ChildFund International Sponsorship Manager Jobs in Uganda

ChildFund International Sponsorship Manager Jobs in Uganda

Job Description

Vacancy title:
Sponsorship Manager

Type: Full Time , Industry: Non-profit and NGO , Category: Social Services

Jobs at:

ChildFund International

Deadline of this Job:
13th November 2019

Duty Station:
Within Uganda , Kampala , East Africa

Summary

Salary: Not Disclosed

Job Details:

For over seventy years, ChildFund International has provided support to deprived, excluded and vulnerable children to have the capacity to improve their lives and opportunities to become young adults, parents and leaders who bring lasting and positive change to their communities.

We promote societies whose individuals and institutions participate in valuing, protecting and advancing the worth and rights of children. Our core commitment is child-centered change that will ensure healthy and secure infants, educated and confident children, and youth who are skilled and engage meaningfully in the affairs and decision making processes within their communities.

ChildFund Uganda is working in over 30 districts to develop the capacities of local community based organizations to be able to mobilize resources and implement programs that improve the well-being of deprived, excluded and vulnerable children.

ChildFund Uganda seeks to recruit suitably qualified, self-driven and result-oriented candidate for the following position

Sponsorship Manager

Reporting Line: Programs and Sponsorship Director

Job Location: ChildFund Uganda Country Office

Job Summary

The Position provides strategic leadership, technical and administrative management, and supervisory oversight assuring the quality and accountability of the sponsorship work in the Country Office (CO).

S/he will be responsible for the efficient and effective sponsorship program through developing staff, organizational, and partner capacities, and by ensuring that sponsorship service and its programming standards are met by the Country Office .

Key Responsibilities:

Strategy Development and Management - Provides support and contributes to the dialogues in the national strategic planning, development, and implementation of sponsorship initiatives, actions, and functions assuring integration with program strategies.

Capacity Building; Assures improved capacities for staff and partners that manage sponsorship to guarantee that management guidelines, policies, procedures, and tool utilizations related to sponsorship and its programmatic components are achieved.

Technical Management Support - Responsible for the adherence to policies, and standards related to sponsorship compliance and standards.

Sponsorship administration and data management - Quality, timeliness and inflow/outlaw of correspondence is continuously attained by providing administrative support to the sponsorship team and partners.

Coordination and Engagement Mechanisms - Directly responsible for efficient and comprehensive action on inquiries and requests for information by other sponsorship

stakeholders in the global organization and wider ChildFund Alliance and most especially sponsors for achieving evident donor engagement.

Performance Measurement (Monitoring and Evaluation); Designs and supervises the development and utilization of monitoring, evaluation. Quality assurance tools and reporting procedures to effectively improve and sustain the quality of sponsorship and programming

Knowledge Management and Learning; Develop learning and knowledge products in the area of sponsorship that meet standards and enable organization-wide learning and sharing by documenting approaches, project and program designs and lessons, case studies and other knowledge products.

Human Resource Management; Ensures Sponsorship staff are effectively supervised, motivated and supported for achievement of sponsorship objectives, and plans.

Child Safeguarding; Remains alert and responsive to any child safeguarding risks, acquires relevant knowledge and skills which will enable you to promote strong safeguarding practices, understand the child safeguarding policy and procedures, and conduct yourself in a manner consistent with the Child Safeguarding Policy.

Educational Background, Skills and Experience

Bachelor's degree in community development, child development or general business management, Social Work, Social Sciences or equivalent relevant work experience.

5-7 years progressive work experience with children and youth in a child development organization or experience in operations and service management.

Good understanding of sponsorship operations and workflows, operations management, sponsorship programming, sponsorship policies and standards;

Proven supervisory skills and ability to work and communicate clearly both verbally and in writing with employees at all levels; demonstrated ability to lead through networks, build consensus with teams.

Strong problem-solving skills that enable problem identification and resolution required

Process management and business process improvement experience a plus

Experience with change management in a production environment and proven success at maintaining productivity and positive culture through change

Outstanding written and oral communication skills including English;

Strong computer proficiency in general office software applications (i.e. Word, Excel, Outlook)

Job Education Requirements: Bachelor's degree in community development

Job Experience Requirements: 5-7 years

Job Skills: Not Specified

Job application procedure

If you meet the above requirements and are interested, please submit detailed Curriculum Vita, academic and professional papers and names of 3 work related Referees with their Email/ daytime telephone contacts to:

The Country Director
Child Fund International
P.O. BOX 3342, KAMPALA Email: ugandahr@childfund.org
OR Hand delivers to ChildFund National Office located on Plot 71/72 Namirembe Road
P.O.Box 3341, Kampala

Note: While we appreciate every response to this advert, only short listed candidates will be contacted. ChildFund is an equal opportunity employer.
Application Deadline: 13th November, 2019.