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Job Title:  Social Accountability
Coordinators (Several Job Vacancies)

Organisation: World
Vision International

Reports to: 
Associate Director- Advocacy

Duty Station: 
Kampala, Uganda

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 41 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
Social Accountability Coordinator will provide technical support and guidance
to the clusters/AP (Regions) in integration of the Citizen Voice and Action
social accountability approach within the programs. The job holder will guide
World Vision partnership strategic direction of shifting its focus from service
provision to citizen empowerment towards the wellbeing of the child. The job
holder will also support documentation and analysis of evidence generated
through social accountability approaches to inform WVU’s policy positions at
national level.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Provide oversight and technical guidance
  to the clusters within their regions as they design and implement CVA
  within their APs/clusters.
• Coordinate capacity enhancement for
  staff and partners in CVA and advocacy for both development and
  humanitarian contexts within their respective Regions.
• Nurture and strengthen strategic
  partnerships, networks and coalitions with civil society organizations,
  government bodies and private sectors within their Regions to lobby and
  influence service delivery for the wellbeing of children and their
  families.
• Support improved documentation and
  reporting through the CVA database; monitoring and analysis of evidence
  generated through CVA to inform policy positions at district and national
  level
• Support with resource mobilization,
  acquisition and budgeting through proposal writing and maintaining a high
  profile that can attract funding opportunities.
• Support all Advocacy Campaigns within
  their regions and ensure linkages with CVA

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• The applicant for the World Vision
  Social Accountability Coordinator job placement should preferably hold a
  Bachelor’s Degree in Development Studies, Social Sciences and/or other
  related courses in Humanities
• At least five years’ experience in
  implementing social accountability approaches and ensuring linkages of
  local actions to national level policy processes
• Technical skills: direct programming
  experience and expertise in implementing social accountability approaches
• Strong experience in working with local
  governments
• Experience in working on child rights
  issues and campaigns
• Experience in policy analysis and
  documentation
• Ability to lead others and work under
  minimum Supervision.
• Effective communication, Facilitation,
  analysis and networking skills.
• Good interpersonal, organizational and
  time management skills.
• Computer literate
• Must be a committed Christian, able to
  stand above denominational diversities.
• Strong experience in working with local
  governments
• Ability to communicate in English
  required
• Community mobilization and empowerment
• Awareness creation
• Building networks and coalitions
• Policy analysis and engagements

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: 16^th August 2019

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