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Project Officer, ECD Job at ZOA Uganda
ZOA Uganda
Job Description
The Early Childhood Development (ECD) Project Officer at ZOA Uganda will lead the implementation of high-impact, cost-effective, and sustainable community-child-centred ECD programs in Madi Okollo. The role involves planning, implementing, and monitoring ECD interventions while integrating child sponsorship processes and strengthening community systems. The starting salary for this national position is 2,000,000 UGX gross per month.
Duties, Roles and Responsibilities
- Conduct ECD needs identification to prioritize key ECD intervention areas as informed by community needs, government priorities and organizational strategic priorities
- Mobilize and sensitize communities to strengthen their participation and ownership of ECD project results
- Organize community into structures to oversee ECD project implementation
- Hold regular community meetings to inform on progress of ECD project design and priorities
- Develop and coordinate multi-annual, annual, and quarterly plans for ECD programme implementation and community engagement, ensuring balanced ECD activities and achievement of targets.
- Plan and implement age-appropriate ECD interventions aligned with project objectives and national frameworks.
- Support the establishment and strengthening of ECD centres and oversee implementation in line with approved plans, budgets, and targets.
- Train and mentor caregivers, parents, and community volunteers on early stimulation, nutrition, child protection, and positive parenting.
- Promote inclusive and equitable participation, with a focus on children with disabilities.
- Strengthen community engagement, ownership, and collaboration through regular meetings with stakeholders, community structures, and thematic experts.
- Ensure effective supervision of community structures to maximize impact for ECD beneficiaries.
- Promote accountable use of ECD resources by maintaining strong financial, risk management, and compliance practices.
- Support field-level ECD budget tracking, cost control, procurement processes, logistics, and proper management of ECD project resources and assets.
- Coordinate child registration, profiling, and enrollment into the sponsorship program.
- Ensure accurate, secure, and timely management of child data, including updates, transitions, and exits.
- Facilitate sponsor–child communication, including letters, updates, and special correspondence.
- Monitor and track child well-being and development in line with Help a Child sponsorship standards.
- Work closely with families and community structures to ensure holistic support for sponsored children.
- Ensure quality, authenticity, and timeliness of all sponsorship communications and documentation.
- Promote child dignity, participation, and protection in all sponsorship-related processes.
- Mobilize and collaborate with community groups, churches, CBOs, and local leaders to support ECD program implementation.
- Strengthen community participation, ownership, and accountability for child-focused interventions.
- Build capacity of local community structures (parent groups, caregiver groups, child protection committees) through training and mentoring.
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