Organisation: World
Vision International
Duty
Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Reports to: Technical Services Director
World Vision International is a Christian Relief, Development and
Advocacy Non-Government Organization dedicated to working with children,
families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. We currently work
in over 41 districts in Uganda. World Vision is committed to the protection of
children and we will not employ people whose background is not suitable for
working with children. All employment is conditioned upon the successful
completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record
checks where possible. “Our Vision for every child, Life in all its fullness.
Our prayer for every Heart, the will to make it so.”
Job Summary: The Faith
and Development Manager will provide leadership and technical support to WVUs
ministry in bringing holistically transformation through integrating faith perspective
in programming:
- Contribute
in measurable ways to WVUs goal of achieving positive social change
leading to a more equal and just society for Ugandas children that is
consistent with our Vision, Core Values and Policies - Creating
opportunities for open and dynamic dialogue leading to greater mutual
understanding among staff with different ethnic and Christian traditions - Facilitate
and collaborate on peace building and conflict resolution activities - Develop
and integrate initiatives that nurture spiritual formation of World Vision
staff - Develop
partnerships with faith based organisations and liaise with leaders of
different faiths in Uganda to get involved in social change/development
issues.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Staff Spiritual Formation:
- Ensure
WV Christian foundations, identity & witness is reinforced through
staff character by; - Participation
in the recruitment and orientation of staff, to ensure staff whose values
align with WV identity are selected and that new staff have a clear
understanding of WV Christian identity, witness and foundations and the
implication to staff and professional/personal engagements - Significantly
contribute to Christian ethos in WVU by designing and championing
strategies and programmes for transformational bible study, prayer,
spiritual guidance and retreats and other spiritual nurture activities
that equip staff to witness in deed and word. - Working
closely with P&C to develop and implement programs that build the
capacity of Senior Leadership and Management teams to practice spiritual
disciplines, servant leadership, integrate their faith and work and to
empower the staff under them to do the same. - In
partnership with P&C facilitate the development of Christ-Centered
leadership for managers to help shape Leadership style that demonstrates
Christian witness in & outside of work - Develop
programs that build the capacity of CC Point Persons and other WVU staff
involved in leading chapel and devotion groups for effective
implementation of staff spiritual formation and its documentation - Develop
and implement guidelines for Chapel in consultation with chapel committee
to ensure that chapel business demonstrates spiritual maturity, promote
spiritual growth of staff and denominational inclusiveness
2. Partnerships with Churches
and Para-church institutions
- Provide
guidance to WVU staff and partners on WV policies and approaches to church
engagement for mutual understanding and relevant engagement - Engage
and build positive relations with the church, para-church organizations
and institutions, supporters, donors and partners to improve their
understanding and appreciation of opportunities for engagement with World
Vision for Child well being - Foster
engagement with the church for holistic ministry including leadership development,
spiritual nurture of children, advocacy, conflict management and economic
development - In
collaboration with church umbrella bodies, strengthen the capacity of the
church to address intra-church and interfaith issues that may hinder their
participation in child wellbeing - Ensure
high profile representation of WVU in National and International strategic
FBO initiatives - Ensure
that WVU programmes and staff engage with the local church for both
spiritual development and addressing development concerns at ADP level. - Develop
mechanisms that document key learnings and promising practices from Church
partnerships
3. Interfaith Engagement:
- Ensure
the training of WVU management and staff on interfaith engagement for
appropriate decision making and program implementation in different
context - Establish
Interfaith dialogues on topical issues relevant to WVUs work - Engage
Interfaith groups on Channels of Hope models
4. Spiritual Nurture of
Children (SNC)
- Ensure
implementation of SNC is in compliance with the Contextualized Spiritual
Nurture of Children policy and guidelines - Ensure
that WVU programming integrates SNC - Actively
facilitate the formation of partnerships with church and para-church
organizations for the implementation of SNC
5. Faith and Development integration
in technical programmes
- Offer
technical support in the integration of Channels of Hope models ,
Celebrating Families etc) in technical programmes - Work
with programmes and Resource Development teams to provide Leadership in
resource mobilization to ensure adequate funding for faith and development
activities
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
All candidates should hold
relevant qualifications to perform the aforementioned tasks.
NB: The
position is open to Only Ugandan Nationals.
All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply online by
visiting World Vision International’s e-recruitment jobs portal at the web link
below.
Please follow instructions on How to Create Account and Profile at
World Vision’s e-recruitment portal. Qualified female candidates are
particularly encouraged to apply.
Deadline: 27th July,
2015.
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