The Ugandan Jobline

• The incumbent will be responsible for drawing
  from the objectives and agreed upon key activities in the project
  proposals, develop detailed yearly and quarterly implementation plans and
  related budgets while ensuring synergies between the different
  initiatives;
• Ensure DIPs (Detailed Implementation Plans)
  are followed and closely monitored for each initiative to ensure timely
  implementation of activities and within available resources and
  immediately report any problems or deviations from plans;
• Ensure logistics for all training, capacity
  building, research and other events have been prepared and organized in
  line with CARE’s & donors’ internal procedures and to create the best
  possible environment and conditions for participants in these different
  events;
• In charge of monitoring the initiatives’
  budget, reviewing monthly expenditure reports and ensuring budgets are
  used in accordance with CARE’s and the donors’ rules and regulations. This
  involves planning and designing activities in ways that fit the available
  budgets, reviewing monthly, quarterly, annual and donors’ financial
  reports and ensuring allocation of expenses to the right budget lines,
  preparing quarterly projection of needed funds, pipeline projections, etc.
• Responsible for all procurement of goods and
  services related to these initiatives, according to approved budgets and
  activity plans and in line with both CARE and the donors’ procurement
  rules and policies
• Ongoing identification of staffing needs,
  recommends changes of staffing structure as needed and develops / adapts
  job descriptions for the whole project team as needed;
• Direct supervision of L4C Women’s Leadership
  Team Leader and L4C Training and Capacity Building Officer, which includes
  development of annual performance objectives and proactive management of
  performance through day to day guidance and coaching, formal mid-term and
  annual performance reviews and support to staff for achieve their personal
  and professional development objectives.
• Ensures synergy across the supervised
  initiatives as well as efficient use of resources across initiatives

• Identify implementation partners and
  coordinate signing of agreements with them; manage relationships with
  these partners to ensure deliverables are met timely and with the required
  quality; Ongoing review and assessment of partners performance and
  provision of support as needed through development, implementation and
  monitoring of partners capacity development plans;
• Ensure scopes of work and budgets for
  partners are regularly updated, at least annually to reflect activities of
  the projects’ annual actions plans;
• Ensure partners reports, both financial and
  narrative, are submitted timely and analysed and that feedback is shared
  with partners;
• Ensure due diligence and organizational
  capacity assessments are conducted before signing MOUs and that partners’
  capacity development plans are developed based on findings of these
  assessments; Ensure on-going capacity building at institutional,
  organizational and technical level; Pay attention to ensuring the
  following key themes are part and parcel of any partner assessment and
  capacity development plan:
• Developing women’s leadership
• Engaging Men and Boys for Gender
  Equality
• Psycho social approach
• M&E/Knowledge Management and
  Learning
• Organizational Gender
  Mainstreaming/GED
• Ensure all partners’ agreements are in line
  with CARE’s sub agreement policy;
• Ensure partners have in-depth knowledge of
  the projects’ objectives and strategies;
• Ensure that partners are involved in all
  critical moments and events of the projects (consultancies, planning
  meetings, review meetings, baseline, midterm review, end line, steering
  committee meetings, etc.) and that all key information is shared with them
  in a transparent manner and in real time;
• Work closely with other CARE projects working
  with the same partners.
• Ensure that other NUWEP projects benefit from
  the capacity development of CARE staff and partners in gender
  trans-formative-led thematic approaches that benefit the overall impact
  populations of NUWEP.

• Ensure a results-based monitoring and
  evaluation system is developed with SMART indicators, with the engagement
  of local partners and the development of a learning system that not only
  generates quantitative data but allows for ongoing collection of
  participants views on the programs’ relevance and success;
• Ensure that project indicators are sex
  dis-aggregated and gender sensitive;
• Ensure a project database is developed and
  maintained to allow keeping track of project participants in each
  component, without double counting across components;
• Ensure CARE and partner staff are trained on
  the developed monitoring and evaluation system;
• Coordinate and manage the design of the base
  line, midterm review and end line and final evaluation;
• Actively facilitate and document quarterly
  project reviews with key partners and ensure these reviews inform project
  implementation and are used to improve project quality;
• Writes and support direct reports to write
  briefs, human interest stories and papers that can be used for advocacy or
  information purposes;
• Supports team members and partners to write
  reports on their sector of intervention and coordinates process of
  consolidation of reports for internal purposes as well as donor reports,
  as per guidelines of the donor; It is critical to ensure reports are a
  true reflection of implementation and reflect progress as well as challenges
  and lessons learnt
• Ensure learning products are developed in
  coordination with relevant cross-country thematic leads

• The ideal candidate for the Senior Initiative
  Manager (SIM) career opportunity should hold a Bachelor’s degree in Social
  work and / or Social development, Public health, gender, Sociology or
  related field (though a Master’s degree is preferred)
• Possession of a relevant Post graduate
  qualification is an added advantage
• At least five years’ experience and working knowledge
  in senior program management (managing at least three different initiatives
  and grants)
• Possess excellent skills and experience in
  M&E, advocacy, report writing, participatory planning, financial
  management, Human Resource Management.
• People manager with proven experience  managing diverse teams and individuals’
  performance for success, Expert level knowledge and at least five years
  practical experience working with Civil Society Organizations, particularly
  in Institutional Development and Organizational Strengthening (IDOS);
• Excellent verbal and written communication
  skills in English.
• Computer literacy skills i.e. proficiency in
  Email, word processing, spreadsheets
• Personally committed to gender equality and
  women and girls’ empowerment with ability to lead to organizational change
  processes that aim at making organizations more gender aware, gender
  committed and gender competent.
• Both a team player as well as able to work
  independently with minimum supervision.
• Personal Competencies: Planning, Proactive problem solving,
  Contributing to team success, Managing work, Building partnerships, Communicating
  with impact, Initiating action, Information monitoring, Adaptability, Stress
  tolerance, Respect, Integrity, Diversity, Excellence, Accountability 

Related Jobs