IRC Care Giver Volunteer Jobs 2023 – Uganda NGO Jobs

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IRC Care Giver Volunteer Jobs 2023 – Uganda NGO Jobs.

IRC Uganda looking for “Care Giver Volunteer”.

Applicants with a Certificate of A ‘level and O’ Level may apply on or before December 29, 2023.

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a global humanitarian aid, relief, and development nongovernmental organization. Founded in 1933 as the International Relief Association, at the request of Albert Einstein, and changing its name in 1942 after amalgamating with the similar Emergency Rescue Committee, the IRC provides emergency aid and long-term assistance to refugees and those displaced by war, persecution, or natural disaster.

The IRC has published a job vacancy announcement on December 23, 2023 for qualified Uganda’s to fill in the vacant post of Care Giver Volunteer to be based in Kyegegwa, Uganda.

IRC Job Vacancy 2023

Duties and Responsibilities:

Facilitate ECCD sessions monthly at ECCD Centres /Play sessions for children in the community.
Assist in supervising early learning/Play programme for children in the Community.
Encourage families and community to work collectively for effective Play, development and protection of every child, three to eight years.
Participate in regular monthly 5 days training, planning and reviews, 1-day monthly meetings and quarterly meetings.
Collect data for School attendance and compile a monthly report on ECD activities in the ECCD centres.
Coordinate and work hand in hand with school and key stakeholders in your community.
Raise awareness on the importance of Play and Early childhood development in the Community.
Maintain a file(s) of records/ statistics and events that take place in the school and Community under the Play-Matters project.
Develop any other education session materials available in the community that encourages learning through Play.
Take and maintain records of education sessions encouraging play.
Carry out home visits for mobilization of children to go to school.
Ensure safe and protective environments for children mostly for Play.
Organize and conduct teacher parent conferences, encouraging play.
Keep record and acknowledgement of receipt of item received from IRC.
Confidentiality: Ensuring the non-disclosure of any information whatsoever relating to the practices and business of IRC acquired in the course of duty, to any other person or organization without authority, except in the normal execution of duty.

Position in Organization:

Requisition ID: req47340
Job Title: Care Giver Volunteer
Sector: Education
Employment Category: Volunteer
Employment Type: Full-Time
Open to Expatriates: No
Location: Kyegegwa, Uganda

Qualification:

O’ or A’ Level Certificate, CCP (UNCIEF program) Certificate & Diploma in ECCD, one who has been teaching in the ECCD centers and retired teacher is added advantage.
Experience in teaching or records management is an added advantage. working experience in an ECCD Centre has upper hand.
Previous work with an NGO on similar programs is desirable.
Previous experience as a teacher or teaching assistant will be an added advantage.
Must be refugee or national living and registered in Kyaka II settlement.
Fluency in written and oral skills in English language.
Knowledge of refugee local languages (Kiswahili, Kinyarwanda Lingala etc.) an added advantage.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to effectively manage a variety of relationships in a multicultural, multi-agency environment.
The preferred candidate should be those who have completed education and are therefore not currently enrolled in any ongoing education programs.
Flexible work attitude: the ability to work in a team environment & independently and ability to meet unexpected demands.