Project Support Officer Charity Careers – GOAL International

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Organisation: GOAL International
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Assistant Country Director – Programmes
About US:
GOAL
is an international humanitarian agency dedicated to alleviating the suffering
of the poorest of the poor.  We are a
non-denominational, non-governmental and non-political organisation. GOAL
Uganda country project focuses on two of GOAL’s three strategic sectors: Health
(including WASH and health accountability programming); and Livelihoods. GOAL
Uganda mainstreams HIV, gender, child protection and the environment/DRR across
all programming. GOAL works on a district focused approach, and uses a mixture
of direct implementation and partnerships with local civil society
organisations, private sector partners and District Local Government to give
effect to our mission.
Job Summary: The Project Support Officer will offer support to
GOAL’s Uganda programme both at head office (Kampala) and field level. The
Programme Support Officer (PSO) will work with the Assistant Country Director –
Programmes (ACDP) and other relevant technical advisors on proposal
development, donor reporting and communication materials development. The post
will involve some travel to field sites. The PSO will be responsible for
maintaining the donor pipeline, identifying potential funding opportunities
(aligned to the Country Programme’s strategic direction), working with technical
advisors and programme directors to develop donor reporting, and manage the
scheduling and logistics for all donor (current and potential) visits.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
1. Donor Pipeline and
Reporting:
  • Research and provide regular updates to
    senior management on potential funding opportunities, and ensure that the
    donor pipeline database is maintained
  • Maintain and update proposal and reporting
    calendar ensuring all concerned are aware of the reporting schedule and
    their specific roles
  • The jobholder will coordinate the development
    of quality donor proposals and Head Office Concept Notes, facilitating
    input from the programme directors, technical advisors, field teams,
    finance and other relevant departments;
  • Coordinate the development and timely
    submission of donor reports to Dublin, and other reports or updates as
    needed.
2. Communications:
  • The incumbent will maintain the
    communications, visibility and branding database for GOAL Uganda’s various
    donors, partners, and programmes and review all communication, branding
    and visibility requests by programme teams.
  • Oversee the development of external
    communications and visibility materials, working with senior managers,
    programme directors, and technical advisors to agree content and layout.
  • Work closely with the field teams, programme
    directors and technical advisors, develop web content for GOAL Global’s
    website which showcases GOAL Uganda’s programming and successes.
  • Manage suppliers in their delivery of
    communication and visibility materials.
  • Keenly review and edit presentations and any
    other communication materials developed by GOAL Uganda staff for external
    audiences and National Management Meetings ensuring the correct formatting
    is used and that content is concise and well presented.
3. Supervision:
  • Directly line manage and mentor the National
    Project Support Officer and build their capacity in donor reporting and
    proposal development
  • Supervise the National Project Support
    Officer to undertake their role in mainstreaming of gender and child
    protection in GOAL Uganda
4. Representation and
Networking:  As agreed
with the ACD-Programmes, represent GOAL Uganda as appropriate at external
forums
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The ideal candidate should hold a University Degree
    or post-graduate qualification ideally with a specialisation in
    development, business, health or social sciences
  • Excellent analytical and writing skills in
    English
  • Excellent communication material development
    skills
  • Broad knowledge and familiarity and ideally
    one year’s experience with proposal writing, logical framework/result
    chain development and donor reporting (Irish Aid, DFID, Mastercard, UN
    agencies etc)
  • Excellent IT skills, especially in Word,
    Excel and Powerpoint with ability to analyse data and interpret
    statistical information
  • Ability to work under pressure, and
    prioritise workload according to the changing needs of the programme
  • Strong interpersonal skills, ability to work
    in a team, and a commitment to capacity building
  • Enthusiastic, flexible and with the ability
    to work long hours in sometimes remote contexts with basic amenities to
    meet the needs of the programme
  • Graphic Design skills are desirable
  • Previous exposure and experience of market
    based development programmes an advantage
  • Broad knowledge and understanding of
    mainstreaming principles, including gender, and child protection is
    desired
How to Apply:
If
you want to work for GOAL International in the aforementioned capacity should
Apply Online by clicking on web link below.
Deadline: 31st May, 2016
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