Jobs at World Vision Uganda- Advocacy Officer

Job Title:Child Protection & Advocacy Officer
World Vision Uganda is a Christian Relief, Development and Advocacy Non-Governmental Organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice in over 40 districts of Uganda.


Duration:

Job Description:

Reports to : Regional Advocacy Learning Centre Advisor & Global Centre (GC) Child Protection & Advocacy (CPA) Specialist

Key Result Areas

Staff, Community and Partners’ capacity development in CPA

• Support the staff and partners capacity in the documentation process, knowledge generation, sharing; and reports development for effective implementation of CPA in the respective Area Development Programmes (ADPs) as specified in the project document

• Contribute to organizational cultural change and sharing knowledge that is related to CPA.



Knowledge Management

• Design, implement and oversee systems, standards, protocols, processes and tools that will capture both the process, knowledge, practice, implications and learning from the CPA Project.

• Coordinate Documentation, Research and Analysis that will provide opportunities for shared learning, and evidence for policy influencing.

• Promote knowledge generation and sharing through capturing the best and promising organizational practices/ experiences and facilitate exchange of information internally and across the National Offices.

• Promote the sharing of experiences across different divisions/projects/ units and World Vision partnership on innovative approaches in knowledge sharing, including preparation of case studies, symposiums, workshops, conferences, informal working groups etc related to CPA and other local level advocacy approaches.

• Collect data periodically and input it into the CPA data base for utilization by staff and partners

• Develop monitor and evaluate the knowledge sharing program including external benchmarking on CPA

• Explore and establish relationships with external providers of information, tools, approaches and knowledge on Child Protection and Advocacy, for example academic and/or Research Institutions



Coordination of CPA Training Programmes:

• Coordinate CPA training workshops and capacity building support for the two NOs

• Coordinate the development and sharing of the necessary resource materials and modules to support CPA programming

• Coordinate and support documentation and sharing of lessons, processes and practice as well as defining promising standards for Child Protection and Advocacy through the Advocacy Learning Center

• Coordinate production of reports and other supporting resource materials for use by National Officess in the East Africa Region.



Partnership and Network Building

• Engage in strategic inter-agency collaboration, partnership and network building with government institutions and other CSOs that support the wellbeing of vulnerable children
Preferred Skills:
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• A Bachelors Degree in Social Sciences, Development Studies , Adult and Community Education and or relevant field

• 3 years relevant work experience

• Skills and experience in documentation and data collection

• Experience in administrative work

• Experience in developing Information Education Communication (IEC) Materials

• Experience in establishing effective partnerships within and outside the organization


How to apply:
Qualified candidates may submit their application, including a letter of interest, complete Curriculum Vitae, via email to wvujobs@wvi.org. Kindly indicate the post title in the subject line when applying by email.

For the attention of the People & Culture Manager

Deadline:Friday, 23 March 2012