2 World Vision Uganda Jobs – Community Development & Child Sponsorship Facilitator

Organisation: World Vision Uganda
Reports to:                   Programme Manager
Duty Station:          Tororo
and Oyam, Uganda
About WVU:
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 40 districts in
Uganda. World Vision is committed to the protection of children and we will not
employ people whose background is not suitable for working with children. All
employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of all applicable
background checks, including criminal record checks where possible. “Our Vision
for every child, Life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every Heart, the will
to make it so.”
Job Summary: The  Community Development
& Child Sponsorship Facilitator will offer technical support and
coordination of sponsorship management/ operations in a Programme/ADP/ Cluster
in a manner that meets child sponsorship standards and contributes to the
wellbeing of children
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
1. Programming/operations
& Technical Support:
  • Provide technical support and leadership in the implementation of
    partnership initiatives    such as STEP, Quickstep, and DI
    to the programme/ ADP and cluster team.
  • Guide the programme/ cluster in implementing sponsorship
    operations and use of emerging information to influence short and
    long-term programmatic interventions on wellbeing of children.
  • Support sponsorship quality improvements by regularly
    consolidating and reporting programme/cluster (ADPs) sponsorship
    performance at the cluster level, informing team and management on
    performance.
  • Guide and monitor child monitoring and discuss with the programme/
    cluster team child monitoring data necessary for informing  short and
    long term interventions children’s wellbeing.
  • Provide technical support in the development, implementation and
    monitoring of Sponsorship operations and management in the programme/
    cluster.
  • Facilitate capacity building among all programme/ cluster and
    sponsorship staff with a special emphasis on developing and implementing
    effective sponsorship management, monitoring and reporting system.
  • Support development of sponsorship monitoring and reporting
    mechanisms at programme/ cluster level.
  • Contribute to organisational learning by supporting the
    documentation of critical lessons learned.
2. Management of Service
Operations Indicators:
  • Monitor and lead the programme/ cluster team to meet all the
    sponsorship KPI requirements in a timely, efficient and effective manner.
  • Storage of child data/information and SO communications (queries,
    GN, mails, child monitoring information in both hard and soft/ SD systems.
  • Analyse variance reports, Child Status Reports, Project reports
    and guide the programme/ cluster team in utilising information for
    effective and efficient sponsorship operations.
  • Follow-up and ensure the to-do list items resolved critical
    management actions are performed.
  • Coordinate periodic mailings like APR and Christmas Cards by ensuring
    systems are set during these periods and performance standards met.
3. Budget RC management in
line with NO and Partnership Sponsorship Standards:
  • Guide the programme/ cluster team in drawing and implementing RC
    monitoring plan.
  • Guide in carrying out and documenting RC Census and enter child
    monitoring data in the systems and share it with the NO.
  • Provide child status information from monitoring to the programme/
    cluster/ ADP team for planning purposes.
4. Communication and
Sponsor Relations in the Cluster:
  • Coordinate communication between sponsors and RC in the programme/
    cluster
  • Communicate with Support Office in compliance with various
    sponsorship standards.
  • Develop, monitor, and implement the established checks and
    controls for sponsor information in line with the child sponsorship
    standards.
  • Ensure sponsor visits are well coordinated and managed according
    to protocol and expected standards.
5. Child Protection and
Wellbeing:
  • Monitor the wellbeing and child abuse cases and report any
    accordance in line with child protection policy and guidelines.
  • Work with local leaders to protection children from child
    violations and abuses on child protection.
  • Sensitization of children including all RC on child protection.
  • Sensitize children, guardians/parents and other stakeholders about
    children’s rights and responsibilities with a view to identify child
    violations.
  • Report cases of child abuse in the programme area.
  • Report cases of child incidents for follow up. 
 Qualifications,
Skills and Experience:
  • The applicant should hold a  degree in
    Database Systems, Information Systems or Information Technology or
    equivalent
  • Critical
    thinking/questioning, self drive and innovative
  • Proven IT
    knowledge, skill and experience in database management for 2 years or more
  • A team player
    and team builder.
  • Ability to give
    attention to details.
  • Knowledge and/or
    willingness to abide by the WV child protection policy.
  • Ability and
    willingness to work for longer hours, when the situation so demands.
  • Must have good
    interpersonal communication skills and ability to work under minimum
    supervision
  • Mature
    Christian, able to stand above denominational diversities 
How to Apply: 
All
suitably qualified candidates must send their applications with complete
Curriculum Vitae, via email to: wvujobs@wvi.org.  Please address the
application to the People and Culture Specialist (Recruitment) and do indicate
the post title in the email subject line.
NB: Qualified
female candidates are particularly encouraged to apply.
Deadline: 1st
November, 2013.  

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