Program Officer Job at SOS Children’s Villages

Program Officer Job at SOS Children’s Villages… See details on how to apply for the opportunities available at SOS Children’s Villages.

Descriptions;

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Facilitate and support the timely programme plans from the approved annual plans and budgets.
• Facilitate the formation and development of Community Task Force to spearhead the programme;
• Facilitate the identification of the beneficiaries of the program
• Support communities in the assessment of root causes leading to child abandonment at family and community levels through use of appropriate participatory tools.
• Conduct the capacity building to the beneficiaries of the program
• Facilitate families’ access to essential services required to fulfil their children’s developmental needs and rights such as education, nutrition, health care and vital registration.
• Facilitate Capacity building of families as well as the community.
• Facilitate the empowerment of community facilitators in Family Development Planning for their effective and efficient contribution in the strengthening of families.
• Facilitate and support the initial Community-Based Organisation capacity assessment in order to come up with the CBO Development Plan.
• Facilitate the developing of the CBO’s organizational management capacity, that is, formation of properly constituted boards & committees, writing CBO constitution, legal registration of CBO, developing the CBO vision statement, mission statement, strategy and values.
• Support the CBO capacity building of systems in Financial and accounting policies, procurement policies and procedures, resource mobilization strategies, human resource management policies, project reporting procedures and strategic plans.
• Prepare reports to be shared to different levels within and outside the organization

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCES:

• Bachelor degree in Social Work, Sociology;
• At least three years working experience preferably with NGO/ INGO in this field.
• Basic facilitation skills.
• Basic Knowledge of Gender, Child rights and Advocacy.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision.
• Fluent in English and Swahili.
• Computer literacy