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Back ground

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 82 districts in Uganda implementing projects in health & nutrition, water, sanitation & hygiene (WASH), livelihoods & community resilience, education and child protection. World Vision (WV) is committed to the protection of children and adult beneficiaries from exploitation and abuse and will not employ people whose background is not suitable for working with the beneficiaries above. All employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record checks where possible.

Due to expansion in scope of our programmes, we are now seeking for qualified and passionate individuals willing to share in our vision and join our team in the position below.

Position: Project Officer 1 – Health – Aboke Area Programme

Report to: Child Sponsorship and Development Facilitator

Location: Oyam District

Purpose of the position:

To implement field level health technical programme activities and relevant sponsorship performance in line with targets and partnership standards in a manner that contributes to sustained and improved child wellbeing.

Key Outputs/Responsibilities.

Project planning, implementation and reporting

  • Participate in planning and budgeting, preparation of work plans, implementation of planned health activities and monitoring/ reporting of progress.
  • Facilitate and monitor the implementation of planned activities and community level engagements
  • Mobilize and facilitate the engagements of stakeholders during planning and development meetings, workshops and other fora
  • Routinely identify local level health partners, support and facilitate them in the implementation of planned activities
  • Facilitate stakeholders and partners in supervision and monitoring of programmatic activities
  • Communicate and work with local health facilities and Community Health Workers to improve health and nutrition issues identified in the communities on a monthly basis
  • Conduct Health camps to ensure good health and prevent Registered Children (RC) deaths.
  • Facilitate and document the integration of MVC in the Area program and integrate into the TP programming.
  • Support District wide selected activities outside of the Area program in the district of operation
  • Support the collection and documentation of impact and success stories.

Community engagement and advocacy

  • Innovatively support communities including Registered Children’s (RC) households to participate and benefit from the health program development
  • Mobilize and sensitize community (RC guardians, community leaders and other community members) on health programs and issues and facilitate participation in the management of various community health and nutrition projects
  • Build the capacity of children, families and community to collectively engage local leaders on identified issues.
  • Follow-up on commitments by local leaders on improvement of the health environment and general wellbeing of children.
  • Mobilize communities to participate in the relevant child health days and celebrations such as the world breast feeding week.
  • Participate/represent world Vision Uganda in the health sector review meetings both at facility and sub county level
  • Support implementation of National campaigns “It Takes a World” to address the health issues.
  • Compile issue reports and position papers for sharing with relevant stakeholders at sub county and district level.
  • Engage Faith leaders in implementation of health activities and track cases addressed

Monitoring and evaluation

  • Analyze and follow up management of RCs with health challenges
  • Compile monitoring reports for management action and participate in updating of the databases of the different health models
  • Work with CSDF to identify, train monitors and partners on health related matters.
  • Support the health facility teams to review and analyze their data for impact and relevant feedback to the community teams
  • Conduct quarterly reflection meetings with Community Health workers and follow-up on agreed actions.
  • Build the capacity of Community Health workers to implement and report on activities implemented

Child Protection and Wellbeing

  • Monitor the wellbeing and child abuse cases and report any incidents in line with child protection policy and guidelines.
  • Sensitize children including RCs, guardians/parents and other stakeholders about children’s rights and responsibilities

Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience

  • Minimum of a diploma in nursing, nutrition, clinical medicine, public health, community health and related fields.
  • Minimum of 3 years’ experience in community health and engagement with programming sectors (health and WASH)
  • Computer literate (Ms Word, Excel And Power point)
  • Analytical and problem solving skills
  • Community Mobilization and engagement skills
  • Report writing skills
  • Networking and influencing skills
  • Ability to communicate in applicable local language(s)
  • Ability to ride a motorcycle is a MUST
  • Willing to stay in rural setting within Sub County of operation
  • Must be a committed Christian, able to stand above denominational diversities.
  • Willing to attend and participate/lead in daily devotions and weekly Chapel services.
  • Perform other duties as required

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World Vision International is an Evangelical Christian humanitarian aid, development, and advocacy organization.

It was founded in 1950 by Robert Pierce as a service organization to meet the emergency needs of missionaries. In 1975 development work was added to World Vision's objectives.

It is active in more than 90 countries with a total revenue including grants, product and foreign donations of $2.79 billion (2011).

The World Vision Partnership is a global community of people passionately committed to improving the lives and futures of the world’s most vulnerable children.

We are one the world’s largest child focused development organisations, with over 45,000 staff in almost 100 countries, serving 100 million people annually. We work on every level to achieve our goal of child well-being – from international activism to checking in on children face-to-face.

Our people are our greatest asset. Each staff has unique experience and skills - and it’s our job to provide them with the training and opportunities they need to make their greatest contribution to our work worldwide.

According to our latest staff survey, over 80% of staff who responded are excited about the future, ready to put in extra effort, proud to work for World Vision and ready to recommend us to others as a great employer.

We offer a wide range of rewarding career opportunities, from tackling humanitarian emergencies, working in development and advocacy, to performing vital support roles such as finance, IT, marketing and human resources.

World Vision has the privilege to partner with communities in 25 countries in Africa: Angola, Burundi, Chad, Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

World Vision aims to achieve the sustained well-being of children within families and communities, especially the most vulnerable by ensuring that children:

  • Enjoy good health
  • Are educated for life
  • Experience love of God and their neighbour
  • Are cared for, protected and participate
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Back ground

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 82 districts in Uganda implementing projects in health & nutrition, water, sanitation & hygiene (WASH), livelihoods & community resilience, education and child protection. World Vision (WV) is committed to the protection of children and adult beneficiaries from exploitation and abuse and will not employ people whose background is not suitable for working with the beneficiaries above. All employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record checks where possible.

Due to expansion in scope of our programmes, we are now seeking for qualified and passionate individuals willing to share in our vision and join our team in the position below.

Position: Project Officer 1 – Health - Aboke Area Programme

Report to: Child Sponsorship and Development Facilitator

Location: Oyam District

Purpose of the position:

To implement field level health technical programme activities and relevant sponsorship performance in line with targets and partnership standards in a manner that contributes to sustained and improved child wellbeing.

Key Outputs/Responsibilities.

Project planning, implementation and reporting

  • Participate in planning and budgeting, preparation of work plans, implementation of planned health activities and monitoring/ reporting of progress.
  • Facilitate and monitor the implementation of planned activities and community level engagements
  • Mobilize and facilitate the engagements of stakeholders during planning and development meetings, workshops and other fora
  • Routinely identify local level health partners, support and facilitate them in the implementation of planned activities
  • Facilitate stakeholders and partners in supervision and monitoring of programmatic activities
  • Communicate and work with local health facilities and Community Health Workers to improve health and nutrition issues identified in the communities on a monthly basis
  • Conduct Health camps to ensure good health and prevent Registered Children (RC) deaths.
  • Facilitate and document the integration of MVC in the Area program and integrate into the TP programming.
  • Support District wide selected activities outside of the Area program in the district of operation
  • Support the collection and documentation of impact and success stories.

Community engagement and advocacy

  • Innovatively support communities including Registered Children’s (RC) households to participate and benefit from the health program development
  • Mobilize and sensitize community (RC guardians, community leaders and other community members) on health programs and issues and facilitate participation in the management of various community health and nutrition projects
  • Build the capacity of children, families and community to collectively engage local leaders on identified issues.
  • Follow-up on commitments by local leaders on improvement of the health environment and general wellbeing of children.
  • Mobilize communities to participate in the relevant child health days and celebrations such as the world breast feeding week.
  • Participate/represent world Vision Uganda in the health sector review meetings both at facility and sub county level
  • Support implementation of National campaigns “It Takes a World” to address the health issues.
  • Compile issue reports and position papers for sharing with relevant stakeholders at sub county and district level.
  • Engage Faith leaders in implementation of health activities and track cases addressed

Monitoring and evaluation

  • Analyze and follow up management of RCs with health challenges
  • Compile monitoring reports for management action and participate in updating of the databases of the different health models
  • Work with CSDF to identify, train monitors and partners on health related matters.
  • Support the health facility teams to review and analyze their data for impact and relevant feedback to the community teams
  • Conduct quarterly reflection meetings with Community Health workers and follow-up on agreed actions.
  • Build the capacity of Community Health workers to implement and report on activities implemented

Child Protection and Wellbeing

  • Monitor the wellbeing and child abuse cases and report any incidents in line with child protection policy and guidelines.
  • Sensitize children including RCs, guardians/parents and other stakeholders about children’s rights and responsibilities

Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience

  • Minimum of a diploma in nursing, nutrition, clinical medicine, public health, community health and related fields.
  • Minimum of 3 years’ experience in community health and engagement with programming sectors (health and WASH)
  • Computer literate (Ms Word, Excel And Power point)
  • Analytical and problem solving skills
  • Community Mobilization and engagement skills
  • Report writing skills
  • Networking and influencing skills
  • Ability to communicate in applicable local language(s)
  • Ability to ride a motorcycle is a MUST
  • Willing to stay in rural setting within Sub County of operation
  • Must be a committed Christian, able to stand above denominational diversities.
  • Willing to attend and participate/lead in daily devotions and weekly Chapel services.
  • Perform other duties as required

2020-02-01

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