Several World Vision Social Work Vacancies – Community Development Facilitators (Area Development Programme)

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Organisation: World Vision
Uganda (WVU)
Duty Station: Uganda
Reports to:  Programme Manager
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 Facilitator (Area Development Programme) will guide and facilitate
programme development, monitoring and implementation in an Area Development
Programme (ADP) in line with programme plans of World Vision Uganda.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Guide ADP Programme Planning and Development:
  • Actively support and guide ADP scheduled
    assessments, evaluations, Transformation Development Indicator
    measurements and designs.
  • Actively facilitate development of the
    Area Development Programme (ADP) design document and Annual Operations
    Plan/ Detailed Implementation Plan.
  • Gather and analyze community perspectives,
    and prepare annual work plans and cash flows.
  • Write concept papers and proposals for
    non-sponsorship fundraising.
  • Monitoring of progress and achievements of
    programmes in the ADP.
  • Monitoring and track progress of programme
    implementation.
2. Implementation of ADP programmes and interventions in line with
approved designs and AOPs/ DIPs.
3. Mobilise and Organize communities to participate in and own programme
interventions:
  • Organize ADP level forum assess progress
    of implementation of planned activities.
  • Monitor progress of programme/project
    interventions against plans within the ADP.
  • Organize review, reflection and learning
    forums for ADP staff, community, local organizations and government.
  • Documentation and sharing of programme
    learnings.
4. Build ADP level partnerships, networks and coalitions with civil
society organizations and local government institutions:
  • Facilitate networking with government
    institutions and other development partners within the ADP in planning and
    implementation of development programmes.
  • Identify and nurture local partnerships
    with grassroots civil society organizations, Churches and sub county
    government.
  • Support the growth of strong grassroots
    movements on specific advocacy issues.
5. Management of Sponsorship Performance:
  • Actively support and facilitate
    sponsorship staff and sponsorship service operations in the ADP.
  • Monitor performance of sponsorship
    performance in line with child sponsorship standards
6. Child Protection:
  • Facilitate the operations and functioning
    of ADP child protection committee.
  • Ensure adherence and compliance to the ADP
    child protection policy, guidelines and protocols.
7. Proper and efficient management and use of ADP finance and assets:
Manage ADP financial and asset resources in line with policy guidelines.
8. Reporting: Produce timely and quality bi-annual and annual
reports.
  • Perform any other duties that may be
    assigned by Management.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
  • The Community Development Facilitator
    should ideally possess a University degree in Social Sciences, Development
    Studies, Education or any relevant field.
  • A minimum of three years’ experience
    facilitating community development with direct experience in any of the
    key sectors of WVU programming (Education, Health, Food security and Child
    protection)
  • Excellent writing and reporting skills
  • Good networking and influencing skills
  • Excellent track record of demonstrating
    high integrity, reliability and dependable
  • Possess the ability to work with minimal
    supervision.
  • All candidates must be mature and
    committed Christians, able to demonstrate an active involvement with their
    faith and also able to appreciate and 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: 7th March
2014
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