About Organisation:

Food for the Hungry (FH/U) is a Christian international relief and development organization that has been working in Uganda since 1989. FH is currently operating programs in Asia, Latin America and Africa with support offices in the UK, Canada, Switzerland, Sweden, United States of America and Japan. FH’s primary goal is to end all forms of poverty World-wide. In Uganda, FH is operational in the Districts of Adjumani, Kitgum, Lamwo, Kole, Kween, Mbale, Namutumba and Amudat Districts implementing programs in four main sectors of Education; Food Security and Livelihoods; Health/Nutrition and Disaster Risk Reduction; with the Head office located in Kampala.

Job Summary:

The Program Area Manager will provide overall leadership, coordination, and technical oversight for the Karamoja Regional programs serving vulnerable children and households across the nine districts. The role ensures high-quality, timely, and compliant implementation of FH UNLOCK Program Models and building resilience through the flourishing pathways of Physical and Mental Well Being, Asset Creation, Productive Learning and Integration of WASH and Humanitarian Response, gender inclusion, and capacity strengthening activities in line with donor requirements and national standards.

The Program Area Manager will lead planning, implementation, partner coordination, budget management, safeguarding compliance, monitoring and reporting, while strengthening district systems and community ownership to ensure sustainable service delivery.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: As the Program Area Manager your overall responsibilities will be (JDs Key Result Areas):

• Programme Planning, Implementation and Leadership
• Coordination and collaboration with Donor, Local Government Agencies, local NGOs and Religious Organizations
• Program Administration and Finance/Grant management
• Personnel and Team Management
• Asset and Supply chain management
• Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting and Learning (MERL) of project activities.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• University degree in Civil and Building Engineering, Environmental Engineering Bio systems Engineering, Public Health, Development studies, Social Sciences, Environmental Science, Natural Resource Management Social works and social Administration, Agriculture, Project Planning & Management, Business Administration or other related disciplines in humanities
• A postgraduate diploma in project planning and management from a recognized institution.
• A minimum of 5 years and above’ practical field experience, working with communities and children
• Experience working with district local governments and community-based systems.
• Proven experience managing large donor-funded projects and budgets with donors such as UNICEF, USAID, EU, UN agencies, World Bank etc.
• Demonstrated experience in proposal writing, donor engagement, and resource mobilization.
• Experience in fragile or hard-to-reach contexts preferred

Job Level Specifications

• Understand, respect and practice the set of organization’s shared vision, mission and values, including mutual respect, equity and justice; honesty and transparency; solidarity with the poor and marginalized people, sensitivity to gender and ethnic minority issues, courage of conviction; happiness; humility and Christianity
• To encourage full participation of the partners and beneficiaries, to have power sharing and empowerment for them in the program activities.
• To have the spirit of learning, moving forward and inculcating excellence within the team
• Ability to communicate clearly and demonstration of good interpersonal skills
• Leadership style that will develop the team with ability to train and mentor staff.
• Workable knowledge of accounting
• Should be an active member of a church and must be willing to live in a spiritual community.
• Must have Valid riding license and ability to ride a motorcycle.
• Ability to work in field conditions.
• Ability to instruct and successfully work with young children.
• Must have team building skills, personnel management skills and child supervision skills.

• Programme Planning, Implementation and Leadership
• Coordination and collaboration with Donor, Local Government Agencies, local NGOs and Religious Organizations
• Program Administration and Finance/Grant management
• Personnel and Team Management
• Asset and Supply chain management
• Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting and Learning (MERL) of project activities.

• Ability to communicate clearly and demonstration of good interpersonal skills
• Leadership style that will develop the team with ability to train and mentor staff.
• Workable knowledge of accounting
• Must have Valid riding license and ability to ride a motorcycle.
• Ability to work in field conditions.
• Ability to instruct and successfully work with young children.
• Must have team building skills, personnel management skills and child supervision skills.

• University degree in Civil and Building Engineering, Environmental Engineering Bio systems Engineering, Public Health, Development studies, Social Sciences, Environmental Science, Natural Resource Management Social works and social Administration, Agriculture, Project Planning & Management, Business Administration or other related disciplines in humanities
• A postgraduate diploma in project planning and management from a recognized institution.
• A minimum of 5 years and above’ practical field experience, working with communities and children
• Experience working with district local governments and community-based systems.
• Proven experience managing large donor-funded projects and budgets with donors such as UNICEF, USAID, EU, UN agencies, World Bank etc.
• Demonstrated experience in proposal writing, donor engagement, and resource mobilization.
• Experience in fragile or hard-to-reach contexts preferred
• Understand, respect and practice the set of organization’s shared vision, mission and values, including mutual respect, equity and justice; honesty and transparency; solidarity with the poor and marginalized people, sensitivity to gender and ethnic minority issues, courage of conviction; happiness; humility and Christianity
• To encourage full participation of the partners and beneficiaries, to have power sharing and empowerment for them in the program activities.
• To have the spirit of learning, moving forward and inculcating excellence within the team