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• Drawing from the objectives and agreed
  upon key activities in the project proposal(s), develop implementation
  plan(s) and related budgets while ensuring synergies between the different
   initiatives where applicable;
• Ensure DIPs (Detailed Implementation
  Plans) are followed and closely monitored for each initiative to ensure
  timely implementation of activities and within available resources, and immediately
  report any problems or deviations from plans;
• Ensure logistics for all training,
  capacity building, research and other events have been prepared and
  organized in line with CARE’s & donors’ internal procedures and to
  create the best possible environment and conditions for participants in
  these different events;
• Responsible for monitoring the
  initiative(s)’ budget, reviewing monthly expenditure reports and ensuring
  budgets are used in accordance with CARE’s and the donors’ rules and
  regulations. This involves planning and designing activities in ways that
  fit the available budgets, reviewing monthly expenditure reports, working
  closely with finance to prepare accurate and timely donor financial
  reports and ensuring allocation of expenses to the right budget lines,
  preparing quarterly projection of needed funds, pipeline projections, etc.
• Responsible for preparing procurement
  plans for all goods and services related to these initiatives, according
  to approved budgets and activity plans and in line with both CARE and the
  donors’ procurement rules and policies
• Ongoing identification of staffing needs
  in managed initiative(s), recommends changes of staffing structure as
  needed and develops / adapts job descriptions as needed;
• Direct supervision of staff assigned to
  initiatives under direct management, which includes development of annual performance
  objectives and proactive management of performance through day to day
  guidance and coaching, formal mid-term and annual performance reviews and
  support to staff to achieve their personal and professional development
  objectives.
• Ensures synergy across the supervised
  initiatives as well as efficient use of resources across initiatives and
  also with other initiatives under CARE’s Humanitarian Program;

• Ensure initiative(s) under direct
  management have results based monitoring and evaluation system in place
  with SMART indicators, with the engagement of local partners and the
  development of a learning system that not only generates quantitative data
  but allows for ongoing collection of participants views on the programs’
  relevance and success;
• Ensure that project indicators are sex
  disaggregated and gender sensitive;
• Ensure each project has a database to
  allow keeping track of project participants in each component, without
  double counting across components;
• Ensure CARE and partner staff are
  trained on the developed monitoring and evaluation system;
• Coordinate and manage the design of the
  base line, midterm review and end line and final evaluation; ;
• Facilitate and document regular project
  reviews with key partners and ensure these reviews inform project implementation
  and are used to improve project quality;
• Writes and support direct reports to
  write briefs, human interest stories and papers that can be used for advocacy
  or information purposes;
• Supports team members and partners to
  write reports on their sector of intervention and coordinates process of consolidation
  of reports for internal purposes as well as donor reports, as per
  guidelines of the donor; It is critical to ensure reports are a true
  reflection of implementation and reflect progress as well as challenges
  and lessons learnt;
• Ensure learning products are developed
  in coordination with relevant colleagues;
• All the above is in close collaboration
  with and technical support from the MEAL Humanitarian Advisor.

• Identify local partners with capacity
  and interest in emergency programming in our humanitarian area of
  operations and collaborate with Grants and Contracts to conduct due diligence
  and organizational capacity assessments in line with policies before
  signing MOUs with them;
• Ensure selected partners who will
  implement activities with CARE as sub grantees have clear MOUs, Scopes of
  Work and detailed budgets as per policy and are very clear about their
  role;
• Ensure partners’ capacity development
  plans are developed based on findings of due diligence and capacity assessments;
  Ensure on-going capacity building at institutional, organizational and technical
  level, including attention to Gender Equity and Diversity;
• Build and manage relationships with
  these partners to ensure deliverables are met timely and with the required
  quality; In cases where partners also work with CARE’s long term  development program team, this may
  involve coordinating with colleagues in other parts of CARE Uganda;
• Ongoing review and assessment of
  partners performance and provision of support as needed through
  development, implementation and monitoring of partners’ capacity development
  plans and close tracking of progress against scopes of work, work plans
  and budgets;
• Propose revisions of SOWs, work plans
  and budget of partners as needed;
• Ensure partners’ reports, both financial
  and narrative, are submitted timely and analysed and that feedback is
  shared with partners;
• Ensure all partners’ agreements are in
  line with CARE’s sub agreement policy;
• Ensure partners have in-depth knowledge
  of the projects’ objectives and strategies;
• Ensure that partners are involved in all
  critical moments and events of the projects (design phase, consultancies, planning
  meetings, review meetings, baseline, midterm review, endline, steering
  committee meetings, etc.) and that all key information is shared with them
  in a transparent manner and in real time;

• Support team to develop, resource
  (through proposal writing) and implement innovative interventions with a
  view of building the refugee community self-reliance, increase their
  resilience, and increasing their protection (including the reduction of
  GBV risks);
• Ensure proposed interventions:
• Promote gender equity;
• Reduce the risk exploitation and abuse,
  including of GBV by offering dignified and enhancing opportunities to
  vulnerable groups, with a focus on refugee women and girls;
• Are at least environmentally friendly
  and if possible even have a positive impact on the environment;
• Do not exacerbate the risk of conflict
  between groups of refugees and between refugees and hosting communities;
• Focus on youth and take the specific
  needs and potential of women, girls, men and boys into account;
• Lead to Women and Girls Economic
  Empowerment and resilience;
• Promote innovations including use of
  cash, use of ICT and mobile technology, pilot new ideas;
• Build on CARE Uganda’s strengths in
  Women’s Economic Empowerment and on relationships with existing partners;
• The ERM will supervise all studies,
  assessments, and research in all his/her project(s). This may include identifying
  research needs, developing TORs for consultants, protocols for research,
  supervising consultants, etc.
• Ensure coordination with other actors in
  the Western region, with a focus on areas of operations, including representation
  of CARE in relevant technical working group coordinated by UNHCR and any
  other relevant coordination platforms;

• The applicant for the CARE International
  Emergency Response Manager – DRC job placement should hold a Bachelor’s
  degree in Economics, Rural Development, Agriculture or related field
  (though a Master’s degree is preferred)
• Expert level knowledge and at least five
  years practical experience in humanitarian programming in rural Uganda, preferably
  with refugee and / or displaced populations;
• Previous experience in GBV and/or
  Protection
• Previous experience in the use of ICT in
  humanitarian programs required;
• Previous experience with youth
  livelihood programs preferred;
• Advanced knowledge and at least 5 years
  of proven practical project management experience (managing at least three
  different grants at once), including strong skills and experience in
  M&E, report writing, participatory planning, financial management,
  Human Resource Management.
• People manager with proven experience
  managing diverse teams and individuals’ performance for success,
• Excellent verbal and written
  communication skills in English.
• Computer literate (email, word
  processing, spreadsheets,)
• Personally committed to gender equality
  and women and girls’ empowerment with ability to lead to organizational change
  processes that aim at making organizations more gender aware, gender
  committed and gender competent.
• Both a team player as well as able to
  work independently with minimum supervision.

• Planning
• Proactive problem solving
• Contributing to team success
• Managing work
• Building partnerships
• Communicating with impact
• Initiating action
• Information monitoring
• Adaptability
• Stress tolerance
• Respect
• Integrity
• Diversity
• Excellence
• Accountability

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