29 January 2016

4 Project Director Job Opportunities - Compassion International



Organization: Compassion International


Duty Station: Budaka(1 Job), Kirika (2 Jobs) and Kwarikwar (1

Job), Uganda


About Compassion Project:


Agape

Pentecostal Fellowship Nabiswa, Deliverances Churches Budaka, Kirika and

Kwarikwar Baptist Church are Christ centered Evangelical churches committed to

fulfilling the great commission as mandated by our Lord Jesus Christ in Matthew

28:16-20. They are currently working in partnership with Compassion

International in the Ministry of Nurturing Poor Children, and releasing them

from poverty in Jesus name.


Job Summary: The Project Director will serve as the team leader

of the project staff. The incumbent will be expected to offer knowledge,

guidance and technical skills to children, project committee, parents, fellow

project workers and church leadership in areas of spiritual development,

project planning and budgeting, comprehensive healthcare, social and skills

development, and academic advancement. The Project Director will also ensure

that all programmatic, financial, health and sponsor service aspects of the

project are managed efficiently and effectively. S/he shall be an active

minister in the local church where s/he is posted.


Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

  • Oversees the day to day running of the

    activities of the project for effective implementation of the program.

  • Supports the Overseer in implementing the

    standards of the partnership agreement as the lead technical staff within

    the partnership.

  • Maintains books of accounts including

    cashbooks, voucher registers, posts entries to various accounts. This

    includes Compiling Project financial statements, including fund balance summary

    and expense summaries, reconciliation sheets for specific accounts, bank

    reconciliation and budget reports.

  • Prepares and sends reports to the church

    leadership and Compassion as a means to monitor and evaluate the program.

  • Uses his or her vast experience to challenge,

    motivate and encourage the church to think of other ways of mobilizing

    resources that can provide sound learning opportunities for children in

    all areas of child development in order to prevent creating a dependency

    syndrome.

  • Perform any other duties as assigned by the

    church Leadership and Compassion office.


Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

  • The ideal candidates for the Compassion

    International Project Director vacancies should at least hold a Degree in

    Development studies, Social Work, Education, Child development and

    Children’s Ministry, Business Studies, Social Sciences, Community

    Psychology and Theology.

  • Additional formal training in counseling and

    child development will be an added advantage.

  • Previous experience and current knowledge of

    HIV/AIDS intervention is desirable.

  • Skills in Project planning and management

    will be an added advantage.

  • Knowledge of Basic accounting is mandatory

  • The applicants must be mature born-again

    Christian with a sound testimony.

  • Excellent interpersonal skills, a team

    builder and willing to take initiative.

  • Good computer skills.

  • Customer service orientation.

  • Proven ability to apply and adapt established

    accounting procedures to a variety of accounting transactions, problems

    and situations.

  • Excellent written communication skills and

    strong verbal communication skills. Intermediate English ability is

    preferred.

  • Previous supervisory experience desired.

  • Proven ability to learn and is innovative

  • The applicants should all have a personal

    relationship with Jesus Christ and be a strong Christian witness who

    demonstrates a courteous, Christ-like attitude in dealing with people

    within and outside of the Church, and also faithfully upholds child

    ministry in prayer.

  • Ability to work with and influence others,

    serves as an advocate for children and their caregivers who live in

    poverty and are not able to speak out for themselves. This includes being

    informed about issues affecting children and influencing others to greater

    involvement on their behalf.


All

suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their handwritten

applications with complete Curriculum Vitae, certified copies of their academic

documents, a recommendation from your Local Church Pastor/Reverend with their

day time telephone contacts and postal addresses indicating indicate position

and church preferred addressed to;


The

Chairperson Overseer’s Forum,


Pallisa

Bukedea Child Ministry,


P.O.

Box 182 Pallisa. Uganda


N.B: The

applications should be hand delivered to Deliverance Church Budaka.


Deadline: 5th February 2016 by 5:00 pm.




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