Save the Children Community Sponsorship Officer Jobs 2023 – Uganda NGO Jobs.
Save the Children Uganda looking for “Community Sponsorship Officer”.
Applicants with a degree in University Degree may apply on or before August 24, 2023.
Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organisation for children. We work in around 120 countries. We save children’s lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfil their potential. Save the Children strives to achieve a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. We work to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. Across all of our work, we pursue several core values: accountability, ambition, collaboration, creativity and integrity.
Save the Children Community Sponsorship Officer Jobs 2023
The Save the Children has published a job vacancy announcement on August 17, 2023 for qualified Uganda’s to fill in the vacant post of Community Sponsorship Officer to be based in Wakiso, Uganda.
| Recruiter | Save the Children |
| Position | Community Sponsorship Officer |
| Location | Wakiso, Uganda |
| Country | Uganda |
| Total Vacant Post | N/A |
| Qualification | University Degree |
| Experience Required | Minimum Two years |
| Application Deadline | August 24, 2023 |
Save the Children Job Vacancy 2023
Community engagement (orientation and mobilization)
- Sensitize communities (enrolled children parents/guardians, teachers, community leaders and other community members) on SCI sponsorship.
- Innovatively support communities including enrolled children households to participate and benefit from the core programmes in the IA
- Train and build capacity of PTA/SMCs to become champions of community mobilisation within areas of jurisdiction.
- Work in liaison with the community capacity strengthening coordinator and regularly develop/revise Community Mobilisation Plan.
- Mobilize and facilitate active participation of children and their communities in planning, monitoring and implementation of community development initiatives.
- Build the capacity of children, families and community to collectively engage local leaders on identified development priorities.
Implementation of sponsorship operations
- Carry out child enrolment and sustain child enrolment requirement throughout the year as per agreed allocation per staff and the GSO Child Information Management Plan
- Obtain and ensure parent/guardian consent forms are filled and filed appropriately for every child enrolled for sponsorship.
- Monitor child eligibility at least twice a year as per SCI sponsorship standard – Mid-Year Eligibility Check (MYEC) and Annual Family Updates (AFU).
- Regularly monitor and report child participation in the programme
- Support sponsor-child communications by ensuring timely and quality completion of assigned tasks such as child reply to replies, 30-day letters, proactive Annual Letters (PALs) sponsor marketing deliverables like; Blog posts, child guardian content, video assets and Annual status reports, among others.
- Mobilize and support child enrolled enrolment campaigns and Annual Family Update (AFU) within area of jurisdiction.
- Continuously carryout community awareness campaigns on Save the Children child sponsorship program approach and how individual child sponsorship works.
Position in Organization:
- Job Identification: 2835
- Job Category: Programme Operations
- Posting Date: 08/15/2023, 11:31 AM
- Apply Before: 08/24/2023, 05:29 AM
- Job Schedule: Full time
- Locations: AO – Wakiso
Qualification:
- At least a Degree in Development Studies, Social Sciences, Adult and Community Education or related field.
- At least 2 years working experience in managing child sponsorship operations and development with INGO or Local NGO.
- Proficiency in English & Luganda is required.
- Must have experience in riding a Honda 125 XL motorcycle with a valid ridding Class A Permit
- Thorough understanding of Save the Children working principles and approaches of Child Participation, Child Rights Programming, Partnership, Child Safeguarding, Zero Tolerance, Monitoring and Evaluation, Programme Integration etc.
- Demonstrable financial, planning and budget management skills a MUST. Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
- Demonstrated knowledge of international and local policies and frameworks relating to their thematic area is a must.
- Ability to intervene with crisis management or troubleshooting as necessary.
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching.
- Excellent time management and planning capacity.
- Excellent planning, coordination and reporting skills, with the ability to organize a substantial workload comprised of complex, diverse tasks and responsibilities.
- Computer literacy and excellent documentation skills are must.
- Availability and willingness to work extra hours during times of humanitarian responses.
How to Apply Save the Children Community Sponsorship Officer Jobs 2023
Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.
Then to apply, go to https://hcri.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/2835/
The Closing Date: August 24, 2023.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
| Particulars | Details Link |
| Job Advertisement | Download |
| Official Website | uganda.savethechildren.net |
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