Arlington Academy of Hope , Coordinator Jobs in Uganda

nda. The Volunteer Coordinator and Outreach Coordinator are 18 month
positions held by volunteers from the U.S. Room and Board, a small stipend,
local transport, and transportation to Uganda from the U.S. are provided.
Primary responsibilities of the Volunteer Coordinator are to coordinate
volunteers, support the primary school and library, coordinate child
sponsorships and assist with outreach and donor communications. The position
reports to Program Director, Head teacher (HT) for school activities, and to
the Executive Director (ED) for volunteer, sponsorships and donor-related
responsibilities. The Volunteer Coordinator also works in close concert and
partnership with the AAH Outreach Coordinator, who focuses on improving
educational quality at poot local schools and on community devt inc. women’s
microfinance and health activities.

• Meet
  with HT, Program Director, Outreach Coordinator and staff to identify
  volunteer needs and project ideas

• Work
  with ED to develop and implement volunteer recruitment strategy

• Respond
  to volunteer queries and determine projects for individual volunteers
  before they arrive in Uganda

• Lay
  groundwork for volunteer projects before they arrive (ex: informing school
  staff, getting contact information of key people, purchasing supplies)

• Pick
  up incoming volunteers, and arrange their transport to the village

• Orient
  volunteers, review code of conduct and report concerns with enforcement or
  violation of rules. Act as a cultural guide for incoming volunteers. Help
  ensure their comfort while in the village

• Work
  with volunteers to ensure they can accomplish their goals.

• Manage
  Guest Houses and its budget – maintain adequate supply of food, water, and
  other household supplies and organize repairs and construction at the
  Guest House as necessary

• Supervise
  housekeepers in charge of cooking, cleaning and laundry and ensure they
  have the funds necessary.

• Work
  with teachers and organize read aloud sessions in classrooms

• Help
  teachers in opening days to assist in the classroom management

• Assist
  the librarian and hold read aloud sessions in library

• Assist
  with the annual Reading Challenge and Reading Carnival

• Work
  with librarian to assess and report opportunities for literacy outreach to
  village adults/children utilizing library to the Outreach Coordinator

• Support
  Head Female teacher in coordinating girls’ mentoring activities

• Attend
  weekly planning meetings with Program Director, Headmaster, Outreach
  Coordinator, Bursar and Purchasing Officer as convened

• Assist
  HT with other activities as needed

• Review
  how the Program works, its importance to AAH and letter
  writing/distribution dates with Project Director, HT and teachers

• Coordinate
  with Child Sponsorship Chair in U.S. and oversee timely distribution and
  collection of letters from primary and secondary students

• Work
  with teachers to improve student letter writing skills and ensure letters
  are personalized and individualized properl

• Explore
  ways to make the program a fun, learning experience for students (i.e.
  integrate as a creative writing activity)

• Coordinate
  photos and profiles of all primary and secondary students and fulfill
  special request photos of students.

• Review
  and send student letters/photos/profiles to U.S.

• Rapidly
  inform U.S. of changes that impact sponsorships (i.e. student drop-outs,
  long absences, death in family or other tragedies.)

• Support
  the US Volunteer Coordinator as appropriate and when volunteers confirm
  interest in coming to AAH.

• Write
  and submit articles and photos (i.e. facebook, twitter, website, AAH blog,
  annual report, newsletter and monthly article for ATS newsletter) to
  donors/supporters

• Help
  keep the blog updated regularly with bi-weekly blog posts

• Evaluate
  and recommend ways to bring to life stories about AAH
  students/teachers/local people to supporters and demonstrate impact of AAH
  

• Coordinate
  student and teacher writings for use in AAH publications

• Write
  student/teacher success stories as requested

• Report
  anecdotes or relevant information supporting US efforts for AAH

• Assist
  with reports to funders (e.g. USAID, foundations, etc.)

• Coordinate
  with Program Director to identify needs and project ideas for outreach
  schools.

• Track
  progress at outreach schools (e.g., student and teacher attendance,
  participation in school lunch program, PTA involvement, test scores, etc.

• Work
  with ED and Program Director to develop and implement outreach strategy.

• Meet
  with District and school officials to improve results at outreach schools.
  

• Assist
  Volunteer Coordinator by identifying volunteer outreach projects before
  volunteers arrive (ex: informing school staff, getting contact information
  of key people, purchasing supplies)

• Assist
  the Volunteer Coordinator in picking up incoming volunteers, and arrange
  their transport to the village

• Attend
  weekly planning meetings with Program Director, Headmaster, Bursar and
  Purchasing Officer as convened

• Serve
  as a resource for the Women’s Microfinance program.

• Review
  with outreach schools how the Program works, its importance to AAH and
  letter writing/distribution dates, HT and teachers

• Assist
  in timely distribution and collection of letters from primary and
  secondary students from outreach schools

• Work
  with teachers to improve student letter writing skills and ensure letters
  are personalized and individualized properl

• Explore
  ways to make the program a fun, learning experience for students (i.e.
  integrate as a creative writing activity)

• Assist
  in compiling of photos and profiles of outreach primary and secondary
  students and fulfill special request photos of students.

• Review
  and send student letters/photos/profiles to U.S.,

• Rapidly
  inform U.S. of changes that impact sponsorships (i.e. student drop-outs,
  long absences, death in family or other tragedies.)

• Support
  the US Volunteer Coordinator as appropriate and when volunteers confirm
  interest in coming to AAH.

• Write
  and submit articles and photos on outreach activities (i.e. facebook,
  twitter, website, AAH blog, annual report, newsletter and monthly article
  for ATS newsletter) to donors/supporters

• Help
  keep the blog updated regularly with bi-weekly blog posts

• Evaluate
  and recommend ways to bring to life stories about AAH
  students/teachers/local people to supporters and demonstrate impact of AAH
  

• Coordinate
  student and teacher writings for use in AAH publications

• Write
  outreach success stories as requested

• Report
  anecdotes or relevant information supporting US efforts for AAH

• Assist
  with reports to funders (e.g. USAID, foundations, etc.)