Job
Title: Deputy Chief of Party
Title: Deputy Chief of Party
Organisation:
World Vision Uganda
World Vision Uganda
Project: Advocacy for Better Health
Reports
to: Chief of Party
to: Chief of Party
Duty
Station: Kampala, Uganda
Station: Kampala, Uganda
About
WVU:
WVU:
World Vision Uganda is a
Christian Relief, Development and Advocacy Non-Government Organization
dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome
poverty and injustice. We currently work in over 40 districts in Uganda. World
Vision is committed to the protection of children and we will not employ people
whose background is not suitable for working with children. All employment is
conditioned upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks,
including criminal record checks where possible. “Our Vision for every child,
Life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every Heart, the will to make it so.”
Christian Relief, Development and Advocacy Non-Government Organization
dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome
poverty and injustice. We currently work in over 40 districts in Uganda. World
Vision is committed to the protection of children and we will not employ people
whose background is not suitable for working with children. All employment is
conditioned upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks,
including criminal record checks where possible. “Our Vision for every child,
Life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every Heart, the will to make it so.”
About
Project: The goal of the Advocacy for Better Health
program is to contribute to improvement in quality, availability and
accessibility of health services. The purpose of the program is to increase the
citizens’ voice for quality service delivery. The key objectives for this
program shall be;
Project: The goal of the Advocacy for Better Health
program is to contribute to improvement in quality, availability and
accessibility of health services. The purpose of the program is to increase the
citizens’ voice for quality service delivery. The key objectives for this
program shall be;
1) To ensure that
communities in the selected districts can identify and articulate their needs,
and are able to demand for quality services;
communities in the selected districts can identify and articulate their needs,
and are able to demand for quality services;
2) To ensure that the Civil
Society Organisations (CSOs) develop effective advocacy initiatives, and are
able to represent the communities’ demands for better quality
services; and
Society Organisations (CSOs) develop effective advocacy initiatives, and are
able to represent the communities’ demands for better quality
services; and
3) To build
the technical and operational capacity of the CSOs to qualify them as
potential direct recipients of future USAID funding. This third objective
will the primary focus of this position.
the technical and operational capacity of the CSOs to qualify them as
potential direct recipients of future USAID funding. This third objective
will the primary focus of this position.
Job
Summary: The Deputy
Chief of Party will also be responsible for the management of the project,
including financial accountability, staffing, and work planning and providing
technical leadership to the project, transform the quality and delivery of
advocacy interventions and reporting.
Summary: The Deputy
Chief of Party will also be responsible for the management of the project,
including financial accountability, staffing, and work planning and providing
technical leadership to the project, transform the quality and delivery of
advocacy interventions and reporting.
Key
Duties and Responsibilities:
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Management
of the central office and provide oversight to the field-based sites, in
terms of staffing, facilities, procurement, reporting, and finances. - Ensure
that project operations and sub-grantee management activities are fully
compliance with USAID regulations and integrated with host-country - Direct
and oversee World Vision’s work in an assigned program, ensuring that all
program goals are met through proper design, staffing, and implementation. - Organize
and direct the work of local staff and short-term advisors. Provide
supervision, training and performance appraisals. - Establish
and maintain effective project reporting, evaluation, and communication
systems. Submit timely accurate and professional program reports
that meet donor requirements to appropriate World Vision Partnership
staff. - Establish
leadership and personal credibility and implement and maintain clearly
understood chain of authority and accountability. - Ensure
proper technical capacity of staff to manage complex government funded
projects. - Manage
grant/project budget within approved spending levels and ensure accurate
and timely financial reports to donors and WVUS IPG headquarters staff. - Ensure
grant/project expenses are reasonable, allocable, prudent and spent in
accordance with donor rules and regulations to ensure clean A-133 audits.
Qualifications,
Skills and Experience:
Skills and Experience:
- A
bachelors’ degree or higher in a relevant field (management, social
sciences, public health, etc.). A Masters Degree is an added advantage. - At
least five years’ experience managing donor-funded development programs
with demonstrated capacity to create and/or maintain complex systems and
procedures involving multiple implementation sites, multiple partners and
diverse beneficiaries. - Demonstrated
understanding and knowledge of advocacy, decentralization in the Uganda
context, Uganda’s socio-political economy, health and education sectors. - Demonstrated
track record of leading, designing and delivering influencing,
campaigning and advocacy programs. - Demonstrated
ability to be a motivator and leader of change, drawing on excellent
communication skills to drive transformation. - Developed
abilities to motivate and persuade at
high levels (for organizational change); - Experience
in developing effective communication and advocacy strategies. - Excellent
judgment, conceptual and analytical thinking ability. - Proven
experience of capacity strengthening & advisory work, as well as
facilitation, mentoring & coaching skills. - Proven
experience in partnership building and networking at various levels. - Ability
to address rights (women, children, youth and other vulnerable groups) in
the design/delivery of influencing work. - Must
be a committed Christian, able to stand above denominational diversities. - The
applicant must demonstrate strong experience in sub-grantee management,
including building the capacity of local organizations and subgrantees in
U.S. government (USG)- supported grants. Coaching, advising, and
enforcement are essential functions of this position. - As
the nature of this project is advocacy and accountability, the most
competitive candidates will have experience in monitoring and evaluation
of advocacy and accountability programs.
How
to Apply:
to Apply:
All suitably qualified
candidates must send their applications with complete Curriculum Vitae, via
email to [email protected].
Please address the application to the People and Culture Specialist
(Recruitment) and do indicate the post title in the email subject line.
candidates must send their applications with complete Curriculum Vitae, via
email to [email protected].
Please address the application to the People and Culture Specialist
(Recruitment) and do indicate the post title in the email subject line.
NB:
Qualified female candidates are particularly encouraged to apply.
Qualified female candidates are particularly encouraged to apply.
Deadline:
Friday 2nd August, 2013.
Friday 2nd August, 2013.
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