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• Lead proactively the timely implementation
  and strategic development of all aspects of Alert’s oil work, ensuring
  maximal impacts on peace in Uganda
• Provide clear and relevant communications
  on project activities and progress within Alert and with donors
• Manage the effective monitoring and
  evaluation of the project including appropriate baseline and other
  activities.
• Develop and nurture excellent working
  relationships critical to ensuring the impact and success of these
  initiatives: with partners in key districts; with relevant government
  authorities; oil companies; and civil society.
• Ensure that as Alert begins to enter into
  formal and financial partnership agreements with different partners in key
  districts of the Albertine Rift, these are negotiated in line with Alert’s
  HQ guidance on partnership, and effectively monitored and reviewed.
• Maintain and constantly review Alert’s
  partnerships in Uganda to ensure strategic relevance, risk mitigation,
  impact on the ground, and financial systems are being effectively managed.
• Closely monitor expenditure for relevant
  activities, ensuring compliance with Alert, donor and government
  regulations, and identifying periodic budget adjustments that may be
  required in close consultation with Alert Uganda’s FA&HR team and
  Country Manager
• Manage all the relevant aspects of donor
  reporting and fundraising, in close coordination with Country Manager
• Ensure attentive and supportive
  line-management of relevant staff, in line with Alert¡¦s policies and
  procedures, as well as Ugandan labour law
• Ensure proper implementation of all other
  relevant Alert policies, in close coordination with FA&HR team.

• Supervise and manage all Project Managers
• Assist the Project Managers to draft and
  implement annual work plans for two current and eventual new projects
• Actively participate in Uganda Programme’s
  senior country management team meetings (SMT), and programme leadership
  team meetings (PLT) and contributing to strategic coherence within the
  Uganda programme, cross-learning between projects, and shared
  responsibility for the programme’s achievements and impacts;
• Support and supervise project managers to
  ensure effective financial management of projects, including budgeting,
  forecasting of expenditures, monitoring of expenditures, financial
  reporting and auditing;
• Actively contribute to project design and
  fundraising proposals
• Support Project Managers to ensure
  effective monitoring and evaluation is implemented across the Uganda
  programme and oversee continual improvement in assessment and
  communication of impact;
• Technically support the documentation and
  dissemination of new methodologies and best practice emanating from
  Alert’s work;
• Maintain relations with strategic and
  implementing partners, ensuring partnerships are well-founded,
  well-managed and effective and that the partnership is mutually
  reinforcing, and is defined in a partnership agreement where appropriate;

• Work in liaison with the Finance,
  Administration and HR team to manage the effective application of
  management systems to ensure that project implementation complies with
  admin and financial policies;
• Ensure good coordination with logistical
  services and application of relevant policy;
• Ensure that current and emerging staffing
  needs are met, by mentoring and motivating staff, and through active
  performance management, promoting effective cohesion and team identity
  across its various projects;

• Proactively participate in and contribute
  to AP activities and events including regional meetings;
• Contribute to advocacy initiatives of the
  AP and Alert as required;
• Contribute to team-wide communications and
  knowledge management, and participate in organisation-wide events and
  discussions on related topics/projects

• The ideal candidate for the International
  Alert should hold a University degree in relevant subject
• Significant NGO project management in various
  conflict-affected environments, including responsibility for strategy
  design, staffing, admin/finance issues, contract management and donor
  relations
• Past exposure and experience of financial
  management gained in an (I)NGO or a business
• Excellent working knowledge (spoken,
  written and read) of English
• Prior experience of implementing
  peacebuilding or development programmes in Uganda
• Strong and inspiring facilitation skills;
  participatory planning and leadership
• Significant experience of partnership management
  and development
• Capacity to interpret trends and events
  impacting on the programme
• An ability to make good judgement calls on
  complex issues and decisions
• Report-writing and editing skills
• Good knowledge and understanding of
  development and peacebuilding issues relating to the development of the
  oil industry in Uganda
• Past experience of working in donor-funded
  multi-agency consortium projects is an advantage
• Solid experience of grant financial
  management
• Prior experience of leading
  peacebuilding-related programmes, and familiarity with conflict-sensitive
  approaches to development is an advantage
• Good knowledge and understanding of gender
  and development concepts, and experience of implementing gender-sensitive
  programmes
• Past experience of networking and advocacy
  on political issues in the African context is desired 

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