Training and Outreach Officer NGO Jobs – War Child Canada (WCC)

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Job Title:   Training and Outreach Officer  

Organisation: War Child Canada (WCC)

Duty Station:  Uganda

Reports to: Senior Legal Officer

 

About US:

War Child Canada (WCC) is a registered Canadian charity and operating in the Middle East and South Asia regions (Afghanistan, Iraq, and Jordan) and Sub-Saharan Africa (Sudan, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Uganda).

 

Currently, WCC is implementing Education and Protection/Access to justice programs for refugees and host communities in Adjumani and Isingiro districts and expanding to additional six refugee hosting districts.

 

Job Summary:  Under the guidance and supervision of the Project Manager, the Training and Outreach Officer oversees day-to-day Operations including mobilization, implementation and development of community sensitization and training activities for refugee community beneficiaries, host community members and all protection actors relevant to achieving the project goal. S/He will be responsible for conducting awareness campaigns, dialogues and in-depth training sessions encompassing the subject of human rights, protection, mediation skills, referral system, legal response to SGBV and Child Rights. He /she will work closely with other members of the legal aid project, forge strong partnership and collaboration with governmental departments and non- governmental organizations to identify and effectively respond to protection concerns, with particular focus on violence against women and children.

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Training/Outreach (40%)                      

  • Make follow up visits in each community after activities to document impact, and strengthen referral network
  • Take part in the community surveys to assess program results and impact and as well participate in the quarterly internal reviews of the program
  • To attend monthly Team meetings to share experiences, lessons learnt and challenges.

Psychosocial Support (40%)

  • Carry out psychosocial needs assessment among the project target population including baseline and focus group discussions.
  • Develop and implement context-based tools, guidelines, and plans for the provision of center-based and outreach psychosocial services to survivors of violence, including SGBV
  • Assess the capacity of  community-based  workers,  partners  (such  as  health  workers)  and  relevant stakeholders in psychosocial support.

Monitoring and Evaluation: (20%)     

  • Support the design of monitoring, evaluation and learning systems of specific projects including developing indicators and data collection instruments.
  • Support the implementation of the M&E system developed e.g. by undertake field monitoring visits in each community after the training/ outreach activities have been conducted to assess impact and identify potentials for program improvement.
  • Maintain accurate, up to date and safe records/files (both electronic and hard copies) of clients/beneficiaries, and according to agreed/standard data protection protocols/guidelines




Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

  • The applicant must hold a University-level education, preferably in social work, psychology, mental health, development studies or any related field.
  • A minimum of three to five years of experience in Training and outreach activities particularly at field level.
  • Ability and Skills in participatory methodology to facilitate trainings in a community.
  • Experience in project report writing.
  • Excellent experience or understanding of participatory approaches and community mobilization.
  • Experience in Monitoring and Evaluation of Training Programs.

 

How to Apply:

Submit a curriculum vitae of not more than 4 pages with an accompanying cover letter as one PDF document to: jobs_uganda@warchild.ca OR: War Child Canada Plot 1006, Kironde Road Muyenga Kampala. Please indicate the position title in the Email subject.

 

War Child Canada is committed to providing a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Final candidates will be vetted in accordance with War Child Canada’s Child Safeguarding Policy, including appropriate reference and security checks. Only those applicants selected for interview will be notified.

 

Deadline: 9th February 2022

 

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