Job Description

AVSI is seeking to recruit a Coach to facilitate structured group sessions using the approved Game Connect curriculum, promote safe and inclusive participation, identify emerging protection and psychosocial concerns, facilitate appropriate referrals, and support youth to access services and opportunities that contribute to their psychosocial wellbeing, resilience, and self-reliance.

We are currently recruiting a Coach at AVSI based in Gulu to join our growing team.

The successful candidate will take ownership of day-to-day responsibilities, work closely with colleagues across departments, and contribute to the continued success of the organisation. This role suits someone who is reliable, detail-oriented, and comfortable working both independently and as part of a team.

If you meet the requirements and are looking for a rewarding new role, we would like to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

Mobilise, identify, and enrol eligible youth in accordance with approved project criteria and tools.
Support baseline, routine, and endline assessments and maintain accurate participant records.
Promote safe, inclusive, and meaningful participation of girls, boys, refugees, host-community youth, and youth with disabilities.
Identify and appropriately refer participants requiring specialised MHPSS, health, protection, or other services.
Mobilise and facilitate structured youth group sessions using the approved Game Connect Sport for Mental Health curriculum.
Use sport and structured games as a safe and inclusive entry point for promoting psychosocial wellbeing, social connection, resilience, positive coping, and life skills.
Participate in household visits and follow-up activities as guided by the project.
Support identification of household-level barriers affecting youth participation, wellbeing, protection, or self-reliance.
Support community engagement activities that promote acceptance, inclusion, and participation of youth in Game Connect activities.
Support mapping and updating of available referral and service points within the implementation areas.
Support implementation and monitoring of approved economic empowerment activities, including VSLAs, financial literacy, and IGAs.
Liaise with the UOC Liaison Officer to support the quality, safety, and consistency of sport delivery within youth groups.
Apply AVSI safeguarding, PSEAH, Code of Ethics, child safeguarding, data protection, and other relevant policies and procedures.
Monitor participant progress, identify emerging challenges, and contribute to programme learning.
Support accountability to participants by providing information, responding to concerns, and facilitating access to feedback and complaints mechanisms.

Qualifications

Minimum of a Diploma in Social Sciences, Community Development, Social Work, Education, or related discipline.
Demonstrable ability to coach, mentor, and build capacity of participants to cope and become resilient.
Experience in community work, preferably within an NGO or government.
Experience working with refugees and host communities is desirable.
Flexibility to work both in a team and independently.

Skills

Teamwork Cultural Sensitivity Communication Mentoring Community Engagement Project Management Data Management Policy Adherence

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