Host Family Coordinator

About this role

The Host Family Coordinator identifies host family locations for Peace Corps Trainees (PCTs) to reside while undergoing language training and identifies satellite venues to be used as training centers during satellite training. Evaluates host family sites to ensure conformity to established standards for safety and security of Trainees. Identifies training venues and trainer accommodation. Develops training materials for PCTs and host families to foster inter-cultural understanding and enhance the host family integration process. Provides support to Trainees and families during the living period with the host family, to enable both groups to have a meaningful and valuable cross-cultural learning experience to build relationships with communities on behalf of Peace Corps to enhance community entry and Volunteer acceptance and support. The services to be performed will be subject to the ultimate responsibility and authority of the Peace Corps Country Director who is responsible for all Peace Corps activities in Uganda.

Responsibilities

• Identify and recruit host families in sufficient number to house one Trainee for each
• household that meet the required Peace Corps Uganda criteria.
• • With Deputy Director Programming & Training, determine necessary allowances and
• material inputs necessary for host families.
• • Maintain all host families’ files and records.
• • Ensure that host families understand their responsibilities under the host family program
• during well designed host family orientation sessions before Trainees arrive.
• • Enter into agreements with responsible host family members.
• • Visit all host families periodically during PST to detect and respond to problems in a timely
• manner.
• • Coordinates host family farewell events; prepares CD letters, appreciation certificates and
• ensures adequate staff representation and transportation arrangements are made.
• • Writes host family certificates and appreciation messages to the families; communicates
• evaluation results to both PCVs and host families.
• • Encourages maintenance of communication with host families to foster a continuous
• relationship between Peace Corps and appropriate host families, local leaders and other
• partners.

Requirements

• Minimum Requirements:
• At a minimum, the successful candidate’s CV must demonstrate the following:
• • Education: Bachelor of Arts or Science in Education or related degree.
• • Experience; five years’ work experience working with government agencies, not-for-
• profit organizations, or private businesses.
• • At least 3 years work experience in rural community development.
• • Excellent command of spoken and written English language.
• • Excellent command of spoken and written in two local Ugandan language
• • Must be legally able to work in Uganda.
• 2. Preferred Qualifications:
• • Experience; 8 years’ work experience working with government agencies, not-for-profit
• organizations, or private businesses.
• • 5 years’ work experience in rural community development.
• • Cross-cultural experience with Americans.
• • Ability and willingness to travel extensively throughout Uganda as needed for
• implementation of the job using public transportation.
• • Ability to work independently with limited supervision; good organization and time
• management skills;
• • Strong cross-cultural skills; strong interpersonal skills, strong interest in Uganda’s
• development;