With over 70 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 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Key Responsibilities:

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Activity

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, semiannual and annually.

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

Activity

Community engagement and advocacy (25%)

Sensitize community empowerment through TEAM approach by organizing commercial producer groups (CPG) and formation of commercial villages.
Mobilize and facilitate integration of Vision Fund Tanzania(VFT) and Resilience Project Models such as Market Led Agriculture, Local Value Chain Development (LVCD), Standardized Saving Groups (eg Village loan saving Association (VSLA) and other Economic development initiatives
Innovatively support communities including RC households to participate and benefit from the programme development and make intentional inclusion of RC families in CPG, VSLA, Village Community Bank (VICOBA) 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.

End Results

Presence of mobilized groups on S4t and CPGs in operation sustainably
More RC parents being member of the above groups,which symbolizes RC families participation.

Activity

Management of sponsorship performance (25%)

Monitoring of RC in line with partnership standards.
RC records and files well managed and stored securely.
Support RCs to correspond with sponsors in a timely manner.
Facilitate processing of all special mails; Christmas cards, Spontaneous letters, APR, introductory letters within partnership standard.
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.
Conduct and produce quality periodic mailings Annual Progress Report – (APR) and Christmas Cards.
Take quality pictures according to the required standards.
Mobilize and support RC families to adequately prepare for and manage sponsor visits.

End Results

AP green SOI report, which symbolizes meeting standards in sponsorship businesses
Correspondences done in professional way meeting sponsors expectations.

Activity

Monitoring of Registered Children (10%)

Support development of integrated monitoring plan in assigned area with ADP stakeholder
Analyze STEP management report and follow up critical RCs findings by using case management tool
Analyze Child well being (CWB) RC visits and Service Operation Indicator (SOI) reports from STEP and share them with ADP stakeholders
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.
Provide quality and accurate information on presence, support and benefit to enable entry in STEP database.

End Results

AP green SOI report, which symbolizes meeting standards in sponsorship businesses
Correspondences done in professional way meeting sponsors expectations.

Activity

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.

Activity

Networking (10%)

Facilitate WVT/VFT integration for profitable agriculture, livestock production and enterprise development (high value agriculture crops and livestock breeds).
Foster partnership with local institution in RC monitoring·
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

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

Required Professional Experience

Minimum Qualification required: Degree in Agriculture Sciences, Animal Science, Economic Development, Agric. Economics, Agronomy, Sociology, Community Development, Psychology & related field.
Experience: 1 - 2 years in programming

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification.

Preferred: Degree in Agriculture Sciences, Animal Science, Economic Development, Agric. Economics, Agronomy, & related field.

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 drive Motorcycle for long hours,and in possession of Motorcycle driving licence

Travel and/or Work Environment Requirement

Work environment: Few office work with frequent visits to the field
Travel: 02% Domestic travel is required and On call: 05%

Physical Requirements

Able to work under pressure, handle multi task.

Language Requirements

Fluency in Both English and Swahili