Job Vacancies at World Vision Uganda-Community Development & Child Sponsorship Facilitator

Job Title:Community Development & Child Sponsorship Facilitator (2 Vacancies)

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.