Area Development Programme Sponsorship Coordinator

With 75 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.

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Key Responsibilities:

Position:           Area Development Programme Sponsorship Coordinator

Location:          Kratie Province

Salary:               Negotiation

Closing Date: 21-April-2026

The position is for Local Applicants Only

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

The ADP Sponsorship Coordinator provides specialised support and coordination for the implementation of Child Sponsorship Operations within the ADP.

The ADP Sponsorship Coordinator works closely with ADP team and community volunteers to ensure processes to ensure well-being of sponsored and non-sponsored children are in place and the organizational requirements related to sponsorship are met according to sponsorship standards and policies.

Apply Sponsorship in Programming principles to ensure sponsorship processes integrate with the programme and community efforts: i) to care for and protect children; and ii) to strengthen children’s participation, and that registered children participate and benefit from programme activities.

Facilitate the primary link between the child sponsors and children to ensure quality communications with efficient delivery according to standard.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

I.Sponsorship Management and Coordination:

• Child Sponsorship essentials: Manage Child Sponsorship as a transformative relationship of children and sponsors, fulfilling donor promise.
• Child, family and community’s experience of Sponsorship: Manage the operations of Child Sponsorship within the Area Programme to ensure community, family, and children’s experience of every aspect of sponsorship is enjoyable, transformative and that children’s views are actively considered through feedback processes.
• Integration and planning: Support the ADP Manager to ensure Sponsorship is included within ADP plans to maximise integration with programme activities and to support development of Community-Led Care & Protection and Children’s Participation and Voice within the community.

II.Sponsorship in Programming:

• Sponsorship Integration: Provide Sponsorship in Programming subject matter expertise and technical support to ensure Child Sponsorship integrated within ADP Annual Plans and TP and CESP activities.
• RC and MVC inclusion and participation: Ensure all RC are aware of major planned activities in the ADP that they could participate in and benefit from. 
• Community engagement: Participate in sponsorship education processes and provide technical input on sponsorship messaging and sponsorship aspects of community engagement.

III. Sponsor and Child Engagement:

• Nurture sponsor and child connections: Facilitate quality and timely communication between sponsors and Registered Children.
• Manage sponsorship activities to contribute to Child Participation, Life Skills and Voice: Ensure sponsor engagement feature opportunities (IL, SL, CR, CGV, CPA, CC, ADPR, DPR, etc.)
• Capture transformational stories: Ensure Quality Communication that captures Transformational Stories to communicate with sponsors.

IV.Quality Assurance and Risk Management:

• Child protection standards: Facilitate to ensure sponsorship data management, quality and practices are aligned to sponsorship and child protection policies, standards and procedures. Guidelines.
• Awareness: Facilitate awareness of community, sponsors, registered children and ADP staff on sponsorship protocols and standards. 
• Risk management: Support in identification and mitigation of all risk exposures at ADP level and Sponsorship Risk Assessment Programme as part of the RBIA and other accountability review processes to manage implementation.

V. Sponsorship Systems and Processes:

• Manage business processes: Manage Sponsorship Business Processes to achieve efficient outcomes. Regularly review or contextualise any business process where there are emerging problems in meeting standards.
• Child data record management: Coordinate child data record management (quality, entry in SSUI, monitoring, tracking, exception reporting, follow-up) in accordance with partnership standards.
• Systems maintained, updated and function: Collaborate with WVIT and NO IT in maintenance and update of sponsorship systems to ensure SSUI, child data, sponsorship systems and Horizon mobiles.

VI. Capacity Building, Team Management and Collaboration:

• Annual reflection: Facilitate annual reflection and assessments on community sponsorship understanding, child participation and voice and community led child protection.
• Sponsorship capacity building: Facilitate capacity building trainings on sponsorship standards, emerging practices in child participation, child engagement, SOI, CS, correspondence, rich media, business processes, manuals, policies and sponsorship initiatives to staff, children, community volunteers and partners - follow up its implementation and application.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in management or a social science field preferred
• At least 2-3 years of development facilitation in and with communities.
• In depth understanding and experience in Child Sponsorship with contribution to child wellbeing.
• In-depth understanding and experience in development program Approach (DPA).
• Demonstrated competencies in program planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting.
• Knowledge of sponsorship policies, framework, systems and processes.
• Knowledge and practical skills in working with children with basic understanding of Child Protection and Advocacy.
• Knowledge of community development and engagement.
• Basic knowledge of photography and videography.
• Willingness to be flexible with hours when necessary and able to travel often in the field 30% of the time
• Effective in written and verbal communication in English

HOW TO APPLY

Kindly complete the WV Application Form, CV, and Cover Letter, and apply through the link.

World Vision Cambodia is committed to the principles of workplace diversity.

Qualified women and disabled people are encouraged to apply. Only short-listed candidates will be notified. Applications and CVs will not be returned.

You could learn more about our achievements visit our website or our Facebook page World Vision is committed to the protection of children. We are looking for a qualified and competent candidate whose background aligns with our core value vision and mission.

World Vision Cambodia is committed to the principles of workplace diversity. Qualified women and people with disability are encouraged to apply.

WVI is committed to the protection of children. We do not employ staff whose background is not aligned to our child protection practices. Hence employment is conditional upon successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record checks where possible.

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local Applicants Only