Vacancy title:
Project Officer

Jobs at:
War Child Holland (WCH)

Deadline of this Job:
10th February 2017

Duty Station:
Uganda

Job details:
War Child Holland (WCH) is an international non-governmental organization investing in a peaceful future for children and young people affected by armed conflict. Since 2004, War Child Holland has been working in Uganda and currently operates in Acholi and Holland Lango.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
• Plan, organize, conduct and document creative life skills sessions for children, youth and caregivers in cooperation with facilitators according to the War Child Holland methodology.
• The incumbent will also coach, mentor and supervise the facilitators in order to achieve quality project goals arid objectives.
• Identifies beneficiaries, including referral, in close cooperation with Facilitators and Program Development Advisor.
• Prepares and spearheads the implementation of plans for project activities and ensures quality and timely reporting.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
• The applicants should hold Bachelor’s Degrees in Community Development, Social Work or any related field
• A minimum of three years of working experience with an IIMGQ in Psycho Social Support areas
• Significant experience with and/or strong understanding of Child Protection programs, Youth programs and/or Life Skills programs;
• Excellent social and communication skills for coaching and mentoring; and for liaising with external stakeholders; Good understanding of broader development themes such as Protection, Gender, SRH, livelihoods and child rights;
• Broad knowledge and understanding of the dynamics in context, politics and culture of The West Nile Region of Uganda and within the refugee settlements.
• Ability to speak and write English and be able to speak one of the local languages: (Kakwa, Arabic, Madi and Acholi)

Job application procedure
All suitably qualified and interested candidates are invited to E-mail their applications with the subject line “Project Officer” with an updated CV, a one-page motivational letter and three professional referees to kampala.office@warchild.nl.  Your application should not exceed 2MB and cannot be more than 5 pages.