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• Under the leadership of the Head of
  Program, manages the day-to-day implementation of this project. The work
  that will be undertaken will involve coordinating technical assessment,
  planning and implementation of project interventions in line with the
  Education in Emergency project in line with Oxfam’s country, regional and
  global strategies
• Oversee the monitoring, reporting and
  learning initiatives including research generation and collection of data
  in close partnership with the consortium partners
• Ensure visibility and communication of day
  to day activities in line with the Communication and Visibility Manual
• Ensure timely development of modules and
  approaches as well as participate in development of models that will be
  used during project implementation
• In collaboration with other implementing
  partners in Uganda, lead in ICT in data collection/research, linking and
  learning and ensure quality documentation on learnings
• Take lead in coordination of advocacy
  efforts of project partners for National Regional and Global level policy
  influencing
• Actively participate in drawing budgets
  and carry out budget monitoring and expenditure forecasting
• As the head of the Project Management
  Unit, represent Oxfam in national, regional and cross border engagements
  on this Project
• Ensure that all activities in the project
  take gender issues fully into account

• The ideal applicant for the Project
  Manager should have extensive knowledge and experience in management of
  multi-country education programmes and initiatives ideally built on mature
  understanding of relevant issues derived from field experience
• Good understanding of Education policy
  issues in the region continentally and globally
• Strong programme management and quality
  knowledge with ability to ensure consistent quality against standards and
  implement effective monitoring and evaluation systems to assess and adjust
  performance
• Commitment to and good knowledge of
  working with networks coalitions and a partnership approach across the
  spectrum of Oxfam’s work including innovative approaches and capacity
  strengthening
• Good knowledge of and experience with
  donor funding environment and Financial Management Skills with Experience
  of Project Budgeting and controlling financial risks
• Proven people and finance management
  experience at a strategic level in a complex dispersed organisation with
  evidence of leading, facilitating and integrating a specific area of
  expertise across a wide network providing clarity and focus of vision and
  impact strategic planning and decision making and the delivery of agreed
  results
• Strong organisational and personal
  management skills, with ability to prioritise work issues to meet
  deadlines with minimal supervision and adjust to constantly changing
  situations while maintaining focus on delivery and follow through
• Excellent personal communication skills,
  high level of self-awareness initiative sound judgement personal energy
  and flexibility
• Excellent inter personal communication
  skills, in written and verbal English, with high impact influencing and
  persuasive skills
• Ability to cultivate knowledge based
  relations with different stakeholders going beyond grant based relations
  (strategic partnerships)
• Strong analytical and conceptual thinking
  skills; able to understand complex issues and translate them into simple,
  workable actions and plans
• Knowledge of capacity building, learning
  and development activities and how to create a learning and sharing
  environment with a strong knowledge management basis
• Commitment to and knowledge of creating a
  partner-led operational environment, with an ability to create an internal
  Oxfam approach that is focussed on developing and supporting partner
  organisations to achieve direct impact and results relating to Oxfam’s
  objectives
• Knowledge of budgeting, and experience in
  working with donors on multi country projects
• Proven track record on strong people
  management skills
• Ability to engage and influence both
  government and education actors direction to and following it as
  appropriation and ongoing
• Substantial, demonstrable experience of
  emergency and development work, and an understanding of relevant issues
• Willingness to be a part of and closely
  work with a wider Oxfam team
• Proven analytical and conceptual thinking
  high level research project management knowledge and skills and experience
  in using participatory tool methodologies an for assessment programme
  identification implementation monitoring and evaluation
• Strategic and people management skills
  supporting mentoring the team in their professional and personal growth
• Ability to build professional technical
  and implementational unison and alliance arrangement around the project
  and inspire followership
• Commitment to equal opportunity and gender
  policies. Demonstrated experience in integrating gender and diversity
  issues into programmes.

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