Fresher School Warden Job Opportunities – Watoto Child Care Ministries
Organization: Watoto Child Care Ministries
Duty Station: Watoto Children’s Village, Kampala, Uganda
About US:
Watoto Child Care Ministries is a ministry of Watoto Church that rescues vulnerable children and restores dignity to them by providing holistically for their physical, spiritual and emotional needs. Watoto has operations in Kampala, Wakiso, Mpigi and Gulu.
Job Summary: The School Warden will ensure proper management & welfare of the boarding students.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Administration.
- To receive all boarding students and confirm that each has the necessary requirements and, only authorized items are possessed.
- Proper allocation of students to the dormitories taking into account classes & age.
- Ensure that boarding standards operating procedures are established, communicated and, adhered to.
- To uphold discipline standards of all dormitory students according to the school discipline policy.
- Compiling monthly behavioral reports for each student and availing the same to the school administration.
- Develop and implement programs that would profitably develop the students during off school hours and weekends e.g. community work, sports etc.
- Develop and write monthly reports about the student boarding facilities and implement the recommendations from the report.
- Ascertain dormitory supplies & needs and make requisitions to administration.
Supervision
- Supervise students while at the boarding section at all times including maintaining adequate routines to ensure students’ safety.
- Ensures high standards of cleanliness and hygiene of the boarding students and facilities.
- Ensure security of dormitories by ensuring windows & doors are locked and security lights turned on and off.
- Work together with security to ensure the safety of the students and facilities.
- To ensure that the wellbeing & living environment is safe and healthy for the students.
Counseling and guidance
- Support and Promote Christian ethos of schools and its stated values
- Provide pastoral care and guidance to the students in the boarding facility by creating schedule for devotions and mentorship
- Maintaining a high standard of discipline that is in line with the discipline policy and organization values.
- Hold regular meetings and one-on-ones with the students.
Record keeping and stewardship.
- Keep proper records of students’ information e.g movements (gate passes), roll calls, occurrences, discipline records, etc
- Keep a database of all students in the dormitories.
Key Results:
- Behavioral reports compiled.
- Off-school schedule developed.
- Dormitories SOPs developed and implemented.
- Monthly reports submitted.
- Supplies & maintenance needs generated and submitted.
- Supervision Rota developed.
- Devotion and mentoring schedule.
- Records.
- A boarding students data base.
- Security & safety standards put in place.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the Watoto Child Care Ministries Watoto Children’s Village School Warden job opportunity should at least hold a diploma in any field.
- At least two years working experience in a similar field.
- Administration skills.
- Guidance and counselling skills
- Record keeping skills.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Good self-leadership skills.
- A professing, growing, Christian attached to a vibrant Church.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates within the Watoto Education Directorate can apply by clicking on the link below.
Deadline: 21st November 2019
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