Job Title: Development Officer
Organisation: Watoto
Child Care Ministries
Child Care Ministries
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Uganda
Reports to:
Head – Education Operations and Partnership Liaison
Head – Education Operations and Partnership Liaison
About US:
Watoto Child Care
Ministries is a ministry of Watoto Church that rescues vulnerable children and
restores dignity to them by providing holistically for their physical,
spiritual and emotional needs. Watoto has operations in Kampala, Wakiso,
Mpigi and Gulu.
Ministries is a ministry of Watoto Church that rescues vulnerable children and
restores dignity to them by providing holistically for their physical,
spiritual and emotional needs. Watoto has operations in Kampala, Wakiso,
Mpigi and Gulu.
Job Summary: The Development Officer will maintain and disseminate up to date records on
partnership initiatives and provide timely support and feedback and delivering
events and deepening stakeholder relationships across the Watoto schools
partnership initiatives and provide timely support and feedback and delivering
events and deepening stakeholder relationships across the Watoto schools
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Partner Relations
- Cultivate relationships with members of the Watoto schools community
(alumni, current and past parents, staff and all funders) to enable the
School to benefit from their influence, contacts, expertise, voluntary
help and financial support. - This includes being first point of contact including face-to-face,
telephone, written and electronic communication. - Devise, and then organise, manage and supervise in person an annual
programme of events for teams visiting Watoto Schools to provide social
and networking opportunities, relationship building and fundraising leads,
in conjunction with the Head of Operations, - Ensure all follow-up after events is timely, efficient and
professional. - Develop and manage the Watoto Schools communications
- Increase awareness of the work Watoto does to both potential
individual and corporate partners within the local market in relation to
education - Intentionally look out for different networking possibilities for
partner retention for the directorate
Project
Coordination
Coordination
- Coordinate the implementation of projects under the Education
Directorate (in conjunction with Opeartions Team Leader) - Ensure that records/data on the projects are maintained accurately
and continuously improved. - Maintain an up-to-date needs list of funding requirements for
Education Directorate and ensure donors receive timely, correct and
personal acknowledgements of their gifts. - Handle all other administrative duties of the Development office as
required
Reporting and
Proposals
Proposals
- Prepares initial grant/funding proposals for the education
directorate in line with the Ministry’s strategic objectives - Prepare all annual development reports to achieve all objectives and
analyze trends and provide necessary recommendations.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant for the Watoto Development Officer job opportunity
should hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communication, Business
Administration, Social Sciences, Marketing or a related area. - Five years of working experience in public relations, marketing,
customer service or a related role - Computer literacy
- Outstanding organisational and communication skills as well as being
a team player and able to deal with conflicting demands and tight
deadlines - A professional, customer-facing attitude will be key, as will a keen
eye for detail. - Experience with project management and writing winning proposals
- A team player, results oriented, self-motivated, able to work with
minimum supervision and for long hours under extreme pressure
How to Apply:
All suitably
qualified and interested candidates should apply online by filling out the
form.
qualified and interested candidates should apply online by filling out the
form.
Deadline: 9th September 2018
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