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• Take lead in the overall strategic planning
  and annual business plans;
• Work closely with the Portfolio Director
  and Programme management to develop the intervention portfolio;
• Recognise opportunities for innovative
  action and create an environment where alternative viewpoints are
  welcomed.

• Ensure interventions are implemented
  according to strategies and plans or otherwise adjusted to ensure they
  achieve their objectives;
• Working closely with the M&E Manager
  and Team to ensure M&E systems are implemented according to DCED
  standard;
• Engage with government and civil society
  partners; cultivate “system” champions, and push knowledge flows and
  learning within the selected market systems;
• Oversee the development of intervention
  plans, activity plans, budgets, Scopes of Work (SoW) for external
  resources identified, and other necessary intervention management documents
  as needed;
• Ensure that programme implementation is
  responsive to communities and partners and consistent with Mercy Corps’
  relevant programme guidelines, principles, values, quality standards and
  strategic plan;
• Ensure that beneficiaries are effectively
  targeted according to established vulnerability criteria.

• Implement a performance management system,
  including staff appraisals and the implementation of career development
  plans;
• Offer leadership and guidance to managers
  and officers in developing the theory of change and results chains guided
  by market systems development framework and which provide the management
  and results framework for sector strategies;
• Create and sustain a work environment of
  mutual respect where team members strive to achieve excellence;
• Promote accountability, communicate
  expectations and provide constructive feedback;
• Supervise, hire and orient new team
  members as necessary; and
• Provide team members with information,
  tools and other resources to improve performance and reach objectives.

• Ensure compliance with donor and Mercy
  Corps regulations; and
• Input to scopes of work to hire and manage
  any technical consultants, including review for technical efficacy.

• Report regularly to DFID and discuss
  performance against work plans;
• Lead representation of NU-TEC at key
  conferences, workshops and supporting events designed to raise awareness
  of the programme objectives; and hold meetings with key programme partners
  as needed;
• Identify, build and manage collaborative
  partnerships with consortium partners, sub-grantees, donors, local
  governments and other stakeholders where appropriate;
• Communicate effectively to ensure overall
  project targets and donor obligations are met; and
• Support the preparation of material and
  presentations to promote the programme.

• Ensure compliance with security procedures
  and policies as determined by country leadership;
• Proactively ensure that team members
  operate in a secure environment and are aware of policies. 

• The applicant should have a minimum of
  fifteen years of professional experience
• Hold an MBA or equivalent in Economics,
  Business Administration
• Good team management experience and
  experience in supervising staff
• Significant experience in developing and
  managing programs in the field of private sector development, preferably
  in Sub-Saharan African and particularly in East Africa
• Past exposure and experience of working
  with private sector and finance sector actors and of improving access to
  finance in the agricultural sector
• Demonstrated experience of working with
  value chains, the (M4P) market systems approach, and deal-brokering with
  the private sector, government and representative associations
• Good understanding of the Ugandan context,
  particularly that of Northern regions 

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