Job Title: Area Program Coordinator
Organisation: The American
Refugee Committee (ARC)
Refugee Committee (ARC)
Duty Station: Nakivale
Refugee Settlement, Uganda
Refugee Settlement, Uganda
About EC:
The American Refugee
Committee (ARC) International is an International nonprofit, nonsectarian
organization that provides humanitarian assistance and training to millions of
beneficiaries around the world. The ARC seeks to promote peaceful and safe
communities where men and women have equal rights and communities can access locally
owned, high-quality services.
Committee (ARC) International is an International nonprofit, nonsectarian
organization that provides humanitarian assistance and training to millions of
beneficiaries around the world. The ARC seeks to promote peaceful and safe
communities where men and women have equal rights and communities can access locally
owned, high-quality services.
Job
Summary: The Area
Program Coordinator will primarily be responsible for the overall
implementation of ARC programs in South West region of Uganda. He/she will
provide leadership and management support to program teams to allow for
efficient program implementation and budget management.
Summary: The Area
Program Coordinator will primarily be responsible for the overall
implementation of ARC programs in South West region of Uganda. He/she will
provide leadership and management support to program teams to allow for
efficient program implementation and budget management.
Key
Duties & Responsibilities:
Duties & Responsibilities:
1. Program Management and
Quality: Develop and
oversee a technically sound work plan including grant spending plan consistent
with the objectives of the program.
Quality: Develop and
oversee a technically sound work plan including grant spending plan consistent
with the objectives of the program.
2. Coordination and
Advocacy: Maintain
an open dialogue with all relevant sectoral and inter-agency actors operating
in refugee settlements and participate in all related working Group Meetings
and/or other coordination meetings.
Advocacy: Maintain
an open dialogue with all relevant sectoral and inter-agency actors operating
in refugee settlements and participate in all related working Group Meetings
and/or other coordination meetings.
3. Monitoring and
Evaluation: Ensure
relevant monitoring of all program indicators and all indicators needed for
advocacy and strategic planning
Evaluation: Ensure
relevant monitoring of all program indicators and all indicators needed for
advocacy and strategic planning
4. Financial Management and
Oversight: Manage
the work plan in accordance with agreed program budget lines.
Oversight: Manage
the work plan in accordance with agreed program budget lines.
5. Operations: Act as Security Focal Point for the area,
ensure that activities receive adequate logistical support (fleet management,
procurement, asset and warehouse management)
ensure that activities receive adequate logistical support (fleet management,
procurement, asset and warehouse management)
6. Human Resource
Management: Provide
leadership and support, promote stress management, and develop staff capacity.
Management: Provide
leadership and support, promote stress management, and develop staff capacity.
Qualifications, Skills
and Experience:
and Experience:
- The
applicant should possess at least five years program management experience
with similar Protection / GBV programs serving refugees, internally
displaced populations, or other conflict and post-conflict populations. - S/he
should also hold a Masters in Management required and a Bachelors degree
in development studies, community development, social sciences or a
relevant area with training in Proposal writing - Exhibit
demonstrated management skills and ability to work independently. - Practical
knowledge of financial management tools and processes & knowledge of
USG Financial Rules & Regulations. - Knowledge
of BPRM compliance requirements. - Experience
in community-based programming approach
How to Apply:
All
suitably qualified and interested applicants should send an application letter
together with curriculum vitae, copies of academic documents/transcripts, names
and contact details of three referees to: The Human Resources Manager, American
Refugee Committee International, Plot 4920, Block 244, Muyenga, Kampala P.O.
Box 7868, Kampala, Uganda Email. [email protected] NB: Only Short-listed
candidates will be contacted.
suitably qualified and interested applicants should send an application letter
together with curriculum vitae, copies of academic documents/transcripts, names
and contact details of three referees to: The Human Resources Manager, American
Refugee Committee International, Plot 4920, Block 244, Muyenga, Kampala P.O.
Box 7868, Kampala, Uganda Email. [email protected] NB: Only Short-listed
candidates will be contacted.
Deadline: Friday, 29th
November, 2013.
November, 2013.
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