Church Partnership Liaison at World Vision in Kampala

Job description

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith. Come join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories! Employee Contract Type: Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term) Job Description: Reports to : Faith and Development Manager. Location : Kampala, National Office The Church Partnerships Liaison is a key supportive role that plays a cross-cutting function in the Faith and Development and Sponsorship and Community Engagement program units. The incumbent serves as the primary point of contact for SO Church Teams and GC to help manage relationships, support new innovations, collaborate on content gathering, and strengthen existing activities with SO Church Teams. Its aimed at nurturing relationships with Churches, collaboration with Support Offices and the Global Center Church Engagement Team as well as NOs, as well as Chosen events coordination for an enhanced and unique transforming Chosen child sponsorship experience. The position will initially grant us the opportunity to test the Church Partnerships Liaison in FY24 in Uganda/EAR to support SO Church Engagement Teams. The role is expected to cause mutual transformation between church and AP communities through an enhanced Chosen experience and journey for SO Church Partnerships, as well as children, families and local church leaders in AP communities. The purpose of the role includes: 1. Serving as the primary point of contact for SO church teams to help manage Chosen Church Partnerships with Uganda. 2. Collaborating with GC and SOs to innovate new and strengthen existing content, engagements and experiences between SO churches and Uganda. 3. Contributing to WV Uganda’s strategy & objectives by strengthening Chosen and scaling Uganda’s local AP church collaboration to other Nos. 4. To support SOs’ partnerships with churches through Chosen. 5. Supports the spiritual Nurture of children (SNC) intervention across the F&D Programming ecosystem. 6. Supports the integration of F&D models into WVU Program frameworks. The incumbent will closely collaborate with: Support Offices partnering with WV Uganda for church partnerships: Australia, Taiwan, Korea, Canada, NZ, UK, Netherlands, and Japan GC’s Global Church Engagement team to trial and test new innovations Appropriate NO departments to ensure alignment and smooth execution (primarily the Senior Leadership Team, Sponsorship Team, F&D, AP Managers & Coordinators, Sector Directors/Managers, Marketing and Advocacy). East Africa Region to document and scale best practices, learnings and innovations. The F&D Manager particularly on execution of in-country church partnership, SNC and faith model integration mandates. Key Result Areas : 1. SO Church Engagement Teams Support : In liaison with PMs and APCs, prepare background Chosen envisioning trip briefs and Profiles, status reports, itinerary etc. Organize preparatory meetings and pre-Chosen Zoom calls with SO church partners and constantly liaise with SO Church Engagement Teams during trip setup. Prepare itineraries and liaise with Senior Sponsorship Manager, CE&OC, PMs, APCs, F&D and all other staff charged with ensuring the successful execution of chosen trips. In liaison with the PSA, work out logistics and accommodation details taking in mind safety and security protocols. Ensure that teams are briefed through the WV security and safeguarding protocols in a timely manner. Organize debrief meetings and reports (including pictures and videos) in a manner that enhances the Chosen sponsorship into a life transforming experience. Content Development . Support content gathering trip in Quarter by making the necessary background preparations, contacts with the necessary people and facilitating the data collection. Create monthly c