Job Title: Head of Programmes
Organization: VSO
Duty Station: Kampala /
Gulu, Uganda
Gulu, Uganda
Salary Range: UGX 93,000,000
p.a
p.a
Reports to: Country Director
About VSO:
VSO is the world’s leading independent international development
organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing
countries. Our high-impact approach brings people together to share skills,
build capabilities, promote international understanding and action to change
lives and make the world a fairer place.
organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing
countries. Our high-impact approach brings people together to share skills,
build capabilities, promote international understanding and action to change
lives and make the world a fairer place.
Job Summary: The Head of
Programmes will oversee and lead the delivery and development of VSO Uganda’s
strategic programmes in accordance with the Country Strategic Plan.
Programmes will oversee and lead the delivery and development of VSO Uganda’s
strategic programmes in accordance with the Country Strategic Plan.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
Programme Quality:
- Oversee the delivery of VSO Uganda’s (VSOU)programmes/projects
by applying and meeting VSO’s People First principles, donor guidelines
and evidence-based M&E framework; - Formulate and implement a coherent and
integrated annual operational plan for programmes; - Ensure that robust and effective M&E
methods & tools are applied to evidence generation supporting data
analysis, reporting and programme decision making. - Lead drafting of impact oriented donor and
internal reports including Annual Country Review Report by working in
close collaboration with the M&E lead and Programme Managers(PMs); - Ensure effective partnerships are
developed with a mechanism in place and review the partnership and measure
impact of capacity support provided to partner.
Knowledge Management:
- Lead programme monitoring by engaging
programme staff and volunteers to ensure shared understanding and
contributions to quality programme delivery and development. - Work in liaison with the PMs and other
relevant colleagues in the wider organisation to develop quality
communication materials on VSOU’s programmes targeting strategic internal
and external audience.
Programme Development:
- Ensuring that the Country Programme has
up-to-date understanding and analysis of the development context and
needs, engaging all relevant stakeholders. - Support PMs to finalize and operationalize
Signature Programmes in Education, Livelihoods and Health. Also ensure
that VSO’s Core Approaches of Gender & Social Inclusion, social
accountability and resilience are appropriately embedded across all signature
programmes.
People Management/Volunteer Support:
- Provide leadership and management support
to programme team, ensuring the effective and timely management of the
country programme, including the planning and delivery against agreed
targets. - Effectively manage performance of the
direct report as also the overall programmes team by adopting a
people-centered approach and holding staff and volunteers to account.
Working with all members of the VSO team to support and maintain a
collaborative culture between volunteer experts and the Country Office,
particularly with respect to the participation and engagement of volunteer
experts in programme planning, implementation and review; supporting them
to identify linkages between their work and delivery of VSO’s goals. - Ensure application of people first
principles in volunteer experts management and support
Country Leadership Team (CLT):
- Work closely and collaboratively as a
member of the CLTon all aspects of VSO’s programmes in Uganda and make
strategic contributions. - Working closely with programme team, and
within the framework of the Country Strategic Plan while embedding VSO’s
people first principles into the daily practice of VSO.
Financial and Resource Management:
- Working in liaison with the Finance Manager
and budget holders to develop, manage and monitor programme budgets
(including ensuring value for money, effective grants management and
expenditure within agreed budgets). - Be accountable for VSOU’s programming
resources and assets (including ensuring VSO procurement and other
policies, procedures, and control systems are followed by project teams
and implementing partners).
Security and Risk Management: Ensure that programme staff and
volunteers are familiar and comply with VSOU’s Security Guidelines. Take part
in the VSO Emergency Officer rota system.
volunteers are familiar and comply with VSOU’s Security Guidelines. Take part
in the VSO Emergency Officer rota system.
Representation, Advocacy and Networking:
- Build strategic networks enabling VSO to
leverage a collective voice in support of our country strategy. - Working in liaison with the Country
Director to develop a media strategy, create communication tools and
produce seminal materials in sync with the country strategy. - Develop strategic civil society and
private sector networks and alliances, strengthening civil society action
in line with our country strategy. - Ensure VSO participation at relevant fora
– such as sectoral working groups, conferences etc. - Represent VSO in strategic external fora
as appropriate and as delegated by the Country Director
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the VSO Country
Director job opportunity should hold a higher level degree in a relevant
field. - A minimum of seven years of senior level
programme leadership and management experience in a complex INGO. - Substantial prior success in developing
successful, major, multiyear proposals and securing funding. - Previous experience in M&E and ability
to apply range of techniques. - Proven experience of managing and ensuring
high quality delivery of complex and multi donor programmes - Previous exposure and experience in diverse,
holistic, integrated development programming including in livelihoods,
education and health. - Significant exposure and experience in
implementing grants from major bilateral and multilateral donors,
including DfID, UNICEF, EU and MasterCard is also desired. . - Hands-on experience gained within a
volunteering/NGO context and of managing a volunteer programme will be a
distinction - Effective leadership and people management
skills; experience of developing, coaching and managing high performing
teams - Previous experience of working
collaboratively as a member of a Senior Management Team member, and of
building partnerships in a multi-cultural environment. - Ability to prioritise tasks, manage time
and tight schedules, work effectively under pressure, and assist direct
reports with prioritization of tasks and meeting deadlines. - Proven experience in financial management
and ability to develop and monitor programme budgets. - Excellent representation and negotiation
skills ability to negotiate and maintain relations with external
stakeholders. - Ability to develop multiple ideas to solve
an issue or situation and take a swift decision, including in a high risk
situation. - Good written and verbal communication and
interpersonal skills. Strong trainer and facilitator. - Computer skills – MS Office, Outlook,
Internet. - Able to travel and work long hours,
including work away from the home base for up to 30% of time, both within
the country and occasionally internationally and some weekend and evening
work. - Good understanding of the Uganda context
is an added advantage
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to
apply online by clicking on the web link below.
apply online by clicking on the web link below.
Deadline: 17th May,
2017
2017
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