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• Setup a sponsorship field office in
  Zirobwe and coordinate all aspects of the Sponsorship in Zirobwe,
  including mentorship programs (center day) to ensure they are reaching
  highest impact so that each child in the program has an opportunity to
  reach their full potential, academically, spiritually, emotionally.
• Be the primary contact for all children on
  Zirobwe sponsorship program. Maintain an updated log of child cases
  indicating the problem affecting the child and steps being taken to
  resolve the issue at hand and thus reduce the overall number of girl child
  cases
• During sponsorship enrollment receive new
  applicants, take their photos, and visit new applicants in their home and
  follow-up on statements in their application for accuracy. Ensure that
  mentors follow the enrollment criteria
• Hand over all new photos and applications
  both typed and written, to the sponsorship manager for approval.
• Once a child has received a sponsor, open
  a file for the child, call the guardian(s) to the office to brief them on
  benefits, terms and conditions of the sponsorship program, assist the new
  child or children in writing their first letters, gather bank slips,
  admissions letters, or previous term’s payment receipt, and any relevant
  information that can be placed in the child’s file.
• Track, follow up and make home visits for
  children with poor school attendance or performance, poor sponsorship attendance,
  and/or children dealing with health issues or severe living conditions.
  Liaise with Empowered Leaders Academy authorities to monitor children’s
  performance.
• Track home and school visits for sponsored
  children and share records with team members.  At the end of each week submit a
  comprehensive report of all field delegations and activities carried out.
• Work closely with the other field
  coordinators to produce a monthly joint field status report highlighting
  progress and needs of children either individually and/or collectively.
• Ensure that all children’s school fees is
  paid at the beginning of each school term and receive payment records,
  submit the school fees receipt to the bookkeeper and file a copy of the
  original in every child’s file.
• Ensure child evaluation health/medical
  forms and school/home visit reports are being completed after a staff
  mentor visit, and presented to the Sponsorship Manager, which will be
  reviewed and filed in the child’s file. Work with administration assistant
  to ensure that all documents relevant to the sponsored children are filed
  in the children’s files at least a week after the documents are received
• Organize sponsor visits to sponsor to
  portray a good image of Uganda and Empower A Child
• Ensure that all sponsored child gifts are
  entered in the gifts book and distributed to the respective children, a
  photo taken and letter written within one week of receipt. File a copy of
  every letter that a child receives and any thank you letters written in
  the child’s file

• Supports Right Empower a Child field teams
  and institutions with the mainstreaming of effective gender equality and
  child safeguarding and protection practices in program design,
  development, implementation and evaluation
• The jobholder supports the field teams and
  institutions with child protection analyses throughout all activities.
• Guides and advises country and field teams
  with the development of tools to increase the participation of girls and
  ensure the protection of all children linked to program activities
  including sponsorship program
• Keenly reviews, assesses and updates child
  protection and gender equality issues across the community we serve,
  highlighting emerging and recurring issues requiring a response, and makes
  recommendations on specific actions required.
• Supports the preparation of toolkits,
  training manuals and checklists on gender equality and child protection
  for Empower a Child.
• Organizing workshops on relevant topics
  that focus on changing knowledge, attitudes and behavior towards women and
  girls, men and boys.
• Ensures that the child safeguarding and
  protection procedures are understood and adhered to by all staff.
• Identify and satisfy training needs of
  local staff as well as MSTs to support understanding and implementation of
  the Child Safeguarding Policy.

• The ideal candidate for the Empower a
  Child Sponsorship and Protection Officer job placement should hold a
  Bachelor’s Degree in social work, education
• A minimum of five years’ experience, three
  of which in the field with progressively responsible professional
  experience in child protection, humanitarian affairs, human rights, child
  sponsorship and related fields
• Broad knowledge and understanding of DO NO
  HARM principles and established international child protection standards
  (especially UNCRC)
• The applicant should be well planned and
  organized even within a field working environment
• Possess the capacity for initiative and
  good decision making
• Excellent analytical and problem solving
  skills.
• Good computer skills.
• The applicant must be a mature Christian
  characterized by a strong Christian testimony, a heart for ministry, and
  knowledge of the Scriptures.
• The applicants must have a personal
  relationship with Jesus Christ.
• 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.
• Previous experience in performance based
  staff management.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Previous experience in liaising with
  government officials and a variety of donors.
• Willingness to regularly travel to
  programme sites.
• Experience in proposal and report writing
  with a proven ability to secure donor funding.
• Budgetary control and financial management
  skills
• The applicant must be familiar with and
  abide by the People in Aid code and Sphere Minimum Standards

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