Capacity Building and Organizational Development Specialist.

Job title:

Employment type: Full time.

Country: Uganda.

Min. years of experience:

5 years.

Minimum degree: Bachelors degree.

Closing date: February 8, 2013 - 5pm.
Capacity Building and Organizational Development Specialist - Save the Children.
Save the Children

Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organization for children and has program presence in over 120 countries in the world.

Save the Children envisions a Uganda in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation.

Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.

We strive to create impact for children by delivering our Programmes through partnerships, by being innovative, by acting as the voice for and of children, and by achieving results at scale.



Job Purpose:

Reporting to the Partnership Manager, the incumbent is responsible for planning, coordinating, facilitating, monitoring and documenting all Save the Children’s internal and external partnership-related capacity building and OD processes.

The Specialist may be called upon as and when necessary to support the emergency team in cases of humanitarian crisis.

Academic background, Experience & Person Specifications;

• Hold an academic degree in Social Sciences, Development Studies, Organizational Studies, Pedagogy or other relevant field.

• Have at least five (5) years of documented practical work experience with capacity building/OD processes; and demonstrate robust understanding of organizational dynamics and change processes.

• Have a good grasp of pedagogical principles and teaching methodologies.

Contact/How to apply:

Application information;

Application letters with detailed CV indicating 3 referees, two of whom should have been direct supervisors should be submitted to:

The Director of Human Resources & Administration

Save the Children

Plot 68/70, Kira Road

P.O. Box 12018

Kampala

Or on email: uganda.recruitment@savethechildren.org

Important to note:

• Testimonials/certificates should not be attached to applications that are submitted online.

• The closing date for receiving applications is 8th February 2013. Candidates are therefore encouraged to apply at the earliest opportunity.