ChildFund International
Director, Program and Sponsorship
Kampala
• Uganda
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ChildFund International
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Description
The Program and Sponsorship Director provides strategic leadership and oversight for the design, development, and implementation of high-quality programs that deliver measurable and lasting impact. This role is pivotal in driving ChildFund’s unified program approach and resource mobilization, ensuring program excellence, and fostering innovation to achieve ChildFund’s mission and goals.
Required Experience and Education
- Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s preferred.
- At least 10 years of demonstrated work experience in program management within INGOs or development organizations.
- Demonstrated management experience, including direct supervision of professional and support staff and evaluation of staff performance and deliverables.
- Good understanding of sponsorship operations and workflows, sponsorship programming, sponsorship policies and standards preferred.
- Experience leading innovation and adaptive programming preferred.
- Proven track record in business development and successful grant acquisition, execution and engagement (EU, USG, FCDO, UN agencies, Foundations, Corporates, Embassies) preferred.
- Experience developing strategic partnerships, including consortia, networks, and local partner capacity strengthening preferred.
Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership & Program Design (25%)
- Lead the design of innovative, evidence-based programs aligned with the organizational country strategic plan (CSP) and donor priorities.
- Ensure programs are responsive to community needs, culturally appropriate, and sustainable.
- Proactively lead in the identification of key partners and opportunities for collaboration (technical, operational and institutional) and promote strategic alliances that can improve the impact, coverage and sustainability of programs.
- Drive resource mobilization efforts by identifying funding opportunities and cultivating donor relationships.
- Lead proposal development processes, ensuring competitive, high-quality submissions.
- Represent the organization in donor meetings, partnerships, and external forums to enhance visibility and credibility.
- Provide oversight and guidance to Local Implementing Partners (LPs) and Country Office project managers to ensure timely, effective, and compliant delivery of projects/programs.
- Establish and monitor program quality standards, ensuring adherence to donor requirements and organizational policies.
- Promote adaptive management practices, ensuring programs remain relevant and impactful in dynamic contexts.
- Supervise and mentor program staff, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and accountability.
- Build staff capacity in program design, business development, and impact measurement.
- Promote cross-functional collaboration for knowledge sharing and to strengthen integration between program, operations, business development, and MEAL teams.
- Champion equity and inclusion within program teams.
- Remain alert and responsive to any child safeguarding risks, acquire relevant knowledge and skills which will enable you to promote strong safeguarding practices, understand the child safeguarding policy and procedures, and conduct yourself in a manner consistent with the Child Safeguarding Policy
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