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Program Officer job at Global Fund for Children | Apply Now
Are you looking for Management jobs in Uganda 2024 today? then you might be interested in Program Officer job at Global Fund for Children
About the Organisation
Global Fund for Children (GFC) works to build a world where all children and youth are safe, strong, and valued. We partner with innovative, locally-led organisations, helping them deepen their impact and mobilize their capacity for social change. By pairing flexible funding with targeted capacity development support, we help our partners grow stronger and more responsive to challenges on the ground.
Since 1997, we have invested more than $44 million in over 700 organisations. Our work advances the rights of children and youth across four focus areas: education, gender equity, youth empowerment, and freedom from violence and exploitation.
We value courage, excellence, learning, partnership, and inclusion, as well as kindness and passion. Our partners’ visions for change inspire all we do. Feedback and learning drive us to do better, and we strive to be youth-centered.
Africa
Full Time
Job Title
Program Officer job at Global Fund for Children
Global Fund for Children
Job Description
We are looking for a Program Officer to help drive change by and for children and youth in the Africa. The Program Officer will support our 3-year 'Thriving through Play' initiative, which promotes children’s mental health and well-being through play-based interventions in refugee and host communities in Kenya and Uganda.
The Program Officer will play a pivotal role in advancing the initiative through a wide range of activities from selection of partners to building direct relationships with them; serving as a mentor, cheerleading and being an internal advocate; and helping connect them to resources to strengthen their capacity.
In addition to supporting partners, you will immerse yourself in thriving through play landscapes, making connections and sharing resources and opportunities to strengthen our partners and civil society’s engagement in positive change. You will also coordinate closely with GFC’s team, complementary initiatives and partner cohorts, particularly in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
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How to Apply
If this sounds like you, we want to hear from you. You can read more about working at GFC here: https://globalfundforchildren.org/careers/ Instead of a traditional cover letter, please use our online application at https://global-fund-forchildren.breezy.hr/p/50a3d71a35b5 to 1) upload your Resume or CV and 2) answer the following questions:
• What is it about this role that makes it a good fit for you?
• What's one of the most valuable lessons you've learned in your career? How would you apply it in this role?
• Which one of GFC’s organizational values do you identify with the most and why?
The deadline for applications is Tuesday, December 31st at midnight UTC.
