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• Ensures that a Conservation Strategy relevant
  to national policies, constituencies, civil society aligned with the
  Global Program Framework, Global goals, Global practices and Africa
  Ecological features, is developed and implemented;
• Provides technical advice and collaboration
  to the Country Director, WWF program teams; including supervision of
  conservation staff, providing technical assistance as required, in
  accordance with WWF policies, procedures, and standards;
• Within the sub region, the Conservation
  Programs Manager will contribute to the development and implementation of
  coherent regional transboundary programs and conservation programs
  embedded in the UCO;
• Actively promotes the vision and objectives
  of the WWF Uganda Conservation Strategy to external and WWF stakeholders,
  and participates in strategic partnership-building / fundraising
  approaches to them;
• Establishes, reviews and implements effective
  programme organizational/ management structures, policies, and processes
  in collaboration with the relevant UCO staff;
• Makes sure all technical standards and
  reporting requirements are met including all Monitoring Tools, namely the
  APMS/SPM, Dashboard, C2G, and others are delivered on time and with due
  quality.
• Responsible, in line with the Conservation
  Strategy, financial sustainability plan, in consultation with program
  staff and all relevant contacts, for the development and submission of
  program, project, concepts and proposals, and for continuity of program
  implementation, to ensure best practice in conservation and the growth of
  the conservation program;
• Coordinates the contribution to the Global
  Practices and the work of the Focal Points;
• Hold the portfolio of the Freshwater
  Coordinator and develop the freshwater program till the substantive
  Freshwater Coordinator is hired;
• Initiates, investigates, evaluates and
  develops annual workplans, operating plans for conservation program, with
  clear priorities for members of project teams, and oversees their
  efficient implementation; and assist with the preparation of TOR’s for
  specialists engaged, in line with the Conservation Strategy, financial
  sustainability plan, in consultation with program staff and all relevant
  contacts;
• Acts as team leader and coordinator of all
  project and technical personnel in line with the Conservation Strategy,
  such that projects are incorporated into a coherent conservation program;
• The incumbent is responsible for all aspects
  of project management, through program coordinators and their teams, by
  the appropriate application of support and advice;
• Develops and maintains a monitoring and
  reporting system for projects that ensures the best practice in program
  management and that provides timely reports according to the formats and
  schedules of partners and WWF Network;
• The incumbent also ensures regular
  technical/conservation and other meetings for the conservation program;
• Develops, participates in and oversees
  strategic partnership-building / fundraising approaches with Government,
  Donor, Civil Society, Corporate, and WWF stakeholders;
• Ensures strategic engagement with relevant
  international and national stakeholders on conservation and technical
  issues, including strong engagement on policy, advocacy and rights based
  approaches issues;
• Actively promotes the vision and objectives
  of the WWF Uganda Conservation Strategy to government, donor, civil
  society, corporate, and WWF stakeholders at national- and
  International-level meetings, conferences, and fora;
• Develops and maintains a technical
  communications network for the support of programs, projects and
  partnerships;
• Ensures compliance to standards, both
  internal and external, for all programs and conservation activities;
• Actively participates in Senior Management
  Team meetings and provides secretariat for the Country office support
  group, in collaboration with the Country Director;
• Works closely with Finance staff, ensures the
  development of conservation program budgets for approval by the country
  director and monitors expenditures against budgets, making sure there are
  no under or over expenditures and preventing deficits;
• Ensures high-quality staffing of the WWF
  Uganda conservation program, based upon regular analyses of staffing needs
  (technical, financial, management, policy, lobbying/advocacy), monitoring
  staff performance, review of job descriptions for all positions, training,
  coaching and mentoring of qualified staff;
• Manages conservation staff relationships in a
  positive and proactive manner, ensuring participative decision-making,
  conflict resolution within the conservation program and regional programs
  hosted/embedded in the country office;
• Cooperates with programmatic audits, and
  implements audit recommendations in a timely manner;
• Works closely with the M&E specialist to
  ensure that all technical reports and other relevant documents are posted
  onto the WWF Project Database;
• Promotes the WWF UCO brand and raises the
  image of WWF within the scope of the conservation program;
• Performs other duties as requested by the
  Country Director and, in his/her absence, acts as Deputy.

• The applicant should hold an advanced
  university degree in an appropriate field (Conservation/ Environment
  /Natural Resource Management/Forest/Freshwater/Terrestrial Ecology).
  Additional academic training or a degree in a management field would be a
  strong asset; PhD in related field is an added advantage;
• Proven track record in NGO fundraising,
  successfully developing, leading, and managing programs in the field of
  Conservation, Natural Resource Management, International Development,
  and/or other related fields;
• A minimum of ten years of professional
  experience in a Programme/Project Management role, 3 years of which should
  be in the Eastern/Southern Africa region (preferably Uganda), with
  demonstrated success in managing multi-disciplinary teams; and
• Working knowledge of and experience with
  monitoring and evaluation of programmes / projects
• Knowledge of the institutional and legal
  framework of the environment and conservation in Uganda, as well as of
  relevant policy issues.
• Proven leadership and team management skills;
• Leading teams and managing change in the
  organisation;
• Skilled in negotiation, liaison, and in
  relationship and conflict management;
• Strong skills in project planning, proposal
  writing, financial management and implementation, fundraising, evaluation,
  and experience working with donors;
• Strong organisational and analytical skills;
• Strong vocational interest in nature
  conservation;
• A working knowledge of financial management,
  especially of programs and projects;
• Excellent inter-personal skills, with the
  ability to network and to develop and maintain strong relationships at all
  levels, both internally and with local communities, government agencies,
  the not-for-profit sector, the scientific community, the business
  community, and the WWF Network;
• Adaptable, flexible, able to take initiative
  and prioritize among competing demands;
• Excellent oral and written communications
  skills in English; and
• Adherence to WWF’s values, which are:
  Knowledgeable, Optimistic, Determined and Engaging.

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