Organisation: Plan
International
International
Duty Station:
Uganda
Uganda
Reports to: Program
Unit Manager / Coordinator
Unit Manager / Coordinator
About US:
Plan International was founded
over 75 years ago and is one of the oldest and largest children’s development
organizations (non-profit / INGOs) in the world. We work in 50 developing
countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas to promote child rights and lift
millions of children out of poverty. Plan’s vision is of a world in which all
children realize their full potential in societies that respect people’s rights
and dignity. Plan is independent, with no religious, political or governmental
affiliations.
over 75 years ago and is one of the oldest and largest children’s development
organizations (non-profit / INGOs) in the world. We work in 50 developing
countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas to promote child rights and lift
millions of children out of poverty. Plan’s vision is of a world in which all
children realize their full potential in societies that respect people’s rights
and dignity. Plan is independent, with no religious, political or governmental
affiliations.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Facilitate child-centred community development;
- Work with children, their families and
communities in identifying and managing their own development processes
and building meaningful relationships among the multiple stakeholders in
the community. - Facilitate capacity building for children, families and communities and
collaboratively work with partners to ensure effective service delivery
and advocate for the rights and general wellbeing of children. - Support communities to mobilize local resources
and also provide any relevant information required by the resource mobilisation unit for purposes of
proposal/business development to support any community development
initiatives. - Mainstream cross cutting development issues
like gender, environment and HIV/AIDs in development processes - Facilitate the development of children’s organizations, groups and
programs - Facilitate creation of linkages and relations
between communities and key partners, and local government to foster
integration of interventions for greater synergy in his/her community.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The
applicant for the Plan International Community Development Facilitator job
opportunity must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in social Work or development
Studies, with additional concentration in one of the following areas –
Agriculture, or Human Rights, Public Health and Education with knowledge and skills in
community-based development with a bias in child programming. - Demonstrate knowledge of basic laws and
policies related to children – UNCRC, Children’s Act, LG decentralization
policy - Flexibility and willingness to listen and learn from communities and
children - Experience and knowledge of PRA
- Ability to work in teams, negotiation and
facilitation skills - A good knowledge and skills in participatory
advocacy and lobbying - Willingness to engage in full immersion and
live as close as possible to the community - Experience and knowledge of project planning,
monitoring and evaluation - Experience in partnership building, networking
and collaboration. - Good understanding of programme concepts from a rights-based
approach - Computer literacy, with good communication
skills - Good resources mobilization skills and ability
to write good concept papers - Ability and willingness to ride a motor-cycle
will be a must
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified
candidates should send their letters of application, together with updated CVs,
contact telephone numbers, copies of relevant certificates, names and contact
details of three references plus salary history and send to:
candidates should send their letters of application, together with updated CVs,
contact telephone numbers, copies of relevant certificates, names and contact
details of three references plus salary history and send to:
The Country Human Resources and
Organizational Development Manager,
Organizational Development Manager,
Plan Uganda
Email to: [email protected]
Deadline: 9th February 2018
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