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Job Title:          Staff Spiritual Nurture Manager

Organization: World
Vision

Duty Station:   Kampala,
Uganda

Reports to:     People and Culture Director

About US:

World Vision Uganda is a Christian relief,
development and advocacy non-government organization dedicated to working with
children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. We
currently work in over 82 districts in Uganda implementing projects in health
& nutrition, water, sanitation & hygiene (WASH), livelihoods & community
resilience, education and child protection. World Vision (WV) is committed to
the protection of children and adult beneficiaries from exploitation and abuse
and will not employ people whose background is not suitable for working with
the beneficiaries above. All employment is conditioned upon the successful
completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record
checks where possible.

Job Summary: The Staff
Spiritual Nurture Manager will assist the Senior Management of WV in the development
and implementation of strategies and programs for staff spiritual nurture and
collaborate staff learning and development to undertake the capacity
development of staff to support the realization of Our Promise 2030 Strategic
Imperative 5- Live out our Christian faith with boldness and humility

To develop and integrate initiatives and
programs that nurture the spiritual formation and capacity of WV staff to
enable them live out our Christian faith with boldness and humility.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

·        
Develop
and implement staff nurture and leadership development strategy based on WV
faith and Development strategy and Our Voice results with emphasis on spiritual
nurture all staff

·        
Develop
and implement Programmes for staff spiritual formation and Christian
commitments related capacity building

·        
Contribute
to an ethos and culture in WV that is consistent with our Vision and Mission
Statements, Core Values, Guiding Beliefs, and Policies

·        
Participate
with HR and senior management in establishing staff recruitment standards to
ensure the spiritual commitment of prospective staff; assist in their
orientation; and support the incorporation of Christian Commitment engagement
in annual performance appraisals

·        
Collaborate
with staff learning and development to develop staff capacity building programs
related to Strategic imperative 5

·        
Co-conceptualise,
design and develop Scripture inspired, need-based and strategy informed staff
nurture and leadership formation programmes and resources that integrate Faith
and Development (i.e. curriculum, devotionals, etc.) for national Office use
that reflect denominational diversity and are relevant to all sectors of WV’s
work and all levels of leadership and staff.

·        
Develop
and implement targeted capacity building initiatives related to WV Strategic
objectives

·        
Conduct
induction of new staff on WV ethos

·        
Coordinate
prayer and staff chapel/Spiritual nurture activities

·        
Develop
quarterly plans for staff prayer and chapel for all WV locations

·        
Coordinate
speakers for chapel

·        
Collaborate
with other external partners on prayer mobilization for child well-being and WV
ministry

·        
Develop
and/or provide devotional materials for staff to guide chapel and devotion
reflections

·        
Develop
and nurture a strong chapel committee and staff spiritual nurture coordinators
to coordinate staff spiritual well being

·        
Provide
Psycho-social support and counseling for staff

·        
Develop
a strategy for supporting the social well-being of staff

·        
Support
staff peer support/psycho-social well-being of staff as appropriate

·        
Support
counseling of staff based on WV Christian ethos

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

·        
Master’s
Degree in theological education or its equivalent and sound biblical
understanding

·        
Personal
commitment to Christ and proven church/Christian leadership experience

·        
Exemplary
Christian character, interpersonal relationship skills and willingness to learn

·        
Experience
in planning for and supporting spiritual nurture of large groups of people from
diverse church backgrounds.

·        
Skills
in developing training materials and training facilitation.

·        
Ability
to lead staff devotions and chapel services.

·        
Good
understanding of and respect for diverse churches and Christian organizations
in the country and ability to effectively work with churches with different
doctrines and traditions

·        
Good
knowledge of WV’s ethos and philosophy of work

·        
The
position requires ability and willingness to travel domestically upto 30% of
the time and occasional international travel

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified candidates are
encouraged to apply online by visiting World Vision International’s
e-recruitment jobs portal at the web link below.

Click Here

Please follow instructions on How to
Create Account and Profile at World Vision’s e-recruitment portal.  Qualified female candidates are particularly
encouraged to apply.

Deadline: 14th November 2019

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