3 Child Sponsorship and Protection Officer job at World Vision

Vacancy title:
3 Child Sponsorship and Protection Officer

Jobs at:
World Vision

Deadline of this Job:
Friday, October 10 2025

Duty Station:
Kigando AP, Bananywa AP & Bukooma AP | Uganda | Uganda

Summary
Date Posted: Friday, October 3 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

KEY RESULT AREAS:

Management of Sponsorship Performance and Quality Assurance per WVI partnership standards

• Manage all Sponsorship operations and reporting using sponsorship using Horizon.
• Ensure RC Monitoring Status (CMS) is maintained within partnership standards.
• Review all sponsorship correspondence for quality.
• Ensure quality Sponsorship Operation Indicators (SOIs) are implemented and maintained within the partnership standard of 85%.
• Update and track all correspondence through the Hope application.
• Scan and upload all digital correspondences into RMT.
• Ensure every RC records within Horizon and files are well updated, managed, and stored securely.
• Facilitate timely processing and Management of all correspondence, Christmas cards, Sponsor letters, Annual Progressive Report, introductory letters, Support Office Queries, Gift Notifications within the partnership standard of 95%.
• Mobilize and support RC families to adequately prepare for and manage sponsor visits.
• Ensure that Sponsorship 2.0 Media Contents (Photos and Videos) are delivered according to the Partnership requirements and standards.
• Facilitate Children, Volunteers, and stakeholders Sponsorship Basic Training and Sponsorship initiatives.
• Ensure 102% supply and Management of the planned number of Registered Children in line with the Support Office commitment.
• Hold monthly/quarterly meetings with the Community Volunteers Association, guardians/parents, and child protection committees to address findings from monitoring.
• Implementation of Field Level Sponsorship initiatives & Innovations.

 Sponsorship Planning, Implementation, and Reporting

• Develop Annual Sponsorship Operational Plans, integrating 100% RCs participation.
• Develop an integrated RC participation plan accommodating age appropriate IPF interventions.
• Facilitate implementation, monitoring, and reporting of Sponsorship Operational Plan (SOP) planned activities.
• Mobilize and facilitate periodical community engagements of stakeholders (RC guardians, RCs, and COVAs) focusing on child wellbeing.
• Facilitate Community Volunteers Associations and partners in the monitoring of SOP activities.
• Mobilize and facilitate active participation of children and their communities in planning, monitoring, and implementation of community development initiatives.
• Facilitate RC participation within the CDPC, update and report on every RC participation and benefit following the partnership standards.
• Support the collection, documentation, & Reporting of RC impact and success stories.
• Facilitate establishment of child development and participation

Community engagement and Child Sponsorship education

• Conduct community sensitizations, capacity building sessions on World Vision Sponsorship Model through Community Volunteer Associations, RC guardians, community leaders, and other established community groups and stakeholders.
• Lead and support the formation and training of the Registered Children committees in the respective CPDC   for their well-being.
• Support and facilitate the children's advisory committees to plan and hold meetings at all levels (School, village, parish, and sub-county) regularly.

• Conduct periodical community engagement and advocacy sessions with integrated programme officers on case management based on the Child Wellbeing issues and sponsorship in programming

• Mobilize communities to participate in planned annual children's care and protection events.
• Map out and build linkages, relations, collaborations and networks with partners and other stakeholders in implementation of Sponsorship operation and Protection plan at the Sub County an
• Capacitate CVA working teams to identify key community Child protection issues and follow-up on commitments by leaders on improvement of the wellbeing of children in an IPF.
• Mobilize and facilitate active participation of children and their communities in planning, monitoring, and implementation of community development initiatives.

Strengthening the Field Operating Model through Community Volunteer Associations.

• Support the formation, mentoring, and functionality of the Community Volunteers Associations for implementation & Monitoring of Sponsorship operations deliverables and planned activities.
• Building capacities of the Community Volunteers, adult RCs, and Children committees to manage Sponsorship operations and Media.
• Support COVAs to mobilize, empower, and monitor RC households to participate and benefit from the technical programs within the APs development.
• Facilitate and mentor Community Volunteer Associations to support SOP activity implementation and monitor the well-being of children’s wellbeing.

Community Led Care, Child Protection, Child Participation and Voice

• Lead and facilitate the establishment and functionality of Child Development and Participation Centers for RCs within established AP institutions like schools, Faith-Based institutions, learning centers, and Health centers.
• Support and facilitate periodical RC wellbeing engagements within the Child Development and Participation Centers, based on planned age-appropriate IPF/SFP activities, including annual events like DAC.
• Manage and follow up on case management and report any incidents in line with child and adult safeguarding policy and guidelines.
• Conduct periodic community sensitization on Child Protection, children’s rights, and responsibilities.
• Facilitate capacity building for community structures and/or partners per developed capacity building plans/strategies.
• Follow up and support trained community structures to ensure functionality.
• Develop and update the database of trained stakeholders/ community structures periodically.
• Ensure children are engaged in decision-making during IPF/SFP designs, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.
• Function as the focal person for child protection in the AP, ensuring reporting and compliance with child protection standards.
• Implement, monitor, and report on all planned core child protection activities within the IPF/SFP log frame interventions.
• Establish functional Child Participation and Protection structures i.e., Children Councils, CPCs, CPDCs, Children Parliament etc.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND EXPERIENCE

Required Education, training, license, registration, and/or Certification

• Minimum of a Bachelors’ Degree in Social work or any other relevant discipline.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in community work and engagement with Sponsorship agencies and or in the NGO sector.

Required Professional Experience

• Writing and reporting skills
• Ability to communicate in applicable local language(s)
• Passion for children.
• Track record demonstrating high integrity, reliability, and dependability.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Networking and influencing skills.
• Partnership and Collaboration Skills
• Child Protection skills
• Horizon application knowledge and skills.
• Fluency in the most commonly used local language in the Area Programme is an added advantage.
• Must be able to ride a motor cycle with a clean riders’ license, class A.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: bachelor degree

Job application procedure

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