Summary
Date Posted: Saturday, March 19, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Location: Kampala - Uganda
Organization details
Our Esteemed client in the NGO Sector
Number of vacancies: 1
Sector: Civil society
Industry: NGO , ,Health & Nutrition ,Public & Private Health

Knowledge, Skills & Competences
• Strong programme management skills, including planning, grant and budget management
• Strong people management skill, including prioritising workloads, providing targeted support and mentoring
• Excellent (English) verbal and written communication skills with proven financial management skills
• Strong computer literacy with a full knowledge of MS Office applications
• Understanding of social behaviour change concepts and approaches
• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced and detail-oriented, with a proactive planning and execution
• Adaptive management skills
• Excellent organizational skills, including ability to prioritize and meet deadlines
• Demonstrated monitoring and evaluation skills with experience conducting assessments and surveys.
• Soft Skills in coordination and networking with stakeholders including district and local government, sector actors, NGO partners and community leaders.
• Creativity and entrepreneurial outlook

Responsibilities
Health and Nutrition programme strategic development
• Work with Management and Advisors to develop Uganda’s Health and Nutrition programme, ensuring that the programme reflects global priorities and values and positions to meet our mission.
• Contribute to the development of and regular updating of the organization's Health and Nutrition portfolio strategy, as part of annual country planning and organisational strategic processes
• Lead technical oversight and direction for the organization's Health and Nutrition programme, which includes a portfolio of different donor-funded projects
• Engage actively in cross-organisational platforms and build strong relationships with other country leads on Health and Nutrition
• Maintain up-to-date information on health and nutrition issues, current good practice and training strategies for all aspects of Health and Nutrition programming and pass on newly acquired information to respective field teams.
• Remain up to date with changes and innovation in the global and national sectors of relevance and support team member continuous learning, including through training
• Share learnings across the organization's programme areas and identify opportunities for multisectoral interventions.
Programme management, implementation and technical support
• Using an adaptive management approach, oversee the successful implementation of the organization's Health and Nutrition strategic activities and portfolio of projects and support and hold portfolio staff accountable for programme and project implementation, managing programme and project budgets and monitoring financial transactions as per the Authorisation Matrix and delegation protocols
• Co-ordinate activities with other sectors i.e; water/sanitation and livelihood programs and build sustainable community approaches
• Identify, nurture and manage all civil society and private sector partnerships, including the on-granting process, reporting and compliance as per the organization's On-Granting policies for projects within your programme portfolio
• Ensure programme procurement and contracting needs, logistics, finance and human resource are managed effectively and in line with the organization policy.
• Ensure all programme reporting (internal and external) is delivered on time and is of high quality, coordinating team inputs with the support of the Programme Support Officer.
• Ensure the integration of Safeguarding and community feedback mechanism (CFM) in all programme and project activities, with each project having a safeguarding risk assessment conducted to inform adjustments and adaptations as required.
Human resource management
• Line management of the Health and Nutrition Programme/Project Managers and any other assigned staff, ensuring that all team members have clear and measurable (SMART) performance management objectives and that they are measured regularly and in line with policy
• Identify and invest in creative Health and Nutrition team members, working with the ACDP to identify formal and informal training opportunities and through regular mentoring and coaching
• Lead by example both upward and downward accountability and comply with all of the organization's accountability policies
• Ensure compliance to all Donor and Government of Uganda policies, procedures and guidelines that relate to the implementation of the programme.
External and Internal representation and coordination
• Manage a team coordination and outreach strategy, identify key stakeholder relationships and develop and share strategic messaging on the Health and Nutrition programmes
• Take the lead in building and leveraging key health and nutrition and related sector networks, government departments and partnerships, with specific responsibility for advocating and influencing at a district and national level for Health and Nutrition programming
• Coordinate health and nutrition activities with relevant bodies such as MOH, UNICEF, WHO, health and nutrition clusters and I/NGOs and cultivate relationships by attending regular meetings, and ensuring that the organization is professionally represented at Health and Nutrition and relevant multi sectoral coordination meetings and events.
• Ensure close coordination and sharing of information with other district and national level stakeholders such other I/NGOs, and government actors and global agencies
• Build and sustain relationships with internal stakeholders key to the programme and drawn on them for support, advice and programme advancement
• Responsible for regularly liaising with the relevant technical advisors
• Support all efforts towards accountability to project participants. This includes actively engaging participating communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of projects and programmes.
Fundraising
• Working with the Programme Support Officer and ACDP, map and identify appropriate fundraising opportunities to support the country implementation and delivery of the Health and Nutrition programme strategy
• Actively develop relationships with strategic partners and potential donors, keeping up-to-date and partner and donor mapping for the quality Health and Nutrition programme, to explore the potential for funding, partnership and collaboration.
• Working with the Technical Team, Programme Support Officer and ACDP, design and develop quality Health, Nutrition and multisectoral proposals.
• Engage with other key Health and Nutrition partners and donors in Uganda and elsewhere and explore the potential for funding, partnership and potential collaboration
Monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning
• Work with the MEAL department to ensure that appropriate systems are in place to monitor and measure all Health and Nutrition programming; this includes active participation in MEAL, developing new and appropriate monitoring tools and ensuring the timely collection, presentation, analysis and distribution of programme data.
• Undertake regular field visits to review and report on Health and Nutrition programme progress specifically in relation to their efficiency and effectiveness and determine any future program recommendations.
• Regularly review monitoring data and manage programmes using an adaptive management approach
• Develop learning and communication materials of high quality for internal and external audiences.
• Ensure close coordination and sharing of information with other district and national level stakeholders such other I/NGOs, and government actors and global agencies
• Submit weekly narrative and monthly narrative and MEAL reports to MEAL DPD, ACDP and CD
Other Duties
• The post holder may be requested to undertake other activities as mutually agreed with the ACDP.

Qualifications
• University degree at Master level in Public Health/Nutrition, Environmental Health, Social Sciences or related discipline.
• Experience may substitute for qualifications, but not the other way around

Details of experience
• At least five years professional experience in a senior role in complex Health and Nutrition programming in developing countries, two of which are in a similar position
• At least two years managing complex, high-value and multi-partner/location projects
• Previous experience in working on public and private health, health and other emergencies in a leadership capacity
• Previous experience in working on nutrition, particularly preventative, community-oriented approaches, in a leadership capacity
• Previous experience in implementing projects using participatory and people-centred approaches
• Experience supervising and managing partners from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences
• Experience in networking and coordination at the national levels and with international partners and stakeholders
• Experience with USAID, ECHO, Irish Aid and other donors

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
All interested and qualified persons are strongly encouraged to apply online on www.futureoptions.org or by email: vacancy@futureoptions.org clearly indicating the Position Title in the email subject line. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday 30th March 2022 at 5:00 pm. Please note that only successful candidates will be contacted. Canvassing will lead to disqualification. Hardcopy applications will not be accepted.
Application deadline: 2022-03-30

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