Job Title: Programme Manager
Organisation: Send a Cow
(SAC) UK
(SAC) UK
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About SAC:
Since 1988 Send a Cow (SAC) has
transformed a million lives, by helping African families and orphans to grow
enough food to eat, sell their produce and develop small businesses that last.
Providing livestock, seeds, training and ongoing support, it helps families
leave poverty behind for good. The Send a Cow Group currently constitutes
Country Programmes in seven African countries plus the UK and USA, together
with a Group Executive which is based in the UK.
transformed a million lives, by helping African families and orphans to grow
enough food to eat, sell their produce and develop small businesses that last.
Providing livestock, seeds, training and ongoing support, it helps families
leave poverty behind for good. The Send a Cow Group currently constitutes
Country Programmes in seven African countries plus the UK and USA, together
with a Group Executive which is based in the UK.
Job Summary: The
Programme Manager will steer an effective and coherent programme team to
deliver Send a Cow Uganda’s (SACU) programme operations, efficiently and
effectively in line with SAC’s Vision, Mission, Cornerstones and Christian
Values.
Programme Manager will steer an effective and coherent programme team to
deliver Send a Cow Uganda’s (SACU) programme operations, efficiently and
effectively in line with SAC’s Vision, Mission, Cornerstones and Christian
Values.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- The
jobholder will line-manage and provide leadership to the programme team,
with the intention of supporting and developing all members of the SACU
team and partners’ staff for effective programme delivery. - Ensure
all SACU project activities at field level are properly planned,
adequately resourced and
implemented according to agreed timelines to a high standard, in line with
Send a Cow’s Cornerstones and development approaches. - Build
SACU and farmer group executives’ capacity through coordinating trainings
and providing coaching and advice to deliver a quality programme with
timely and efficient budget utilization. - Aid
the identification and agreement of Grant management responsibilities for
all SACU Projects. - Ensure
that there is capacity building and raising of competency and commitment
level of the project extension team members, both staff and Peer farmers, district
officials and Volunteers, through monitoring programme quality at the household
level and by coordinating training opportunities and developing mentoring
strategies. - Work
in liaison with the SMT to develop and ensure a strong monitoring and
reporting system is in place that includes field level visits, annual
review process, timely information and practical experience sharing with
quality and timely reporting to all
stakeholders in line with SAC’s development strategy and approaches. - Ensure
vertical and horizontal programme contacts and relevant networks are
developed and maintained with SACU, project beneficiaries, local
government and other stakeholders for experience sharing, information
exchange, joint project planning, monitoring and evaluation. - Work
closely with fundraising and finance team and other staff in development
of strong project proposals, with accurate full cost recovery project
budgets to improve SACU’s funding base by securing grants and
institutional funds. - Work
closely with all SACU staff on the reports that they submit and ensure
that accurate and complete reports are sent on time to SACUK, local
government, donors and other stakeholders. - Play
timely and active role as a member of the Senior Management Team (SMT) of
SACU in developing policies, Five Year plans and Strategic Guidelines and
decision making in line with Send a Cow’s Values, Mission, Cornerstones
and Christian Ethos. - Serve
as the deputy for the Country Director as and when required. - Carry
out any other assignments and delegations given by the Country Director as
required.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The
candidate should hold an MA or MSc in Economics, Business Administration,
Agricultural Extension, Food Security or other related fields from a
recognized University. Possession of an MA in Rural Social Development
with NGO experience in managing community development programs and/or
projects is desired - At
least five years’ relevant experience after Master’s degree in programme
and/or project management - Past
exposure and experience of developing and maintaining effective programme with monitoring and
evaluation systems in place - Significant
experience of project proposal and budget development and effective report
writing - Good
knowledge and understanding donor financial requirements and grant compliance
management including expenditure and budget variance monitoring as well as
adherence to specific grant condition - Past
experience of working with and giving advice to partner organizations and
review of project information prepared by partners and providing feedback
and follow up - Prior
experience of developing people through supporting, motivating, coaching
and mentoring of staff with different discipline, cultural,
religious and gender background - Significant
experience of organizing and conducting trainings and workshops at different
levels - Past
exposure and experience of learning from practice through programme
monitoring, reviewing and evaluating.
- Team/Servant
leadership in a participatory manner - Possess
the ability to establish credibility quickly and maintain supportive relationships
with SAC staff, partners and other stakeholders - High
level of interpersonal skills with the ability to work across cultures and
religions - Excellent
communication and listening skills - Ability
for information generation, situation analysis and timely dissemination - Possess
the ability to organize and conduct training and workshops at different
levels - Excellent
command of written and spoken English - Very
good presentation skills, verbal and written - Very
good level of computer literacy with advanced use of different programmes - Self-motivated
- Professional,
honest and trustworthy - A
team leader, builder and developer - A
positive thinker, result driven and result oriented - Highly
creative, innovative and flexible team player with ability to prioritise
and manage a busy workload - An
initiator and self-driven actor - Organized
and methodical to work with an eye on details - Ability
and willingness to travel and spend substantial amount of time in the
field as required and occasionally overseas if required - Commitment
to SAC’s Christian Values, - Cornerstones
and development approaches
How to Apply:
All candidates are encouraged
to submit the following documents as they do Apply:
to submit the following documents as they do Apply:
- Complete
SAC
Application Form, CV’s will not be accepted - Complete
Equal
Opportunities form - Send
a copy the relevant qualifications - Submit
‘three key achievements’ according to instructions - Be
eligible to work in Uganda
Deadline: 21st November 2014 by 10am (BMT)
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