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Date Posted: Monday, August 24, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness;
Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so Building Brighter Futures for Vulnerable Children
EXCITING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
World Vision Uganda (WWVU) is a Christian relief, development and advocacy non-government organisation dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. We currently work in 82 districts and have 48 Area Programmes implementing projects in health & nutrition, water, sanitation & hygiene (WASH), livelihoods & resilience, education and child protection. World Vision (WWV) is committed to the protection of children and adult beneficiaries from exploitation and abuse and will not employ people whose background is not suitable for working with these beneficiaries. All employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record checks where possible.
Due to expansion in scope of our programmes, we are now seeking for a qualified and passionate individual willing to share in our vision and join the team in the following role.
1. POSITION: PROGRAMME QUALITY DIRECTOR
REPORT TO: NATIONAL DIRECTOR
LOCATION: KAMPALA - NATIONAL OFFICE
Job Purpose and Context of Position.
The Programme Quality (PQ) Director will ensure strategy objectives are reached through leadership in the design and monitoring of all W U programmes. This role will give technical support and guidance to the Operations department, which is responsible for programme implementation. Programme design shall be aligned with Our Promise Strategy and be continuously enhanced through both formal and informal reflection and learning processes that are informed by strong data and engage a range of internal and external stakeholders.
This role will ensure that W U is an externally facing organisation, engaging a variety of stakeholders for the purposes of coordination, learning, income generation, and advocacy. The PQ Director's responsibilities will include overall leadership for the advocacy function, seeking to grow the scale and effectiveness of advocacy in achieving WVU's strategic objectives.
The PQ Director is also accountable for resource acquisition and leading the department to identify and secure new sources of institutional and private funding in order to meet strategic priorities. .

Job Responsibilities: Not Specified

Job Skills: Not Specified

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
• Education: post-graduate degree in social science or other relevant field is a requirement.
• Technical skills: strong academic and/or direct programming experience in comparable humanitarian/development contexts.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a field role, focused on programme design, M&E or grants acquisition.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in staff management role.
• Experience in working with child rights or child-focused issues a strong advantage.
Preferred Skills, Knowledge and Experience:
• Strong capacity in leadership, relationship management/networking, and coordination is essential.
• Proactive personality, self-driven and strongly motivated.
• Spiritual maturity, inter-faith knowledge and a biblical worldview – ability to articulate and model our Christian identity and mission in an inclusive way.
• Demonstration of well-developed interpersonal skills, excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Proven conceptual and analytical skills, ability to take an evidence-based approach to programme design.
• Proven facilitation skills.
• Team player.
• Ensure a gender perspective in the scope of work.
• Previous experience in a World Vision office is an advantage

Job Education: post-graduate degree in social science

Job Experience: Minimum of 5 years’

Work Hours: 8

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Job application procedure
The position also holds accountability for Child & Adult Safeguarding within WVU.
Application closing date is Sunday 13th September 2020. Please get the details of the Job above, how to apply and more information about us from our Website: https://careers.wvi.org/job-opportunities-in-uganda  World Vision is committed to the principles of workplace diversity. Qualified women and people living with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interviews. World Vision does not use employment agencies nor does it charge money for recruitment, interviews, or medical checks.

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