Senior Advisor, Planning, Operations & Integration, A&EE Job Placement – World Vision International

Organisation: World Vision
International
Reports to: Evidence and
Leaning Manager
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
About Us:
World Vision Uganda is a Christian Relief, Development and Advocacy
Non-Government Organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice. We currently work in over 41
districts in Uganda. World Vision is committed to the protection of children
and we will not employ people whose background is not suitable for working with
children. All employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of all
applicable background checks, including criminal record checks where possible.
“Our Vision for every child, Life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every
Heart, the will to make it so.”
Job Summary: The Senior
Advisor, Planning, Operations & Integration will support the A&EE
(Advocacy & External Engagement) leadership in ensuring delivery of the
advocacy and external engagement parts of WV’s new global strategy. This
includes developing and implementing a strong planning and operations
architecture and ensuring effective integration between A&EE and internal
partners and processes. The incumbent is also responsible for the design and
execution of both existing and new monitoring and evaluation (M&E)
approaches for the Partnership-wide advocacy and external engagement
ministries.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  
  • Formulate and implement a strong planning
    and operations architecture.
  • Tasked with ensuring effective integration
    between A&EE and internal partners and processes.
  • In charge of designing and executing both
    existing and new monitoring and evaluation (M&E) approaches for the
    Partnership-wide advocacy and external engagement ministries.
  • Acting as ‘Chief of Staff’ for A&EE.
  • Line management (dotted) of 0.4 FTE
    working on M&E.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
  • The applicant for the World Vision Grants
    Senior Advisor, Planning, Operations & Integration, A&EE job
    opportunity should hold an MBA (Master of Business Administration).
  • Strong technical skills in planning,
    operations, and M&E: able to take a lead role.
  • Excellent written and spoken English: able
    to write and present at level suitable for leadership audiences.
  • Very strong Excel skills and experience.
  • Good planning experience.
  • Prior M&E experience.
  • Previous experience in financial
    management (creation and management of budgets).
  • Srong PowerPoint skills.
  • Broad knowledge and understanding of
    organizational strategy.
  • Broad knowledge and understanding of INGO
    sector.
  • Previous experience of working in complex,
    global organizations and virtual teams.
  • Ability and willingness to work flexible
    hours where necessary to accommodate any time differences between self and
    supervisor/other colleagues.
  • Ability and willingness to travel domestically
    and internationally up to 25% of the time.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified Ugandan candidates are encouraged to apply
online by visiting World Vision International’s e-recruitment jobs portal at
the web link below.
Please follow instructions on How to Create Account and Profile at
World Vision’s e-recruitment portal. 
Qualified female candidates are particularly encouraged to apply.
Deadline: 19th February, 2017

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