With over 70 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 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Back ground
World Vision Uganda (WVU) is a Christian relief, development and advocacy non-government organisation dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. We currently work in 43 districts and have 48 Area Programmes implementing projects in health & nutrition, water, sanitation & hygiene (WASH), livelihoods & resilience, education and child protection. World Vision (WV) is committed to the protection of children and adult beneficiaries from exploitation and abuse and will not employ people whose background is not suitable for working with these beneficiaries. All employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record checks where possible.
Due to expansion in scope of our programmes, we are now seeking for a qualified and passionate individual willing to share in our vision and join the team in the following role.
Position: Temporary Advocacy Support Assistant .
Report to: Associate Director Advocacy
Location: Kampala – National Office
Advert Start Date: 18th May 2022
Advert End Date: 26th May 2022

Purpose of the position:
To support World Vision Uganda Advocacy Unit with logistical and administrative services for external and internal engagements at national and local level. This role reports to the Associate Director Advocacy and directly supports the Advocacy Unit and Sector Technical Leads where necessary.

Key Outputs/Responsibilities.
Support with procurement of consultants and vendors for all advocacy related activities at national level including external engagement and /or events
• Manage invoices and follow up on payments of relevant service providers
Assist in organizing catering needs for internal and external meetings
Support external engagement meetings ensuring all the necessary logistics are in place including registration forms IEC materials and process transport refund where applicable
• Assist with delivery of invitations and track RSVPs including thank you notes for external engagements
• Ensure all advocacy related IEC materials ( Banners, Notebooks, T-shirts , publications etc.) are safely stored and availed whenever required by programme teams
• Ensure all advocacy reports, strategic and policy documents are properly filed for knowledge management
Support logistics for child participation in national level engagements
• Support in any other relevant duties assigned

Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience
• Must possess a University Degree in Business Administration, Management, Social Sciences, development studies and any other business discipline
• 2-3 years relevant experience in administration work serving in a highly demanding office environment.
• Must have advanced knowledge in computer applications in the MS office suite (Excel, Word, Teams etc)
• He/she should be keen on details and well organized individual.
• He /she should be able to manage a team of staff as well as cooperate with other unit
• Excellent communication skills in English, both oral and written
• Excellent team player.
• Should be knowledgeable , optimistic , determined and engaging

Applicant Types Accepted:
Local Applicants Only