No Experience Child Development Officers (CDO) – Health Jobs – Compassion International
Job Title: Child Development Officers (CDO) – Health
Organization: Compassion International
Duty Station: Uganda
About Compassion Project:
Masindi Miracle Centre Churches are Christ centered Pentecostal churches committed to fulfilling the great commission as mandated by our Lord Jesus Christ in Matthew 28:16-20. This is done in a holistic approach of ministering love to the hurting world which includes also Child development ministry.
Job Summary: The Child Development Officers (CDO) – Health will support the demands of the holistic child development program for all its beneficiaries, and the provision of information needed by sponsors/donors. The Child Development Officers report to and are supervised by the Project Director. These are team members and must exhibit a high sense of integrity.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Serve as an advocate for children and caregivers.
- Take lead of the children’s and sponsor’s correspondence, communications and child updates.
- Ensure monitoring and tracking of child participation in the program.
- Initiates generation of the annual health work plan and coordinates its implementation with emphasis on prevention of diseases among the beneficiaries.
- Coordinates medical care and distribution of provisions to the identified beneficiaries such as children and caregivers.
- Ensures proper documentation and record keeping of all health-related issues for the beneficiaries with utmost confidentiality.
- Works closely with the local church in developing their childcare ministry.
- Responsible for the physical, cognitive and economic development of the sponsored children.
- Plans and coordinates health related trainings, information, education and communication (IEC).
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must be a mature born-again Christian with a sound testimony.
- The applicant must hold a Diploma in any of the following: nursing, primary healthcare, community health, clinical medicine, education/social work administration.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Experience and current knowledge of HIV/AIDS intervention will be an added advantage.
- Formal training in counselling and child development wd be an added advantage.
- Good computer skills.
- Customer service orientation.
- Working ability to apply and adapt to established accounting procedures to a variety of accounting transactions, problems and situations.
- Good written communication skills and strong verbal communication skills
- Should be prepared to work beyond normal working hours as need arises. May be required to travel to Compassion office for official duty from time to time as well as for training and staff retreat
- Age: 25-35 years
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should submit or hand deliver their hand written applications with Curriculum Vitae, certified copies of their academic documents, recommendation from their Pastors and church Leaders; at Masindi Miracle Church offices.
Applications should be addressed to;
The Senior Pastor, Masindi Miracle Centre Church,
- O. Box 82, Masindi, Uganda.
Email to: msdmiraclecentre@yahoo.com, msdmiraclecentre@yahoo.com
Deadline: 15th February 2019
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