About US:
SOS Children’s Villages Uganda is an indigenous non-government, social development organisation affiliated to SOS Children’s Villages International, a worldwide child care organisation, currently running Children’s Villages and other projects in 135 countries around the world. SOS has been working in Uganda since 1991, and runs Children’s Villages and other projects at Kakiri, Entebbe (Abaita Ababiri), Gulu and in Fort Portal – Kabarole district.
Job Summary: The Programme Coordinator will coordinate and facilitate the running of the family strengthening programme in Kakiri.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Oversee the planning of the programme’s activities according to the needs and priorities of the local community in particular, those of orphans and vulnerable children and their families.
Carry out regular monitoring and review of activities aimed at ensuring that the programme continues to provide relevant and quality services that lead to self-reliance of families and the community
Work closely with the community development structures, other NGOs and government departments for effective service delivery to programme participants.
Facilitate the development, with full participation of the supported households to identify appropriate individual household IGA/business plan to meet the economic & nutritional needs of vulnerable households;
Conduct post IGA & FS training workshop evaluation, to state its results at outcome level.
Assess identified households for IGA & Family Strengthening support to determine their credit-worthiness, trainability, reliability and willingness to engage in IGA & Family Sstrengthening
Offer technical support to the Family Strengthening Programme Officers in the preparation of formative research designs and identifying responsive indicators.
Prepare and submit timely progress reports including success stories to the Programme Director or as requested by National office on programme interventions.
Develop fundable proposals to support orphans and vulnerable families within the communities.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
The ideal candidate for the Programme Coordinator vacancy should hold a University degree in community development related social sciences disciplines such as social work, sociology, development studies, economics, agriculture, rural development. Additional training in project planning and management, M& E systems will be an added advantage.
A minimum of three years’ experience in implementing community development or OVC support programmes.
Broad knowledge and understanding of child rights, child development, family and community development, rights based programming and management of CBOs.
Broad understanding and ability to apply community development participatory methodologies.
Good sociocultural awareness of working in vulnerable communities of Kakiri
Demonstrated expertise in sampling techniques, data collection and analysis with excellent computer skills.
Possession of a motor cycle riding license (as well as practical experience in riding is an added advantage.
Ability to speak and communicate fluently in a local language spoken in the location.
How to Apply:
All applicants, who meet the specified job requirements, should send their application letters enclosing detailed Curriculum Vitae, current salary information, copies of academic transcripts and certificates, including telephone contact and details of at least three references to the address below. Please send your application by email indicating in the subject tine the position title and use standard file types such as Microsoft Word (.doc) and Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) and send all documents in one file attachment for emails. (Attachments which do not follow this procedure will not be considered).
The Human Resource Coordinator,
SOS Children’s Villages Uganda,
25 km on Kampala-Entebbe Rd, Abaita Ababiri,
P.O. Box 27510, Kampala. Uganda
Deadline: 10th February, 2016