Job Title: Deputy
Chief of Party
Chief of Party
Organisation: WEI/Bantwana
Project Name: USAID’s
Better Outcomes for Children and Youth Project
Better Outcomes for Children and Youth Project
Duty Station: Jinja,
Uganda
Uganda
About WEI:
WEI/Bantwana Initiative is a
Non-Governmental Organization that helps families and children orphaned and
made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS to access the comprehensive support and care they
need to grow into healthy adults.
Non-Governmental Organization that helps families and children orphaned and
made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS to access the comprehensive support and care they
need to grow into healthy adults.
About USAID Project:
The Bantwana Initiative of
World Education seeks a candidate for this position subject to award of USAID’s
Better Outcomes for Children and Youth in Eastern and Northern Uganda program—a
$24.5 million program with a large sub grant component.
World Education seeks a candidate for this position subject to award of USAID’s
Better Outcomes for Children and Youth in Eastern and Northern Uganda program—a
$24.5 million program with a large sub grant component.
Job Summary: The USAID
Project Deputy Chief of Party will be responsible for overseeing project
implementation and ensuring high quality programming.
Project Deputy Chief of Party will be responsible for overseeing project
implementation and ensuring high quality programming.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Work
closely with the COP to ensure that project objectives and targets are met in accordance
with project indicators. - Manage
and ensure coordination and program integration between senior and
technical staff and program partners. - Work
in consultation with the COP to identify and respond to partner needs for
training, technical assistance, and capacity strengthening and facilitate
systems strengthening and capacity building initiatives. - Stay
abreast with the technical developments and new research in the OVC sector
to inform an integrated program strategy - Ensure
that gender is fully considered all aspects of program design and
implementation
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The
ideal candidate for the USAID Project DCOP job should hold a Master’s
Degree or higher in international development, social sciences, public
health or closely relatedfeld. - Five
or more years’ experience designing, implementing and managing large
projects involving multiple partners. - Demonstrated
strong analytical, managerial,, leadership, communications and
interpersonal skills. - Past
exposure and experience with child protection and child welfare programs,
systems strengthening, capacity building, economic strengthening, OVC
service delivery, quality improvement or policy development. - Significant
experience with programming to address gender concerns and programming for
very young children and youth. - Excellent
English writing, oral presentation and communication skills required. - Fluency
in Luo (North) or Lusoga/Luganda (East) strongly preferred.
How to Apply:
All candidates are strongly
encouraged to send their application letters with detailed CV indicating three
professional references should be submitted to the Human Resource at [email protected]
or hand deliver to the WEI/Bantwana Country Office at Rot 30, Nizam Road, Nile
Garden, Jinja. Uganda
encouraged to send their application letters with detailed CV indicating three
professional references should be submitted to the Human Resource at [email protected]
or hand deliver to the WEI/Bantwana Country Office at Rot 30, Nizam Road, Nile
Garden, Jinja. Uganda
Deadline: Friday, September 26, 2014 before 05:00pm.
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