Job
description

Akola Project Mission:

To empower
marginalized women to transform the physical and spiritual livelihoods of their
families and communities.

Akola Project Vision:

A non-profit, social
business that empowers women by facilitating vocational training, employment
opportunities, savings and loans associations, education programs, support
groups an
d leadership development.

Position Description:

The Women’s
Empowerment, Ministry and Wellness Coordinator role is a full-time paid
position based in our Jinja, Uganda office. This position is responsible for
maintaining current empowerment and wellness programming; overseeing the
rollout of Akola’s new goal-based process empowerment initiative, including
goal-based educational programming; facilitating the development of wellness
policies as needed; assisting with Akola’s monitoring and evaluation efforts;
and providing research and recommendations for new empowerment and wellness
opportunities as they arise.

Responsibilities:

Leadership

• Lead
  Akola Project beneficiaries in a way that facilitates a high performance
  egalitarian culture of learning and development, trust and integrity
• Seek
  understanding with and unified leadership alongside the leadership team
• Provide
  Christian Leadership to the Akola women and to the community
• Provide
  a good example of good stewardship with time, resources and privilege for
  the staff, employees, and women’s groups
• Serve
  as an active advocate for Akola Project, promoting the vision, mission and
  goals of the organization amongst the community at all times to ensure the
  organization maintains a positive public standing

Women’s
Empowerment, Ministry and Wellness Programs

• Manage
  the recurring empowerment, ministry and wellness programs for the 22
  artisans at Ngobi House, including Monday praise & worship (modeled on
  Scripture Search), daily stretching break, Fun Friday team building games,
  bi-monthly studio forum, monthly birthday celebrations, employee/expert of
  the month celebrations, medical reimbursement program and wedding/burial
  contributions & sick visits
• Oversee
  and contribute to the provision and facilitation of Christian wellness
  services that include prayer, counseling, home visits and hospital visits
  to spiritually support women facing personal and family challenges
• Develop
  and facilitate additional workplace wellness programs as needed
• Develop
  monthly Village Fellowship curriculum incorporating Scripture Search and
  Appreciative Inquiry, and work with our Nabukosi Supervisor in
  facilitating Village Fellowship
• Manage
  ministry and wellness programs in Pajule (our site in Northern Uganda)
• Field
  incoming new program requests (research, generate proposal, execute)
  including but not limited to discipleship groups, counseling services, and
  church plants (including attending any potential services)
• Facilitate
  the development of wellness policies as needed, and work to ensure
  consistency in policy execution
• Meet
  with women’s groups regularly to maintain strong and healthy relationships
  within the communities the Akola Project serves and actively seek needs
  and opportunities for empowerment, ministry and wellness programming
• Research
  and provide information to the women’s groups about resources available
  for women living in Uganda
• Spiritually
  uplift and encourage staff members

Monitoring
and Evaluation

• Assist
  Empowerment and Educational Programs Manager in planning and executing 4
  annual M&E activities
• Input
  data into M&E database and sort to generate data comparisons and
  graphs
• Generate
  M&E data collection plans, perform data collection and submit reports
  upon request

Personal
Sustainable Development Goal Program

• Work
  with Empowerment and Educational Programs Manager to oversee the rollout
  of Akola’s new process empowerment program, in which Akola will provide
  the framework to support each member’s pursuit of her personal development
  goals with peer mentors who assist each woman to identify an annual goal
  and develop a strategy to reach her goal, track her progress, and celebrate
  her successes
• Assist
  with peer mentor training as needed, assist in overseeing all program
  activities and gatherings
• Identify,
  plan and run goal-based educational programs

Administration

• Create
  and organize written records of all programming
• Maintain
  Micro Wellness Handbook and update detailed standard operating procedures
  for the Women’s Empowerment, Ministry and Wellness Coordinator role as
  needed
• Oversee
  the Jinja HR Supervisor and sick visits
• Oversee
  the Akola health benefits program and contributions for weddings and
  burials
• Communicate
  regularly with Empowerment and Educational Programs Manager regarding
  planning, programs and women in need of additional support both verbally
  and through written reports
• Generate
  empowerment reports as requested
• Assist
  with other Akola Project programs as needed

Required Skills:

• Ability
  to manage, support and motivate a culturally diverse team towards common
  goals in the spirit of Jesus
• Skillful
  in building cross-cultural relationships
• Proven
  ability to think analytically and plan strategically, including setting
  objectives, monitoring and evaluating impact, and identifying and applying
  opportunities for learning and development with all team members

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s
  degree from four-year college or university in International Relations,
  International Development, or a related field
• Experience
  in cross-cultural Christian ministry
• Professional
  experience in statistics and Excel data management and manipulation a plus
  
• Experience
  working in a cross-cultural development context (ideally within an African
  nation) including management of people and resources desired
• Ministry
  or non-profit experience preferable
• Valid
  Drivers License

How
to apply

Applicants should
submit the following by email with subject line “Application: Women’s
Empowerment, Ministry and Wellness Coordinator” to Robyn
Naeher at robyn@akolaproject.org. Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as
possible. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.

• Resume/CV
  highlighting your education and work experience
• 1-2
  page cover letter that outlines (1) Why you are interested in the
  position, the mission/vision and Uganda specifically; (2) Relevant work
  experience for the position and why you believe you are the best candidate
  for the job. Be sure to cite specific personal characteristics and work
  experiences that you feel make you qualified to fulfill the required
  responsibilities; (3) The role your faith plays in your work.
• Name
  and contact information for at least one personal and one professional
  reference