize communities to participate in annual children care and protection days – such as the Day of African child.

• Monitoring of RC in line with partnership standards.
• Ensure RC records and files are well managed and stored securely.
• Support RCs to correspond with sponsors in a timely manner.
• Facilitate processing of all special mails; Christmas cards, Spontaneous letters, APR, introductory letters within partnership standard..
• Support management of Support Office Queries, Gift Notifications, mails, and file copies of correspondences in children’s files.
• Carry out and produce quality periodic mailings (APR and Christmas Cards).
• Mobilize and support RC families to adequately prepare for and manage sponsor visits.

• RC monitoring and follow up of the child wellbeing in accordance to the minimum programming standard (once every 90 days).
• Support development and implement integrated monitoring plan in assigned area with ADP stakeholders
• Analyze and follow up critical RCs findings (especially RCs with challenges).
• Compile monitoring reports for management action.
• Hold monthly / quarterly meetings with Child Monitors and guardians/parents and child protection committees to address findings from monitoring.
• Work with CDF to identify, train monitors and partners.
• Provide information on support and benefit of RC to the CSDF and SDA to enable entry in STEP

• The prospective World Vision Child Sponsorship and Development Assistant employee should hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Development Studies, Social Sciences, Agriculture, Entrepreneurship or Education from a recognized Institution of higher learning. Possession of a post graduate qualification in a relevant field is an added advantage.
• One year of experience in Development work attained from an International NGO, with sound understanding of programming.
• Able to ride a Motor Cycle with a clean riders permit-class A
• Able to communicate in the local language of the program area
• Prior experience in documentation and evidence based/impact reporting
• Ability to work in a team to achieve excellence in execution, committed, accountable and passionate about the work we do.
• Commitment to World Vision mission and partnership values and sensitivity to its various expressions across cultures and denominations.
• Track record demonstrating high integrity, reliable and dependable
• Good networking and influencing skills
• Ability to work with minimal supervision

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