Sponsorship Programme Facilitator (Livelihood and Resilience),Education)
Job Description
With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.
Come join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!
Key Responsibilities:
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES
Implementation and reporting of planned activities (20%)
Participate in planning and budgeting, preparation of work plans, implementation of planned 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 Seminars.
Identify local level partners, support and facilitate the partnership in the implementation of planned activities.
Facilitate stakeholders and partners in supervision and monitoring of programmatic activities.
Support the collection and documentation of impact and success stories on monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annually.
Facilitate spiritual nurture of children.
Foster partnership with local institution in RC monitoring.
Facilitate linkage between stakeholders and community on economic opportunities for the wellbeing of children.
Facilitate and monitor refresher training to teachers on learning roots, measuring of evidence of quality achieved (MEQA) in schools and input the data.
Mobilize communities and partners for school feeding program
Facilitate development of local value chain for targeted crops like cashewnuts
End Results
All Planned activities executed within the Financial year, as per the budget and output realised
Implementations monitored and data in place for report compilation, monthly, quarterly and annually
Community engagement and advocacy (25%)
Sensitize community empowerment through by organizing producer groups (PG) and formation and Monitoring of S4T groups
Innovatively support communities including RC households to participate and benefit from the programme development and make intentional inclusion of RC families in PG, S4T and other program economic activities
Sensitize community on sponsorship (RC parents/ guardians, community leaders and other community members) and facilitate participation in the sponsorship management project activities
Mobilize and facilitate active participation of children and their communities to participate in planning, monitoring and implementation and evaluation of community development initiatives.
Build the capacity of children, families and community to collectively engage local leaders on identified issues.
Follow-up on commitments by leaders on improvement of the wellbeing of children.
Mobilize communities to participate in annual children care and protection days – such as the Day of African child.
Facilitate implementation of selected models i.e. EWV, CP, Channel of Hope etc with fidelity.
Mobilize in-school and out-schools’ youths for vocational skills opportunities
Follow up and implementation of case management issues for children and their families e.g. Education, Health and nutrition.
Ensure availability of teaching and learning supplies and advocate for teaching ethics.
End Results
Presence of mobilized groups on S4T and PGs in operation sustainably
Local value chain development for selected produces is embraced and prioritized accordingly.
Children are enrolled for EC Education and ECD programs.
Teachers are equipped with relevance skills for teaching
Schools are equipped with reliable learning and teaching materials
Different community groups are integrated in the program with the intentional focus of most vulnerable groups especially RC.
Management of sponsorship performance (25%)
Support Monitoring of RC in line with partnership standards.
Support RCs to correspond with sponsors in a timely manner.
Support children to respond to sponsor correspondences- Sponsor letters and introductory letters.
Support management of Support Office Queries, Gift Notifications, mails, and file copies of correspondences in children’s files.
Mobilize and support RC families to adequately prepare for and manage sponsor visits.
Support implementation of chosen, bounce back and community GN activities
End Results
AP green SOI report, which symbolizes meeting standards in sponsorship businesses
Correspondences done in professional way meeting sponsors expectations.
Monitoring of Registered Children (10%)
Support development of integrated monitoring plan in assigned area with ADP stakeholder
Compile monitoring reports for management action.
Hold monthly / quarterly meetings with Child Monitors and guardians/parents and child protection committees to address findings from monitoring.
Identify, train volunteers/monitor, partners and train on sponsorship philosophy and partnership standard.
End Results
AP green SOI report, which symbolizes meeting standards in sponsorship businesses
Correspondences done in professional way meeting sponsors expectations.
Child Protection and Wellbeing (10%)
Monitor the wellbeing and child abuse cases and report any accordance in line with child protection policy and guidelines.
Work with local leaders to protection children from child violations and abuses on child protection.
Sensitization of children including all RC on child protection.
Sensitize children, guardians/parents and other stakeholders about children’s rights and responsibilities with a view to identify child violations.
Facilitate spiritual nurture of children.
End Results
Community where the AP operates with knowledge of child protection, and giving testimony of reduced child abuse.
Community and local leaders supportive in fighting child abuse.
Networking (10%)
Facilitate networking relationships and participation with wide stakeholders such as government, church, faith-based organization leaders and other key partners at local level such as NGOs, CBOs, IGA groups
Facilitate WVT integration for profitable agriculture, livestock production and enterprise development (high value agriculture crops).
Foster partnership with local institution in RC monitoring
Maintain, update data and information on education beneficiaries share to partners for various opportunities.
End Results
Local partnership is embraced at community level.
KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE
Required Professional Experience
Minimum Qualification required: Bachelor degree in Social Science (i.e. Sociology, community development), Bachelor of Education, Bachelor of Science in Animals Science and Production from accredited College/University.
Experience: 3 – 5 years in programming
Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification
Preferred: On top of education qualification candidates with vast experience in community mobilization in multi-disciples and sectors are highly preferred.
Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications
High integrity.
Partnering and engaging with stakeholders
Ability to work with minimal supervision.
Report writing skills
Networking and influencing skills.
Highly reliable and dependable.
Passion for children.
Skills in Programming.
Ability to maintain effective working relationships with all levels of staff and donors
Computer skills
Community Facilitation skills
Ability to ride Motorcycle and possession of valid motorcycle riding licence
Please Note: World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization with a mission centred on following Jesus Christ in service to the world´s most vulnerable children. Therefore, in all locations to the fullest extent legally permissible, the successful applicant will affirm our core documents, observe conduct compatible with Christian principles, serve at a high level of professional ethics and strive to act in accordance with cultural sensitivities. Furthermore, regular attendance with team and office devotions, chapel and prayer gatherings are expected in line with policies in the World Vision host location and its departments
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Local Applicants Only