For the rights and interests of children

Work in SOS Children's villages in Uzbekistan means:

Be one of 150 employees with unique knowledge and experience who are committed to the mission, vision and values of the organization. Our team is a friendly team, a creative approach to work, years of development and continuous learning. Are you ready to apply your knowledge and experience to new tasks? Then join us!

Vacancies

Location: Tashkent, Country office

The main role of organization and mission:

SOS Children’s Villages of Uzbekistan is an affiliated member Association of an international non-governmental organisation (www.sos-childrensvillages.org). The main mission is to support children left without parental care or at risk of losing parental care through advocating for child rights and implementing relevant programs and projects. The Association works in Tashkent, Samarkand and Khorezm regions (www.sos-kd.uz ).

Role and mission of the position

Under the direct supervision of the Country Director, the role of the Assistant is to provide support in organizing General Assembly, Board and Management meetings and daily work of Country Director. Also, Assistant coordinates the sponsorship work in Association.

Tasks and Responsibilities

Supports the organization of General Assembly, Board and Management meetings
Takes minutes and notes of meetings
Plans and organizes the daily work of the Country Director
Develops and submits annual reports to regional office and Ministry of Justice
Coordinates the sponsorship work
Works with incoming and outgoing correspondence

Requirements

University degree in Business Administration, Law, Economics, Marketing or linguistic
Good command of English, Russian and Uzbek
Minimum 1-3 years working experience
Willingness to make a long-term commitment
Has strong affinity to fund development and communication
Knowledge of / experience in project management and/ or leading projects would be an advantage

Competencies

Ability to learn and grow within the position
Good communication and organisational skills
Critical and strategic thinking, accuracy, integrity, trustworthiness
Social competencies and the ability for teamwork
Ability to build and maintain structures and networks
Ability to work independently

Working conditions:

Full employment (5/2, 9 am-6 pm)
Professional and personal development
Multinational and multicultural environment
Medical insurance

Please send your motivation letter and CV to the email address: recruitment@sos-kd.uz

Location: Tashkent, Country office

SOS Children’s Villages of Uzbekistan is an affiliated member Association of an international non-governmental organisation (www.sos-childrensvillages.org). The main mission is to support children left without parental care or at risk of losing parental care through advocating for child rights and implementing relevant programs and projects. The Association works in Tashkent, Samarkand and Khorezm regions.

Main role and mission

Under the direct supervision of the Country Director, the role of Human Resources Manager is to lead HROD cycles and function, ensuring centralized implementation of processes of SOS Children’s villages International HR standards, policies and procedures in the Association in full alignments with Uzbek legislation. Work in close collaboration with Programme heads and national key functions in light of human resources aspects in line with the mission, vision and policies of the organization. He/she ensures the implementation of the Human Resources plan, policies and guidelines.

Tasks and Responsibilities

Responsible for the development, coordination, control and evaluation of HR work within the Member Association
Ensures the implementation, review, adaptation, follow-up and further development of all standards, guidelines, systems and processes related to HR areas based on the HR cycle
Ensures that all HR standards, process related to child care professionals are implemented
Leads the Job Family development, ensures the implementation of compensation and benefits system and yearly review
Ensures the organisation and evaluation of supporting activities like supervision, coaching, team development as well as engagement and satisfaction researches based on needs

Requirements

University degree in Human Resources or Business Administration, Law, Economics, Psychology or a similar field related to Human Resources
Minimum 3-5 years working experience in the field of HR/OD
Good knowledge of local labour law
Experience in the field of Human Resources Development (especially in staff engagement&retention, training, recruitment, performance management and etc.)
Good command of English, Russian and Uzbek
Good knowledge and experience in using software 1C (8.3)
Willingness to make a long-term commitment
Knowledge of / experience in project management and/ or leading projects would be an advantage

Competencies

Ability to learn and grow within the position
Good communication and organisational skills
Critical and strategic thinking, accuracy, integrity, trustworthiness
Social competencies and the ability for teamwork
Ability to work independently

Working conditions:

Full employment (5/2, 9 am-6 pm)
Professional and personal development
Multinational and multicultural environment
Medical insurance

Please send your motivation letter and CV to the email address: recruitment@sos-kd.uz

Location: Tashkent, Country office

Required experience: 3-6 years
Full time, full day

Tasks and Responsibilities

Head of Programmes development department (HPDD) leads the main strategic directions towards sustainable development and implementation of quality child development programmes, social protection and child welfare national programs in frame of the country program, De-I reforms, SOS Children's Village policies and UN Alternative care guidelines. HPDD ensures implementation of quality assurance system within SOS Children’s Village Programmes including monitoring and evaluation. Leads the processes of national child rights situation analyses and of feasibility studies at national and regional levels.

Key performance areas:

a) Programme Development

Leads the processes of national child rights situation analyses (CRSA), feasibility studies;
Ensures the development of qualitative programme proposals and steers the implementation to reach the strategic targets;
Steers the development of current and new services following SOS CV Programme Policy;
Takes an active part in the strategic and annual planning processes;
Leads budgeting processes and reviews of Association's programmes;
Responsible for the planning and budgeting of entire programme development of Association;

b) Quality Management, Monitoring and Evaluation

Ensures implementation of quality standards as described in manuals, policies and concepts;
Provides ongoing monitoring of child’s rights protection in the Member Association;
Ensures implementation of policies in the area of programme development;
Ensures implementation of a Quality Assurance system (including monitoring & evaluation) ;
Adjusts ongoing programmes to national legal regulations;
Ensures the development of national concepts according to SOS CVI policies and programme quality standards.

c) Human Resources Development

Assure performance management of supervised staff of Department;
Leads the onboarding process and development of national PD department staff;
Supports and provides coaching in the realisation of the set objectives;
Ensures support in recruitment and selection process of leading programme development co-workers in SOS Children’s Village programmes;

d) Research and Knowledge Management

Coordinates all research activities in the programme development area;
Cooperates with governmental and non-governmental organisations carrying out research on child and family care;

e) Partnership building and Advocacy

Monitors national activities (of the state and of key NGOs) and planned future developments in the social welfare sector, protection of child’s rights as well as gaps in child rights fulfilment by the state;
Develops and maintains contacts, exchanges information and develops partnerships with key stakeholders of the child welfare sector (state, NGOs, INGOs and GOs)

f) Child Safeguarding (CS)

Responsible to raise awareness of the SOS Child Protection Policy principles and to prevent and protect children from all forms of abuse, abandonment, exploitation, violence and discrimination;
Carries out CS risk assessment within his/her area of work and ensures that relevant actions are put in place to mitigate the existing and possible CS risks;
Responsible to report any CS suspicion, concern, allegation or incident immediately, following Child Safeguarding reporting procedures;

Analyses in cooperation with national CS focal person lessons learnt from CS incidents and plans actions related to care quality improvement

Main criteria:

A University degree in social work, education, social sciences;
3-5 years experience in programme management and planning
Good knowledge of standards and current directions of development in the field of child’s rights approach, and social welfare system
Minimum 2 years management experience
Knowledge and understanding of legal issues relating to social welfare
Good knowledge of written and spoken English, Russian and Uzbek

Key skills
Uzbek — C1 — Advanced
Russian — C1 — Advanced
English — C1 — Advanced
Project management
MS Office
Data analysis
Business Planning
Proficient user of IT
Teambuilding

Work in SOS Children's villages in Uzbekistan means:

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