Institution Development Manager NGO Job Opportunity – Empower a Child

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Organisation: Empower a
Child
Duty Station: Zirobwe,
Luwero, Uganda
About Empower a Child:
Empower a Child is a not-for-profit faith-based organization operating
in East Africa. Empower a Child is registered in United States of America as a
501(c) 3 not-for-profit organization. When it was started in 2006, Empower a
Child focus was on the humanitarian situation in Uganda and Kenya, in
particular, re-building communities, community structures, and empowering the
youth. Empower a Child developed an integrated approach to development through
engagement in four key sectors: education (including child sponsorship), health
education, vocational training and entrepreneurship, character and spiritual
development.
In the year 2010, Empower a Child Uganda purchased land in Zirobwe,
Luwero District (approximately 1.5 hour drive north of Kampala, the Capital
City). This land is in the heart of a community that has struggled to re-build
from a guerilla war that took place over 30 years ago. Empower a Child, hopes
to work with the community to build a self-sustaining community development
program on this land. There have been marked developments so far. Since 2010,
Empower a Child has constructed a community church, medical clinic, established
a community school, started up an economic empowerment program that directly
reaches the women and has set up agricultural and animal husbandry projects to
diversify income avenues of the households. In 2017, Empower a Child is
re-locating to the Zirobwe to better assist the community development program
impact.
Job Summary: The Institution
Development Manager is primarily responsible for overseeing operations the
Educational and spiritual Institutions. The jobholder will also be managing
their expansion and future development.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  
Plan, manage, coordinate and ensure achievement of performance targets
for all Empower a Child business and entrepreneurship initiatives including not
limited to livestock, Beading, sewing, farming and block making groups.
  • Actively facilitate the formation,
    capacity building, and profitable functioning of Empower a Child
    businesses, and common interests groups and ensure proper market linkages
    and development of value chains based on Empower a Child principles and
    values
  • Facilitate the development and
    implementation of business plans for current business and enterprising
    groups:
Provides Technical Advice in all areas of business development and
cooperatives to the group local leadership
  • Facilitate Strategic Alliances and Partnership
    fostering the success of formed groups
  • Facilitate the Development, management and
    nurturing of effective partnerships with National, District and other
    local government authorities in areas of local economic development.
  • Develop, manage and nurture effective
    partnership with NGOs, CBOs, private sector and donors that are active in
    Business development and sustainability.
  • Work in liaison with local groups to
    ensure their interventions are integrated with the Business Development in
    order to maximize impact on household income.
  • Organize and undertake capacity building
    activities such as trainings and workshops targeting all groups their
    stakeholders.
  • Guide business groups in formulation of
    fundable business plans
  • Ensure all the activities of the groups duly
    build in the component of sustainability and effective business management
    right from the start of activities.
 Provide Technical leadership for
Volunteer Training, Planning and Delivery: 
Lead and coordinate needs’ analysis and training of international
Volunteers attached to Vocational  and entrepreneurship
section.
Leadership and management development of the Education and spiritual
institutions and staff their staff: Manage all future development for
both Education and spiritual wing of the center including but not limited to
construction of new buildings, application for permits, center numbers and
setting up other supplementary institutions like secondary school and school of
ministry, etc.
Other: Manage special projects, as required.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience: 
  • The ideal candidate for the Empower a
    Child Institution Development Manager job opportunity should be a pastor
    with a Bachelor’s Degree in Education
  • At least ten years of experience being a
    Senior pastor of a church managing an education Centre in lieu of the
    degree in education.
  • Demonstrated ability to work under
    pressure and manage the workload to complete critical deadlines.
  • Excellent communication and coordination
    skills
  • Capacity to work as a team and in
    multicultural environment.
  • Able to communicate effectively (written
    and verbal) in English with all staff.
  • Possess the ability and desire to work
    within one’s influence to serve as an advocate for children
  • The applicant must be a mature Christian
    characterized by a strong Christian testimony, a heart for ministry, and
    knowledge of the Scriptures.
  • Be a consistent witness for Jesus Christ,
    maintains a courteous, Christ-like attitude in dealing with people within
    and outside of Empower a Child and faithfully upholds Empower a Child
    ministry in prayer.
  • Willingness to regularly travel to
    programme sites.
  • Experience in proposal and report writing
    with a proven ability to secure donor funding.
  • Strong coaching and leadership skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills with
    ability to establish professional rapport with staff, volunteers and
    prospective donors
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send a letter
of application(One page) together with current curriculum vitae (3
pages)showing details of your address and contact plus copies of certificates
with two professional references and your Pastor to: rita@empowerachild.org and
copy benon@empower-a-child.org (please clearly indicate job applied for in
subject of Email
Deadline: 11th January 2017 by 5:00pm
NB: All applicants who do
not receive feedback within a week time from the deadline should consider their
applications unsuccessful.

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