Community Based Protection Officer – Sports Development US NGO Job Opportunities – ALIGHT
Job Title: Community Based Protection Officer – Sports Development (US NGO Job Opportunities)
Organisation: ALIGHT
Duty Station: Uganda
About US:
ALIGHT, formerly the American Refugee Committee (ARC), is an international non-profit, non-sectarian organization that has provided humanitarian assistance and training to millions of beneficiaries over the last 40 years. In 2011, Alight helped nearly 2.5 million people get essential services to regain their health and take back control of their lives. Alight works with its partners and constituencies to provide opportunities and expertise to communities of refugees and internally displaced persons in seven countries in Africa, Asia and Europe, including Iraq, Kosovo, and in the Darfur region of Sudan and is currently providing for emergency relief and recovery in Haiti. Alight provides shelter, clean water and sanitation, health care, skills training, microcredit education, protection to help survivors of war and natural disasters to rebuild their lives with dignity, health care, security and self-sufficiency.
Job Summary: Reporting to the Community Based Protection Manager, the Community Based Protection Officer -Sports Development will ensure quality sports for peace and protection outcomes by drawing from synergies with the larger community protection components and providing support to youth groups.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Project development, implementation and reporting:
- Under the supervision of the Community Based Protection Manager – Sports Development, contribute to drafting concept papers and proposal development.
- Lead the process of yearly/ quarterly and monthly plans for the project
- Make sure that all projects and activities adhere to the standards and or principles of the respective thematic areas as well as ALIGHT guidelines and accountability standards and national sporting guidelines.
- Facilitate community youth-led sports tournament and galas to create awareness on protection with specific emphasis on gender rights and the protection referral pathways
- Support and conduct sports events for (Persons with Disability – PWDs) and use them as avenues to promote inclusion of PWDs and other vulnerable groups
- Support and facilitate youth groups with sports material and logistical support to aid in tournaments
- With support from the Community Based Protection Manager-Sports Development, support and facilitate youth groups to participate in regional sports events.
- Support advocacy and awareness-raising by youth groups on thematic areas (peace, team building) through sports events.
- Facilitate community-led awareness sessions and media campaigns (radio talk shows, spot messages and road drives); integrated messages on thematic areas
- Facilitate friendly matches between the refugees’ teams and teams from the host community
- Capacity building of group leaders on thematic areas (leadership, AGD, mentorship, life skills, PSEA); roll-out to group members
- Identification and facilitation of iconic sports personnel and player scouts/teams across the region to enable them mobilize their peers for talent development, life skilling and participation in sports activities.
- Ensure a weekly monitoring of protection trend in the settlement and share reports with the supervisor.
- Contribute in preparation of monthly and weekly activity and spending plans.
- Contribute in drafting weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual and other reports.
- Spontaneously draft and share flash reports on major protection incidents and risks.
Coordination and representation:
- Build relationships with a range of key stakeholders, Local Government and other stakeholders including but not limited to the local leadership structures, Nakivale Football Association, Isingiro District Football Association among others on the sports for peace and protection thematic area at the field level in close liaison with the Community Based Protection Manager -Sports Development.
- Represent ALIGHT and participate actively in the local working groups and any other meeting as requested.
- Close co-ordination in project implementation with partners (UN agencies and national/international NGOs), including referrals, community services gap analysis, advocacy.
- Work closely with the other program components to maximize program output and impact.
Monitoring and Evaluation:
- Actively contribute to the daily quality implementation, monitoring and evaluation of projects and interventions.
- Identify, document and disseminate relevant project success, challenges and follow up on implementation of project’s action points
- Participate in project evaluations and assist in the analysis of results.
Additional tasks:
- On request perform any other additional duties assigned by the supervisors in order to allow the organization to function optimally.
- Uphold ’s code of conduct and principles on accountability.
- Adhere to ALIGHT’s code of conduct.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate must hold a university degree in Social Sciences, Development Studies, Adult and Community Education, Social Work and Social Administration, Community Psychology or any related field.
- Three years of experience in Community Services or community development interventions.
- Experience in participatory methods for community education and mobilization.
- Diplomacy and assertiveness; the ability to confront and discuss sensitive issues with respect.
- Must be fluent in written and spoken English.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates should apply online at the link below
Deadline: 10th June 2022
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