Vacancy title:
Programme Officer Connections

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO, Category: Management]

Jobs at:
Share An Opportunity

Deadline of this Job:
Friday, August 8 2025

Duty Station:
Uganda | Kampala | Uganda

Summary
Date Posted: Friday, August 1 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Programme Officer, Connections
• Facilitate relationships and effective communication between the community and supporters in Australia so that the change realized is effectively communicated.
• Ensure that child partners are delivered in an effective manner (letters, photographs, etc).
• Timely response to child partner updates.
• To do info checks for the child partners and their households every quarter.
• To conduct quarterly review meetings of child partners to determine the progress of the programme intervention.
• Deliver accurate feedback and reports on the status of the Child partners and other children in the community.
• Identify and carry out a needs assessment for children living with disability.
• Facilitate children and Youths’ meaningful participation throughout the project cycle. To achieve the target of 1400 Child Partners active on the project.
• Monitoring and tracking progress of interventions in the community.
• Build the capacity of the community teams in the implementation of the child-related interventions to achieve SAO U targeted results.
• Review project performance progress reports and ensure compliance with the reporting guidelines, and ensure timely submission of reports from Projects to the Programme Coordinator.
• Participate in relevant partnership committees, meetings, and implement action points developed therein.

Other requirements/competencies:
• Well-managed Child Partner database.
• Periodic data collection and updates of child partners' information.
• Good communication between child partners and sponsors.
• Proper record management.
• Comprehensive monthly, quarterly, and annual reports on the operations at the project.
• Well-managed and vibrant contacts and working relationships with all stakeholders.

Qualifications & Experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Development studies, Social Sciences or equivalent in a development-related field.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience, preferably in an NGO setting in the sector of Sponsorship.
• Capacity to work with people from diverse cultural backgrounds as is the case in the northern region.
• Capacity to work efficiently within a multidisciplinary team.
• Strong ability to work independently.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Good computer skills.
• Ability to speak the local language (Kumum).

The job holder must be a hardworking, spiritually mature, focused, and trustworthy individual who upholds a high sense of integrity and accountability and commitment to the vision, mission, values, and aspirations of SAO U.

Ability to ride a motorcycle with a valid riding permit is a MUST. Females are strongly encouraged to apply. Fluency in the local language, Kumum is a requirement.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: bachelor degree

Job application procedure
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To apply, send your application, resume, copies of your academic documents, and a recommendation letter from either your pastor or reverend to the Human Resources & Administration Manager hand deliver it to the SAO offices on Kaberamaido and our head offices on Plot No. 1448, Kitala Zone, Kanyanya. The deadline for applications is 8 th August 2025 at 5 pm.

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