Chief Program Office
2025-06-12T18:02:34+00:00
SOS Children’s Villages
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Kampala
Kampala
00256
Uganda
Nonprofit, and NGO
Management
2025-07-18T17:00:00+00:00
Uganda
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Main duties and responsibilities including key accountabilities: Increasing Federation Impact from “Ideas to Scaleâ€
• Responsibility for enabling the Federation to increase its global impact through Members and Children’s Villages Internationalrun Operations taking up and scaling innovative programming, use of research, learning and application of high-quality program policy.
• At the request of Members, facilitate and co-ordinate strategic international programs/ multi country programming including advocacy programming, that groups of independent Member Associations and Children’s Village International’ Run countries request and opt in to deliver. Sustainable Income Development Support
• Lead and drive sustainable income development in the organization, Supporting Member Associations to raise sustainable income through support to Grant/ Institutional income development, delivery of multi member systems & processes such as those enabling Child Sponsorship, digital fundraising, and CRM systems support. Member Support Services
• Responsible for provision of “on-demand†support and digital services to Member Associations. This includes capacity & capability building to risk and growth Members in program and operations areas. Provision of other on demand support services to Promoting and Supporting Members (“PSAsâ€), Sustainable Members, and Risk & Growth Members.
• Include contracting staff and maintaining a contract structure ensuring the stable and sustainable funding of Member focused support projects via PSAs.
• Overall maintain Member focused support structures to Members to achieve and maintain self-sufficient Member maturity status. Children’s Villages International Run Country Operations & Transition Countries:
• Overall responsibility for ensuring that Children’s Villages International-Run Operations are run for maximum program impact, quality and are compliant with policies and standards. Program funding for Children’s Villages International-Run Operations is not part of Children’s Villages International’s budget responsibility. It is the responsibility of the Children’s Villages International-Run Operation in close alignment with the respective location PSAs, who financially support those Children’s Villages International-Run Operations to ensure the respective budgets are available and are disposed accordingly.
• IDS has the overall responsibility for ensuring that selected Children’s Villages International managed countries transition to independent Member Associations. Humanitarian Action
• Responsibility for development of the Federation’s Humanitarian Strategy and supporting Members and Children’s Villages International- Run Operations to implement in their country (e.g., advice, capability building, development of policy).
• Responsible for coordination of Humanitarian response to rapid onset emergencies and for leading those which necessitate the use of international capacities. • Lead and strengthen overall Member and Children’s Villages International-Run Operations capacity to respond to global emergency situations. Finance • Joint responsibility as Executive Board member for the financial results and global finance processes in the federation.
• Joint responsibility with the CEO for the total overall budget of the IDS and FSC, including funding of additional global projects. Individual primary responsibility for the IDS budget. People and Culture
• SOS Children’s Villages is committed to creating and maintaining a safe working environment for our staff, the children and young people and the communities that they work for. The organization prohibits harassment, exploitation and abuses by or of any employee, supervisor, manager, child, young people, community, contractor, applicant, or other individual with whom SOS Children’s Villages employees come into contact by virtue of their work. All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our prevention and protection against Sexual Harassment, Exploitation and Abuse policy.
• Promote organizational culture across the federation to support the achievement of the mission.
Responsibility for enabling the Federation to increase its global impact through Members and Children’s Villages Internationalrun Operations taking up and scaling innovative programming, use of research, learning and application of high-quality program policy. • At the request of Members, facilitate and co-ordinate strategic international programs/ multi country programming including advocacy programming, that groups of independent Member Associations and Children’s Village International’ Run countries request and opt in to deliver. Sustainable Income Development Support • Lead and drive sustainable income development in the organization, Supporting Member Associations to raise sustainable income through support to Grant/ Institutional income development, delivery of multi member systems & processes such as those enabling Child Sponsorship, digital fundraising, and CRM systems support. Member Support Services • Responsible for provision of “on-demand†support and digital services to Member Associations. This includes capacity & capability building to risk and growth Members in program and operations areas. Provision of other on demand support services to Promoting and Supporting Members (“PSAsâ€), Sustainable Members, and Risk & Growth Members. • Include contracting staff and maintaining a contract structure ensuring the stable and sustainable funding of Member focused support projects via PSAs. • Overall maintain Member focused support structures to Members to achieve and maintain self-sufficient Member maturity status. Children’s Villages International Run Country Operations & Transition Countries: • Overall responsibility for ensuring that Children’s Villages International-Run Operations are run for maximum program impact, quality and are compliant with policies and standards. Program funding for Children’s Villages International-Run Operations is not part of Children’s Villages International’s budget responsibility. It is the responsibility of the Children’s Villages International-Run Operation in close alignment with the respective location PSAs, who financially support those Children’s Villages International-Run Operations to ensure the respective budgets are available and are disposed accordingly. • IDS has the overall responsibility for ensuring that selected Children’s Villages International managed countries transition to independent Member Associations. Humanitarian Action • Responsibility for development of the Federation’s Humanitarian Strategy and supporting Members and Children’s Villages International- Run Operations to implement in their country (e.g., advice, capability building, development of policy). • Responsible for coordination of Humanitarian response to rapid onset emergencies and for leading those which necessitate the use of international capacities. • Lead and strengthen overall Member and Children’s Villages International-Run Operations capacity to respond to global emergency situations. Finance • Joint responsibility as Executive Board member for the financial results and global finance processes in the federation. • Joint responsibility with the CEO for the total overall budget of the IDS and FSC, including funding of additional global projects. Individual primary responsibility for the IDS budget. People and Culture • SOS Children’s Villages is committed to creating and maintaining a safe working environment for our staff, the children and young people and the communities that they work for. The organization prohibits harassment, exploitation and abuses by or of any employee, supervisor, manager, child, young people, community, contractor, applicant, or other individual with whom SOS Children’s Villages employees come into contact by virtue of their work. All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our prevention and protection against Sexual Harassment, Exploitation and Abuse policy. • Promote organizational culture across the federation to support the achievement of the mission.
Advanced academic degree • A minimum of 15 to 20 years progressive and relevant experience including working in a leadership position (at least 10 years at senior management level) in the international context Experience • A minimum of 15-20 years leadership experience in overseeing work in multiple geographic locations, in various functional areas or in the international development context • Multicultural work experience in a relevant leadership role • Experience in the non – profit environment is a distinct advantage including experience at the grass-root level Language Skills • Essential: English • Desirable: French, Spanish or Arabic (SOS Children’s Villages International languages)
JOB-684b163ab7709
Vacancy title:
Chief Program Office
Jobs at:
SOS Children’s Villages
Deadline of this Job:
Friday, July 18 2025
Duty Station:
Kampala | Kampala | Uganda
Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, June 12 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
JOB DETAILS:
Main duties and responsibilities including key accountabilities: Increasing Federation Impact from “Ideas to Scaleâ€
• Responsibility for enabling the Federation to increase its global impact through Members and Children’s Villages Internationalrun Operations taking up and scaling innovative programming, use of research, learning and application of high-quality program policy.
• At the request of Members, facilitate and co-ordinate strategic international programs/ multi country programming including advocacy programming, that groups of independent Member Associations and Children’s Village International’ Run countries request and opt in to deliver. Sustainable Income Development Support
• Lead and drive sustainable income development in the organization, Supporting Member Associations to raise sustainable income through support to Grant/ Institutional income development, delivery of multi member systems & processes such as those enabling Child Sponsorship, digital fundraising, and CRM systems support. Member Support Services
• Responsible for provision of “on-demand†support and digital services to Member Associations. This includes capacity & capability building to risk and growth Members in program and operations areas. Provision of other on demand support services to Promoting and Supporting Members (“PSAsâ€), Sustainable Members, and Risk & Growth Members.
• Include contracting staff and maintaining a contract structure ensuring the stable and sustainable funding of Member focused support projects via PSAs.
• Overall maintain Member focused support structures to Members to achieve and maintain self-sufficient Member maturity status. Children’s Villages International Run Country Operations & Transition Countries:
• Overall responsibility for ensuring that Children’s Villages International-Run Operations are run for maximum program impact, quality and are compliant with policies and standards. Program funding for Children’s Villages International-Run Operations is not part of Children’s Villages International’s budget responsibility. It is the responsibility of the Children’s Villages International-Run Operation in close alignment with the respective location PSAs, who financially support those Children’s Villages International-Run Operations to ensure the respective budgets are available and are disposed accordingly.
• IDS has the overall responsibility for ensuring that selected Children’s Villages International managed countries transition to independent Member Associations. Humanitarian Action
• Responsibility for development of the Federation’s Humanitarian Strategy and supporting Members and Children’s Villages International- Run Operations to implement in their country (e.g., advice, capability building, development of policy).
• Responsible for coordination of Humanitarian response to rapid onset emergencies and for leading those which necessitate the use of international capacities. • Lead and strengthen overall Member and Children’s Villages International-Run Operations capacity to respond to global emergency situations. Finance • Joint responsibility as Executive Board member for the financial results and global finance processes in the federation.
• Joint responsibility with the CEO for the total overall budget of the IDS and FSC, including funding of additional global projects. Individual primary responsibility for the IDS budget. People and Culture
• SOS Children’s Villages is committed to creating and maintaining a safe working environment for our staff, the children and young people and the communities that they work for. The organization prohibits harassment, exploitation and abuses by or of any employee, supervisor, manager, child, young people, community, contractor, applicant, or other individual with whom SOS Children’s Villages employees come into contact by virtue of their work. All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our prevention and protection against Sexual Harassment, Exploitation and Abuse policy.
• Promote organizational culture across the federation to support the achievement of the mission.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 264
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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