Church Partnership Liaison

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

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Job Description:

• Function as the primary point of contact for SO church teams partnering with Chosen.
• Serve as the primary point of contact with GC’s Church Engagement team (James/Karina).
• Prepare regular briefs and feedback for SOs and GC Church Engagement including Monthly and Annual reports.

• Support the development and or sourcing/adoption of relevant age appropriate SNC material for effective result bound SNC.
• Support the training of staff and partners in various WV and other SNC models to build an effective and agile SNC resource base.
• Support the timely collection, analysis and reporting on SNC data on agreed performance indicators and ensure it is utilized for informed decisions.
• Support the direct mentorship and coaching of SNC ToTs /facilitators in various SNC models and approaches.
• Facilitate and support churches and faith leaders to deliver effective SNC interventions.
• Document and disseminate SNC stories of change and impact on World Vision platforms, partners and donors as a demonstration of evidence of work and what the Lord is doing.

• Support the roll out of Faith and development models particularly EWV, CF through staff and partner training and ensure their implementation with fidelity in line with their Design Implementation and Quality Assurance Standards (DIQA).
• Support the regular monitoring and reporting of progress on F&D Model performance including making variance analyses and recommending appropriate corrective action.
• Support learning and evidence building initiatives around F&D model integration and performance for improvement, cost effectiveness, scale up and adaptability.

• Conceptualize, commit to and present to internal teams and other NOs the Chosen functional dynamics.
•  Evidence to internal teams and across the Partnership the programmatic impact of Chosen for children and families and how Chosen is a catalyst for community transformation and engagement, and church partnership enhancement.
• Support WV Uganda’s current Chosen championing efforts & share learnings with the Global Centre, SO’s and NO’s.
• Position Uganda to inspire passion across the Partnership and influence strategy and decision-making for Chosen.

• Collaborate with F&D to maintain local church partnerships and enhance local Ugandan church partner efforts integration into Chosen in a way that is mutually beneficial to the local church, community, and advancing WV Uganda’s national strategy.
• Support WV Uganda’s efforts to coordinate tasks across a multi-functional team to support SO needs, namely; Senior Leadership Team, Sponsorship Team, F&D, AP Managers & Coordinators, Sector Directors/Managers, Marketing and Advocacy.
• Work with the GC to align the 1,000 Girls Campaign pilot with Uganda’s advocacy campaign and strengthen Chosen as an opportunity to empower girls.
• Lead deliberate efforts to prominently position and incorporate Chosen in the strategy refresh and redesign process and dynamically adapt it to the rapidly changing programming and contextual demands.

• A Bachelor’s Degree preferably in Divinity, Theology, Christian Ministry or Any Other Degree with additional Theological training from a recognized institution.
• Postgraduate qualification in Divinity or Theology or related field will be an added advantage. 
• At least 5 years’ experience working in International Development Organizations, Faith Umbrella Communities, Churches and Christian organizations.
• An interdenominational, non-partisan and mature Christian outlook is a MUST for this role.
• An impeccable above reproach Christian testimony.
• A practicing Clergy and/or person with ordained ministry experience.
• A highly collaborative, accommodative and outgoing people person with a calm and friendly demeanor.
• Must have proven analytical, problem solving skills and ability to work with minimum supervision.
• Must have a deep understanding of the functional dynamics of Uganda’s religious ecosystem.
• Must be conversant with the requisite approaches to working with children and particularly their spiritual nurture.
• Must be upbeat with program integration dynamics in a fast paced and fluid work environment.
•  Proven ability to cultivate and nurture long-term partnerships with churches and faith communities across denominational shades.
• Experience with working with multifaceted multi-ethnic teams and donor liaisons will be key.  
• An agile personality with Christian events management and child sponsorship experience will be an added advantage.
• Must be well respected in society for Christian values and professionalism
• Experience with virtual engagements and communication dynamics.
• A very prolific communicator and writer.
• Effective in written and verbal communication in English.
• Must have good interpersonal and communication skills and is willing to stoop low to the level of a child and work with child ministry and sponsorship teams.
• Must be well respected in society for Christian values and professionalism
• Good knowledge and commitment to WV’s ethos, philosophy of work, and CORE documents.
• A practicing Christian with an address and testimony.

Advert start: 20th October, 2026.

Advert end date: 27th October, 2026.

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