Organisation: Save the Children
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Country Director
About Us:
Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organisation for
children. We work in 120 countries. We save children’s lives; we fight for
their rights; we help them fulfil their potential. Save the Children works
together with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world
treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.
Save the Children has over two million supporters worldwide and raised 1.6
billion dollars last year to reach more children than ever before, through
programmes in health, nutrition, education, protection and child rights, also
in times of humanitarian crises.
children. We work in 120 countries. We save children’s lives; we fight for
their rights; we help them fulfil their potential. Save the Children works
together with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world
treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.
Save the Children has over two million supporters worldwide and raised 1.6
billion dollars last year to reach more children than ever before, through
programmes in health, nutrition, education, protection and child rights, also
in times of humanitarian crises.
Following a major transition, our international programmes are now
delivered through a merged operation with c14, 000 staff, managed through seven
regional hubs and reporting to a relatively small, central office. We’re
changing to become more efficient, more aligned, a better partner, a stronger
advocate, a magnet for world-class people and relevant for the 21st century.
delivered through a merged operation with c14, 000 staff, managed through seven
regional hubs and reporting to a relatively small, central office. We’re
changing to become more efficient, more aligned, a better partner, a stronger
advocate, a magnet for world-class people and relevant for the 21st century.
Job Summary: The Director of
Program Development and Quality primarily shares in the overall responsibility
for the direction and coordination of the Country Office program. As a member
of the Senior Management Team (SMT) in Uganda, the Director of Program
Development and Quality is in charge of overseeing the development of high
quality, innovative programs that deliver immediate and lasting change for
children and monitoring the quality of the implementation of those
programs. The incumbent will offer
technical direction and appropriate monitoring and evaluation in emergency
responses, Strategic Planning, representation, annual reporting and advocacy.
Program Development and Quality primarily shares in the overall responsibility
for the direction and coordination of the Country Office program. As a member
of the Senior Management Team (SMT) in Uganda, the Director of Program
Development and Quality is in charge of overseeing the development of high
quality, innovative programs that deliver immediate and lasting change for
children and monitoring the quality of the implementation of those
programs. The incumbent will offer
technical direction and appropriate monitoring and evaluation in emergency
responses, Strategic Planning, representation, annual reporting and advocacy.
Job Scope:
Save the Children supports programs in most parts of the country –
Northern, Western, North-eastern and Central regions of Uganda with a current
staff complement of approximately 185 staff and current expenditure of
approximately 15$ million each year
Northern, Western, North-eastern and Central regions of Uganda with a current
staff complement of approximately 185 staff and current expenditure of
approximately 15$ million each year
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
1. As a member of the Senior Management Team, contribute to:
- Leadership of the Uganda Country Office
- Technical support in the development of an
organisational culture that reflects our dual mandate values, promotes
accountability and high performance, encourages a team culture of
learning, creativity and innovation, and frees up our people to deliver
outstanding results for children and excellent customer service for our
members and donors - Assist in the design and implementation of
a coherent organizational structure that is consistent with agency
practices and appropriate to programme needs - Assist establish, maintain, and improve
active and regular working relationships with: host government
authorities, partner agencies including humanitarian and development
donors, and local and international NGOs - Ensure Uganda Country Office complies with
all Save the Children Management Operating Standards and Standard
Operating Procedures - Ensure that all required support is
provided promptly, at scale and in line with the rules and principles
during emergencies, working closely with the Regional Office
2. Program Design and Technical Assistance:
- Ensure that the Uganda Country Office has
a first class, multi-sectoral and dual mandate program reflecting all
priority technical and sector aspects of the Save the Children global
strategy - Ensure the design and development of child
focused emergency and development programs of a high quality that
contribute to the Country Office’s strategies and plans, informed by child
participation where possible - Technically support the Director of
Program Operations in the implementation and monitoring of all longer term
technical goals, objectives and policies - Ensure that the different technical
sectors of the Country Office are coordinated, integrated and support each
other to optimize programs and projects - Make sure that technical directors and
advisors provide input into proposals and proactively and regularly
communicate planned requirements for program design and implementation - Support the Director of Program Operations
in ensuring adequate resources are secured for program activities from
both grants and the private funds of Save the Children members, including
identifying strategic leads and concepts - Ensure that all sectors apply a risk lens
to program design and implementation in line with the Save the Children
policy on Disaster Risk Reduction - Ensure appropriate levels of technical
assistance and capacity building is provided to partners - Works in liaison with the Director of
Member Service to seek the involvement of member technical assistance - Ensure excellent coordination and
cooperation with incoming technical advisors as well as surge teams during
emergencies
3. Strategic Planning:
- Offer strategic vision and direction to
the Save the Children Ugandaprogram - Take a lead role in developing program
strategies and annual plans ensuring coordination of all technical input
to country strategy, proposals and reports - Actively participate in conceptualizing
and designing cost effective, innovative and high quality programs to
serve difficult to reach children - Ensure that programs are relevant to
children in Uganda and to the global program and advocacy objectives of
the Save the Children members
4. Assessment, Monitoring and Evaluation (Coordinate all external
evaluations, baselines, research.):
evaluations, baselines, research.):
- Maintain a robust M&E system to
measure achievement and progress toward program goals and results - Measure achievement and progress toward
program goals and results through the M&E system - Steer the internal and external
program/project evaluations as necessary and ensure the execution of
baseline, periodic, and final evaluations as necessary in coordination
with Director of Program Operations
5. Advocacy:
- Take lead in the development of an
advocacy strategy for the Uganda Country Office. Support thematic
directors to articulate their top priority advocacy objectives in line
with the new Country Strategic Plan - Identify key opportunities and events for
Save the Children Uganda to position itself as the leading organization
for children’s issues in Uganda - Ensure that Save the Children receives
national recognition for achieving proven and innovative national impact
from well-managed child development programs and emergency response - Manage thematic directors and other
program staff in their work, including development of a plan for achieving
their priority advocacy objectives in both an emergency and development
context. This should include
guidelines on the meaningful and safe participation of children in
advocacy
6. Innovation:
- Manage Save the Children Uganda’s
operational research programs, deliver existing projects and develop new ones.
Ensure the publication of results - Spread information relating to the outcome
of research projects widely and – in particular – to the Government and to
other humanitarian and development actors
7. Knowledge Management:
- Ensure learning by the country program
from relevant best practice and assess performance regularly against
agreed program objectives and indicators - Ensure learning by the country program
from relevant best practice internally and externally both nationally and
globally and make learning from Uganda available for other programs. - Actively engage in relevant national and
global networks
8. Staff Management, Mentorship, and Development – Program Development
and Quality:
and Quality:
- Ensure appropriate staffing within Program
Development and Quality - Ensure that all staff understand and are
able to perform their role in an emergency - Manage Program Development and Quality
team; define expectations, provide leadership and technical support as
needed, and evaluate direct reports regularly - Ensure the recruitment, training, and
promotion of staff as appropriate and ensure availability of appropriate
professional development opportunities for staff - Incorporate staff development strategies
and Performance Management Systems into team building process. Establish result based system and follow
up - Manage and mentor all technical sector
staff to proactively build and maintain technical skills and competencies
required for leading and/or advising first class programs – both
development and emergency programs - Manage the performance of all staff in the
Program Development and Quality work area through: - Effective use of the Performance
Management System including the establishment of clear, measureable
objectives, ongoing feedback, periodic reviews and fair and unbiased
evaluations; - Coaching, mentoring and other
developmental opportunities; - Recognition and rewards for outstanding
performance; - Documentation of performance that is less
than satisfactory, with appropriate performance improvements/ workplans
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
- The applicant should possess a Master’s
degree in Social Sciences, in an area of social development - The ideal job holder should possess five
to seven years’ management experience in a corporate or an NGO
environment, including experience directing and implementing programs for
children in both development and emergency contexts, preferably with solid
experience in more than one of the Save the Children priority sectors:
education, protection, rights governance, HIV/AIDS, health and nutrition,
and emergencies - Recognized leadership role in relevant
technical areas at both field and country level - Keen interest and general appreciation of
the issues concerning the NGO sector, both development and humanitarian
issues - Significant experience of developing and
managing monitoring and learning systems - Excellent analytical skills. Effective
negotiator, with the ability to positively influence cross departmental
and cross sector working - Credibility to lobby, influence and
represent Save the Children at all levels - Resource management, training, capacity
building, coaching, and mentoring skills - Possess the ability and willingness to
dramatically change work practices and hours, and work with incoming
teams, in emergencies - High Personal Commitment to and
understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles including
rights-based approaches - Willingness and ability to travel
extensively in country
- Language proficiency:
Fluency in written and spoken English.
How to Apply:
All interested candidates who desire to join one of the World’s leading
not-for-profit organisations in the capacity of Director of Programme
Development and Quality should apply online by visiting the web link below.
not-for-profit organisations in the capacity of Director of Programme
Development and Quality should apply online by visiting the web link below.
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