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• Ensure continued alignment of the Facility
  operation in terms of the policies and approach with the national
  objectives, relevant policies and strategies as well as with the DINU
  programmatic objectives and relevant interventions across all three areas;
• Ensure that project objectives and
  activities are well coordinated with, and complement, the activities and
  operations of other agencies, facilities and funds that support
  agricultural development and finance in Northern Uganda;
• Ensure coherence between the Facility
  partners (PSFU and UDB) and delivery towards the stated common objectives.
• Provide technical advice on strategies,
  policies and plans affecting Facility operations, delivery, knowledge and
  learning services;
• Establish collaborative arrangements with
  other potential partners and appropriate operational partnership
  arrangements;
• Constant monitoring and analysis of the
  operating environment, quick readjustment of the operations, advice on
  legal considerations and risk assessment;
• In charge of monitoring and analysis of
  key developments in the country that are likely to impact on the Facility
  operations.

• Prepare and submit for approval the
  Facility’s annual plans and budgets.
• Manage the overall Facility governance and
  implementation mechanisms including organizing the review and approval
  meetings, field visits, and other specific activities of the Management
  Board, Project Preparation Facility, Grant Approval Committee, Credit
  Approval Committee and other entities formally established by the
  Facility;
• Serves as the Secretary to the START
  Management Board, organizes regular Board meetings and keeps the records
  of the Board’s procedures.
• Prepare and issue in a timely manner the
  memoranda of understanding, letters of agreement with the partners and
  other legal instruments to enable their engagement and implementation of
  the activities for which they are responsible;
• Ensure timely financial transfers to the
  Facility’s lines of business;
• Prepare and issue, in consultation with
  the other partners, calls for proposals and the criteria applied for
  project selection;
• Ensure timely publication and public
  access to all relevant information pertaining to the Facility operation,
  including information on selected beneficiaries and annual progress
  reports;
• Prepare inputs concerning START operations
  to the DINU quarterly and annual reports in accordance with the EU and
  other donor requirements as well as standalone narrative and financial reports
  on START operations to the START Management Board, European Union as well
  as other possible partners/donors;
• Participate in communication and media
  activities; ensure the Facility web-site updates; coordinate distribution
  of the project related information;
• Ensure visibility of the Donor and
  Implementing Partners in all project outputs.

• Establish an effective tracking system and
  database for the Facility-supported projects to reflect their financial
  and physical progress throughout their life cycle from the submission of
  proposals, to implementation, and evaluation to documentation and closure
  in compliance with EU and UNCDF M&E requirements;
• Ensure strict adherence and compliance of
  all operations and activities with the Facility rules and procedures,
  including the financial and other requirements for the size and nature of
  the eligible projects, and the type of support and individual disbursements
  per project;
• Collect regular (quarterly and annual)
  narrative and financial reports from the implementing partners (PSFU and
  UDB) for submission to the START Management Board and DINU Programme
  Manager as part of the programme overall monitoring arrangements;
• Design, in cooperation with the START
  partners, general key performance indicators for the Facility, assign
  distinct performance measures, and ensure their continuous monitoring and
  timely corrective measures in the case of deviation;
• Develop in collaboration with the partners
  and implement START monitoring and evaluation plan, compliance and
  accordingly utilize the findings as to justify adjustment of the funds
  disbursement schedules and to introduce corrective measures in the case of
  deviation;
• Regularly update the risk log for the
  Facility and conduct appropriate budget and operation risk management,
  mitigation and responses.
• Analyze and monitor the financial
  situation, present forecasts for the Facility, and monitor for unusual
  activities and transactions;
• Support the design, preparation and
  implementation of regular independent audits of the Facility; prepare
  management responses and follow up on the audit recommendations as
  appropriate;
• Organize field verification and inspection
  visits by the START Management Board, partners, government officials and
  other stakeholders.

• Establish and maintain dialogue with
  government officials, NGOs, partners, donors and communities to provide
  knowledge and understanding, ensuring accurate interpretation of the
  Facility’s objectives;
• Identify areas of cooperation and
  coordination with other government and non-government partners, financial
  institutions, development agencies as well as UN agencies for the
  implementation of joint activities related to the Facility;
• Render support in resource mobilization
  efforts for the Programme.
• Prepare and implement the strategy and
  action plan for transforming START into a sustainable and adequately
  capitalized investment facility providing technical assistance and seed
  capital to small and medium-sized value adding agribusinesses.

• Formulate and implement START Visibility
  Plan to capture the management of the funds as well as the projects being
  implemented for the purpose of Facility visibility and lessons learnt and,
  in this regard, periodically publish knowledge products in the START
  website and other media;
• Assist in documenting START good practices
  and lessons learnt.
• Facilitate learning and experience sharing
  for government officials, private sector representatives, local community
  leaders and experts;
• Contribute to national, corporate and
  global knowledge networks;
• Represent the Facility and UNCDF in
  meetings relating to the Facility;
• Contribute to UNCDF cross-practice
  synergies with the development finance interventions at country level.

• The ideal candidate for the United Nations
  Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) Programme Manager – DINU employment
  opportunity should a Master’s degree or equivalent in Finance, Business
  Administration, Economics, Public Administration or other related field.
• A minimum of five years of relevant
  experience at the national or international level in providing financial
  management, investment services and/or funds management advisory services;
• Previous experience in managing staff and
  operational systems in accordance with international procedures and
  standards and establishing interrelationships with international
  organizations and national governments in the area of governance and
  development;
• Experience in Least Developed Countries,
  particularly in Uganda and East Africa;
• Knowledge and experience of UNCDF and UN
  system policies and programming is desirable.
• Extensive knowledge and experience in the
  design, implementation and management of funding facilities providing
  integrated business development and financial services.
• Experience in providing project
  development and investment advisory services to small and medium
  enterprises, particularly in the agricultural sector.
• In-depth knowledge of the subject-matter
• Broad knowledge and understanding of more
  advanced aspects of primary area of specialization as well as the
  fundamental concepts of related disciplines;
• Serves as internal consultant in the area
  of expertise and shares knowledge with staff;
• Keeps abreast of new developments in area
  of professional discipline and job knowledge and seeks to develop
  him/herself professionally;
• Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of
  information technology and applies it in work assignments;
• Demonstrates comprehensive understanding
  and knowledge of the current guidelines and project management tools and
  utilizes these regularly in work assignments;

• Advocacy/Advancing a policy-oriented
  agenda: Analysis and creation of messages and strategies. Uses the
  opportunity to bring forward and disseminate materials for advocacy work
• Results-Based Programme Development and
  Management: Contributes into results through primary research and
  analysis. Assesses project performance to identify success factors and
  incorporates best practices into project work; researches linkages across
  programme activities to identify critical points of integration; monitors
  specific stages of projects/programme implementation
• Building strategic partnerships:
• Identifying and building
  partnerships; identifies needs and interventions for capacity building
  counterparts, clients and potential partners; displays initiative, sets
  challenging outputs for him/herself and willingly accepts new work
  assignments; takes responsibility for achieving agreed outputs within set
  deadlines and strives until successful outputs are achieved; innovation
  and marketing new approaches.
• Developing new approaches,
  looks at experience critically, drawing lessons, and building them into
  the design of the new approaches; identifies new approaches and promotes
  their use in other situations; documents successes and uses them to
  project a positive image; creates an environment that fosters innovation
  and innovative thinking; makes the case for innovative ideas from the
  team with own supervisor.
• Promoting organizational learning and
  knowledge sharing: Developing tools and mechanisms. Makes the case
  for innovative ideas documenting successes and building them into the
  design of new approaches; identifies new approaches and strategies that
  promote the use of tools and mechanisms.
• Client Orientation: Contributing
  to positive outcomes for the client; anticipates client needs; works
  towards creating an enabling environment for a smooth relationship between
  the clients and service provider, demonstrates understanding of client’s
  perspective.

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