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• Provide advice on strategies, policies and
  plans affecting project operations, delivery, knowledge and learning
  services;
• Establish collaborative arrangements with
  project potential partners and appropriate operational partnership
  arrangements;
• Tasked with the constant monitoring and
  analysis of the operating environment, quick readjustment of the
  operations, advice on legal considerations and risk assessment;
• Monitoring and analysis of key
  developments in the country that are likely to impact on  Project intervention areas  identification of development needs and
  potential solutions relevant to project activities;
• Ensure that project objectives and
  activities are well coordinated with plans and activities of the other
  government and non-government partners participating in DINU.

• Effectively manage the project team,
  ensure proper training, guidance and coaching opportunities for all
  personnel;
• Implement the project activities in
  accordance with UNCDF financial Rules and Regulations and the Internal
  Control Framework;
• Manage day to day administrative matters
  for the project with the support from the programme administrative staff;
• Create systems of effective financial,
  administrative and logistical processes to enable implementation of
  project activities;
• Co-ordinate procurement of goods and
  services using UNCDF policies and procedures and support services provided
  by UNDP Country Office mainly on procurement;
• Ensure full transparency and access to
  information about Project activities;
• Participate in communication and media
  activities; ensure project web-site updates; coordinate distribution of
  the project related information;
• Ensure visibility of the Donor and Implementing
  Partners in all project outputs.

• Supports gathering of data/information for
  project monitoring and evaluation processes ensuring compliance with EU
  and UNCDF M&E requirements in reporting on project results and
  progress towards outcomes;
• Ensure proper monitoring and evaluation
  procedures are instituted in all project activities;
• Ensure proper monitoring of project
  progress against annual and quarterly work plans and budgets;
• Coordinate and oversee the preparation of
  the substantive and operational reports from the projects;
• Formulates annual workplans, budgets draft
  report and other document for the management and reporting of project
  activities;
• Manage the accurate and timely reporting
  on the progress of the project with a specific focus on the activities and
  funds utilized;
• Ensure that reports are provided to donors
  according to UNCDF’s contractual obligation;
• Monitor project inventory, attendance
  records, filing system. Assure correct personnel management and
  procurement of goods and services.
• Manage the Mid-term and final evaluation
  of the project and dissemination of the results.
• Co-ordinate project missions by UNCDF,
  funding partners and other relevant stakeholders

• Establishes and maintains dialog with
  government officials, NGOs, partners, donors and communities to provide
  knowledge and understanding, ensuring accurate interpretation of the
  project’s mission;
• Identify areas of cooperation and
  coordination with other UN agencies for the implementation of joint
  activities related to the project;
• Identify opportunities for the
  implementation of the project making specific recommendations on actions
  needed;
• Support resource mobilization efforts.

• Prepare knowledge products, related to the
  thematic areas under the project;
• 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 UNCDF in meetings that are
  relevant to the project;
• 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 Development Studies,
  Economics, Public Administration, Political/Social Science or other
  development-related field.
• A minimum of seven years of relevant
  experience at the national and international level in the UN and/or
  international organizations in the area of advising and managing
  integrated governance and development projects;
• Previous exposure and experience in
  managing staff and operational systems in accordance with the EU/UN
  procedures and standards and establishing interrelationships with
  international organization and national governments in the area of
  governance and development
• Experience in Least Developed Countries,
  particularly in Uganda and East Africa
• Extensive knowledge and experience of
  UNCDF and UN system policies and programming is desirable.
• Experience in design and implementation of
  performance based grant systems and procedures
• Broad knowledge and understanding of
  government policies on decentralization and poverty reduction
• Broad knowledge of UNDP
  financial/accounting systems and regulations is an asset
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of
  the subject-matter
• Broad 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;
• Stays abreast with 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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