Team Up Coach War Child Holland

War Child Holland is looking to recruit a TeamUp Coach to support TeamUp implementation by partners across refugee settlements and vulnerable host communities in Uganda. TeamUp is a psychosocial support intervention developed in 2016 to provide refugee children between the ages of 6 and 17 years with a variety of low structured recreational activities encompassing sports, games, dances, songs and other body-movement activities.

Major Roles and Responsibilities;
• Coordinate Team Up trainings;
• Conduct quality visits to partner staff to ensure adherence to quality standards;
• To ensure WCH scaling plan is updated by;
• Participate in consortium Coordination meetings.
• Support in documenting stories of change with support from WCH Country office.
• Provide weekly updates, monthly and quarterly reports on the TeamUp implementation.

Qualifications, Skills and Competence required;
• Bachelor’s degree in Social Works & Administration/ Mental Health or any other relevant degree
• Experience in coaching and mentorship of staff.
• Must be child-friendly, act in the best interest of the child and be physically active
• Good social and communication skills including the ability to participate actively in movement-based activities according to Team Up methodology and implementation standards.
Demonstratable experience in working with large and small groups of children.
Planning, implementation and time management skills.
• Experience in planning, conducting and implementing structured recreational activities for children (dance, sport, and games).
• Should be flexible, able to maintain a clear overview and capable of facilitating activities in a child-friendly manner.
• Ability to work independently and in a team.
• Ability to speak at least one of the following languages: Kiswahili, Kinyabwisha, Runyankole, kigegere.
Knowledge of additional languages will be of advantage.
• Ability to understand, speak and write English.
• Understanding of Child Safety and have a clean criminal record.
• NB: MUST be a TOT for Teamup